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Freyja or Freya , Norse goddess of love, marriage, and fertility. Her identity and attributes were often confused with those of the goddess Frigg. As a deity of the dead, Freyja was entitled to half the warriors killed in battle, the other half going to Odin. She was the sister of the god Frey and was frequently represented as riding in a chariot drawn by cats.

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Freya ♀ Of Old Norse origin. Freya or Fröja was the goddess of love in Scandinavian mythology. Her name is most probably derived from an ancient North Germanic word related to Old High German frouwa ‘lady’ (modern German Frau). The name has long been a traditional one in Shetland and is now in general use in England and Scotland. It came to prominence in the late 1990s. A notable modern bearer was the explorer and writer Freya Stark (1893–1993).

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