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Frey , Norse god. He was a beneficent deity associated with the fertilizing powers of the sun and the rain and, like his sister Freyja , with the return of spring. His worship, which extended throughout most of Scandinavia, had its chief seat at Uppsala.

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Frey in Scandinavian mythology, the god of fertility and dispenser of rain and sunshine. His sister Freya is the goddess of love and of the night.

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