Sýr

"Sow." One of the names that Freyja gave herself when she went out among unknown peoples to search for her missing husband Óðr. It may connect her to a pig-cult usually associated with her brother Freyr.

Sýr is found as one of the names of Freyja in the Nafnaþulur.

References

Sources

  • Gylfaginning, 35.
  • Skáldskaparmál, 52.