List of Fertility Deities - Norse Mythology

Norse Mythology

  • Freyja, goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, gold, seiĆ°r, war, and death
  • Freyr, god associated with farming, weather and fertility
  • Frigg, goddess associated with prophecy, marriage and childbirth
  • Gefjun, goddess of ploughing and possibly fertility

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