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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas

The Husbands of Freya

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
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Freya was so beautiful that all the gods, giants, and dwarfs longed for her love and in turn tried to secure her as wife. But Freya scorned the ugly giants and refused even Thrym, when urged to accept him by Loki and Thor. She was not so obdurate where the gods themselves were concerned, if the various mythologists are to be believed, for as the personification of the earth she is said to have wedded Odin (the sky), Frey (the fruitful rain), Odur (the sunshine), &c., until it seems as if she deserved the accusation hurled against her by the arch-fiend Loki, of having loved and wedded all the gods in turn.

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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas, Project Gutenberg eBook #28497

Story of Ottar and Angantyr Worship of Freya