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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Uppsala | | | |  Uppsala: Encyclopedia II - Freyr - SkírnismálThe courtship of Freyr and Gerðr is dealt with extensively in the Eddic poem Skírnismál.
Freyr is depressed after seeing Gerðr. Njörðr and Skaði ask Skírnir to go and talk with him.
Freyr reveals the cause of his grief and asks Skírnir to go to Jötunheimr to woo Gerðr for him. Freyr gives Skírnir a horse and his magical sword for the journey.
Mar ek þér þann gef,
er þik um myrkvan berr
vísan vafrloga,
ok þat sverð,
er sjalft mun v ...
See also:Freyr, Freyr - Adam of Bremen, Freyr - The Prose Edda, Freyr - The Poetic Edda, Freyr - Skírnismál, Freyr - Skaldic poetry, Freyr - Heimskringla, Freyr - Icelanders' sagas, Freyr - Gesta Danorum, Freyr - Other traditions, Freyr - Ballad of Veraldur, Freyr - Possible Later Survivals, Freyr - Notes Read more here: » Freyr: Encyclopedia II - Freyr - Skírnismál |
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| | | | | Uppsala: Encyclopedia II - Freyr - Gesta Danorum The Danish Gesta Danorum describes Freyr, under the name Frø, as the "viceroy of the gods".
Frø quoque deorum satrapa sedem haud procul Upsala cepit, ubi veterem litationis morem tot gentibus ac saeculis usurpatum tristi infandoque piaculo mutavit. Siquidem humani generis hostias mactare aggressus foeda superis libamenta persolvit. — Book 3
"There was also a viceroy of the gods, Frø, who took up residence not far from Uppsala and altered the ancient system of sacrifice practised for centuries among many peopl ...
See also:Freyr, Freyr - Adam of Bremen, Freyr - The Prose Edda, Freyr - The Poetic Edda, Freyr - Skírnismál, Freyr - Skaldic poetry, Freyr - Heimskringla, Freyr - Icelanders' sagas, Freyr - Gesta Danorum, Freyr - Other traditions, Freyr - Ballad of Veraldur, Freyr - Possible Later Survivals, Freyr - Notes Read more here: » Freyr: Encyclopedia II - Freyr - Gesta Danorum |
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| | | | | Uppsala: Encyclopedia II - Freyr - Other traditions In Iceland, Freyr was second only to Thor in popularity. Some last vestiges of the offerings to Freyr still survive on the Swedish Christmas table in the form of the Christmas Ham, so great was his importance.
A strophe of the Anglo Saxon Rune Poem (circa 1100) records that:
Ing was first among the East Danes seen by men
and this may refer to the origins of the worship of Ingui in the tribal areas that Tacitus mentions in his Germania as being populated by the Inguieonnic tribes. A later ...
See also:Freyr, Freyr - Adam of Bremen, Freyr - The Prose Edda, Freyr - The Poetic Edda, Freyr - Skírnismál, Freyr - Skaldic poetry, Freyr - Heimskringla, Freyr - Icelanders' sagas, Freyr - Gesta Danorum, Freyr - Other traditions, Freyr - Ballad of Veraldur, Freyr - Possible Later Survivals, Freyr - Notes Read more here: » Freyr: Encyclopedia II - Freyr - Other traditions |
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| | | | | Uppsala: Encyclopedia II - Blót - Dates for the blóts The autumn blót was performed in the middle of October, the great Midwinter blót, or Yule, at the winter solstice. The dark winter was a harsh time for the people of Scandinavia, and special means had to be undertaken to help nature pass the critical phase. Freyr was the most important god at the Midwinter and autumn blóts, and Christmas ham (the pig was for Freyr) is still the main Christmas course in Scandinavia. The Summer blót was undertaken in April and the vernal equinox and it was given to Odin. Then, they drank for victory in war and this blót was the ...
See also:Blót, Blót - Rites and beliefs, Blót - Dates for the blóts, Blót - Locations, Blót - Uppsala Sweden, Blót - Gotland, Blót - Lejre Denmark, Blót - Mære Norway, Blót - Elven blót, Blót - The Völse blót, Blót - Later times, Blót - Sources Read more here: » Blót: Encyclopedia II - Blót - Dates for the blóts |
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| | | | | Uppsala: Encyclopedia II - Freyr - Ballad of Veraldur Dumézil (1973, Appendix I) cites a Faroese ballad recorded in 1840 about Odin and his son Veraldur. It is believed that this Veraldur is also Freyr, as per Snorri's statement that Freyr was veraldar goð as mentioned above.
In this ballad Veraldur, Odin's son, sets off to Zealand to seek the king's daughter in marriage despite Odin's warnings. The king of Zealand mislikes Veraldur and tricks him into falling into a brewing vat in a "hall of stone" where Veraldur drowns. When Odin hears the news, he decides to die and go to Asgard where his fol ...
See also:Freyr, Freyr - Adam of Bremen, Freyr - The Prose Edda, Freyr - The Poetic Edda, Freyr - Skírnismál, Freyr - Skaldic poetry, Freyr - Heimskringla, Freyr - Icelanders' sagas, Freyr - Gesta Danorum, Freyr - Other traditions, Freyr - Ballad of Veraldur, Freyr - Possible Later Survivals, Freyr - Notes Read more here: » Freyr: Encyclopedia II - Freyr - Ballad of Veraldur |
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| | | | | Uppsala: Encyclopedia II - Freyr - The Poetic Edda Freyr is mentioned in several of the poems in the Poetic Edda. The information there is largely consistent with that in the Prose Edda. Some details are confirmed, some are neglected while others are added.
Völuspá, generally considered the most powerful of the Eddic poems, describes the final confrontation between Freyr and Surtr during Ragnarök.
Surtr fer sunnan
með sviga lævi,
skínn af sverði
sól valtíva.
Grjótbjörg gnata,
en ...
See also:Freyr, Freyr - Adam of Bremen, Freyr - The Prose Edda, Freyr - The Poetic Edda, Freyr - Skírnismál, Freyr - Skaldic poetry, Freyr - Heimskringla, Freyr - Icelanders' sagas, Freyr - Gesta Danorum, Freyr - Other traditions, Freyr - Ballad of Veraldur, Freyr - Possible Later Survivals, Freyr - Notes Read more here: » Freyr: Encyclopedia II - Freyr - The Poetic Edda |
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| | | | | Uppsala: Encyclopedia II - Freyr - Adam of Bremen One of the oldest written sources on pre-Christian Scandinavian religious practices is Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum. Writing around 1080 Adam had access to first-hand accounts on pagan practices in Sweden. In his description of the Temple at Uppsala he mentions Freyr by the Latinized name Fricco.
Nunc de supersticione Sueonum pauca dicemus. Nobilissimum illa gens templum habet, quod Ubsola dicitur, non longe positum ab Sictona civitate. In hoc templo, quod totum ex auro paratum est, statu ...
See also:Freyr, Freyr - Adam of Bremen, Freyr - The Prose Edda, Freyr - The Poetic Edda, Freyr - Skírnismál, Freyr - Skaldic poetry, Freyr - Heimskringla, Freyr - Icelanders' sagas, Freyr - Gesta Danorum, Freyr - Other traditions, Freyr - Ballad of Veraldur, Freyr - Possible Later Survivals, Freyr - Notes Read more here: » Freyr: Encyclopedia II - Freyr - Adam of Bremen |
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| | | | | Uppsala: Encyclopedia II - Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Royal duties and personal interests The King's duties are, according to the constitution, of a representative and ceremonial nature. He pays State Visits abroad and receives those to Sweden, opens the Annual Session of the Parliament, Chairs the Special Council held during a change of Government, holds regular Information Councils with Ministers, Chairs the meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council, and receives and signs credentials of foreign ambassadors to Sweden - and signs those of Sweden to other countries. Th ...
See also:Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Youth and education, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Marriage and Family, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Royal duties and personal interests, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Dyslexia Read more here: » Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden: Encyclopedia II - Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Royal duties and personal interests |
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| | | | | Uppsala: Encyclopedia II - Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Marriage and Family The king married Silvia Sommerlath on June 19, 1976. The half German, half Brazilian daughter of a businessman, she met the then Crown Prince at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where she was an interpreter and host. The King and Queen reside at Drottningholm Palace outside Stockholm, and use the Royal Palace of Stockholm as their workplace.
They have three children:
HRH Princess Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland (1977- )
HRH Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (1979-)
HRH Princess M ...
See also:Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Youth and education, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Marriage and Family, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Royal duties and personal interests, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Dyslexia Read more here: » Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden: Encyclopedia II - Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Marriage and Family |
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| | | | | | | | | Uppsala: Encyclopedia II - Blót - Locations A building where the blóts took place was called a hov (cf. German Hof) and there are many place names derived from this in e.g. Scania, West Götaland and East Götaland. In the process of Christianizing the landscape churches were usually built on such hovs, and excavations at the medieval churches of Mære in Trøndelag and at Old Uppsala testify to this (see Cultural continuity).
There were also other sacred places called Horgr, Ve, Lund and Haug. Horgr means "cairn" or "mountain". ...
See also:Blót, Blót - Rites and beliefs, Blót - Dates for the blóts, Blót - Locations, Blót - Uppsala Sweden, Blót - Gotland, Blót - Lejre Denmark, Blót - Mære Norway, Blót - Elven blót, Blót - The Völse blót, Blót - Later times, Blót - Sources Read more here: » Blót: Encyclopedia II - Blót - Locations |
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| | | | | Uppsala: Encyclopedia II - Blót - Uppsala Sweden Main articles: Old Uppsala and Temple at Uppsala.
The German chronicler Adam of Bremen has described how it was done at the Temple at Uppsala at Old Uppsala in Sweden, ca 1070:
Thor was the most powerful god and ruled over thunder and lightning, wind and rain, sunshine and crops. He sat in the centre with a sceptre (Mjolnir) in his hand, and on each side were Odin, the god of war, in full armour and Frey, the god of peace and love, attributed with an enormous erected phallus. All the pagan gods have their priests w ...
See also:Blót, Blót - Rites and beliefs, Blót - Dates for the blóts, Blót - Locations, Blót - Uppsala Sweden, Blót - Gotland, Blót - Lejre Denmark, Blót - Mære Norway, Blót - Elven blót, Blót - The Völse blót, Blót - Later times, Blót - Sources Read more here: » Blót: Encyclopedia II - Blót - Uppsala Sweden |
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| | | | | Uppsala: Encyclopedia II - Flag of Denmark - Other theories of the origin of the flag Other origin theories have been put forth in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #2.
The Danish historian Caspar Paludan-Müller in 1873 in his book "Sagnet om den himmelfaldne Danebrogsfane" put forth the theory that it is a banner sent by the Pope to the Danish King to use in his crusades in the Baltic countries. Other kings and lords certainly received such banners.
One would though imagine that if this story was true, some kind of rec ...
See also:Flag of Denmark, Flag of Denmark - The legendary origin of the flag, Flag of Denmark - The continuation of the romantic legend, Flag of Denmark - Other theories of the origin of the flag, Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #2, Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #3, Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #4, Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #5, Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #6, Flag of Denmark - Earliest recorded use of the flag, Flag of Denmark - Earliest undisputed link, Flag of Denmark - Origin and meaning of Dannebrog, Flag of Denmark - From King's banner to National flag, Flag of Denmark - Laws and flag variations, Flag of Denmark - National flag, Flag of Denmark - Splitflag, Flag of Denmark - Who may use what?, Flag of Denmark - Flag days, Flag of Denmark - External link Read more here: » Flag of Denmark: Encyclopedia II - Flag of Denmark - Other theories of the origin of the flag |
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| | | | | Uppsala: Encyclopedia II - Flag of Denmark - The continuation of the romantic legend The story of the original flag has a continuation that many Danes are not aware of.
According to tradition, the original flag from the Battle of Lyndanisse was used in the small campaign of 1500 when King Hans tried to conquer Dithmarschen (in western Holstein in north Germany). The flag was lost in a devastating defeat on 17 February 1500. In 1559, King Frederik II recaptured it during his own Dithmarschen campaign. In the capitulation t ...
See also:Flag of Denmark, Flag of Denmark - The legendary origin of the flag, Flag of Denmark - The continuation of the romantic legend, Flag of Denmark - Other theories of the origin of the flag, Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #2, Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #3, Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #4, Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #5, Flag of Denmark - Theories of the origin of the flag #6, Flag of Denmark - Earliest recorded use of the flag, Flag of Denmark - Earliest undisputed link, Flag of Denmark - Origin and meaning of Dannebrog, Flag of Denmark - From King's banner to National flag, Flag of Denmark - Laws and flag variations, Flag of Denmark - National flag, Flag of Denmark - Splitflag, Flag of Denmark - Who may use what?, Flag of Denmark - Flag days, Flag of Denmark - External link Read more here: » Flag of Denmark: Encyclopedia II - Flag of Denmark - The continuation of the romantic legend |
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