What is "frigg"

Frigg \Frigg\, Frigga \Frig"ga\n. [Icel. Frigg. See Friday.] (Scand. Myth.) The wife of Odin and mother of the gods; the supreme goddess; the Juno of the Valhalla. Cf. Freya.

in Germanic religion, queen of heaven and goddess of married love, wife of Odin; the name is in Old English, but only in compounds such as Frigedæg "Friday," Frigeæfen (what we would call "Thursday evening"). The modern English word is from Old Norse Frigg, a noun use of the feminine of an adjective meaning "beloved, loving," also "wife," from Proto-Germanic *frijjo "beloved, wife," from PIE *priy-a- "beloved," (see free (adj.)). Also compare Frau.

In Germanic mythology, Frigg ( Old Norse), Frija ( Old High German), Frea ( Langobardic), and Frige ( Old English) is a goddess. In nearly all sources, she is described as the wife of the god Odin. In Old High German and Old Norse sources, she is also connected with the goddess Fulla. The English weekday name Friday ( etymologically Old English "Frīge's day") bears her name.

Frigg is described as a goddess associated with foreknowledge and wisdom in Norse mythology, the northernmost branch of Germanic mythology and most extensively attested. Frigg is the wife of the major god Odin and dwells in the wetland halls of Fensalir, is famous for her foreknowledge, is associated with the goddesses Fulla, Lofn, Hlín, and Gná, and is ambiguously associated with the Earth, otherwise personified as an apparently separate entity Jörð (Old Norse "Earth"). The children of Frigg and Odin include the gleaming god Baldr. Due to significant thematic overlap, scholars have proposed a particular connection to the goddess Freyja.

After Christianization, mention of Frigg continued to occur in Scandinavian folklore. In modern times, Frigg has appeared in modern popular culture, has been the subject of art, and receives modern veneration in Germanic Neopaganism.

Frigg is a Finnish– Norwegian folk music band. Their music is a combination of Kaustinen and Nord-Trøndelag with a bit of Americana and Irish folk music mixed in. They were chosen as the Band of the Year at the 2003 Kaustinen Folk Music Festival.

Frigg went on an international tour in 2007 which included many appearances in the United States including being the musical guest on A Prairie Home Companion. They have done several UK tours, the most recent being on the fifth of May.

Frigg is a Germanic goddess. Frigg may also refer to:

In music

• Frigg (band), a folk music band.

In industry

• Frigg gas field, a natural gas field.
• Frigg UK System, a natural gas pipeline.

In sports

• Frigg Oslo FK, a Norwegian sports club.
• Frigg Næstved, a Danish sports club.