Gefjun
Gefjun, Gefjon, or Gefion (possibly from
Old Norse geð fiá meaning "chaste") is one of the
Asynjur in
Norse mythology. She appears only a few times in surviving sources, and medieval sources talk of her mainly as a goddess of chastity. However, modern scholarship suggests that she may originally have been a
fertility goddess connected with ritual plowing, and even that she was originally the same fertility goddess as
Freyja.
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Gefion
[Norse] Gefion ("giver") is an old-Scandinavian vegetation and fertility goddess, especially connected with the plough. She was considered the patron of virgins and the bringer of good luck and prosperity. Every girl who dies a virgin will become Gefion's servant. She is married to King Skjold or Scyld ¹ a son of Odin, and lived in Leire, Denmark, where she had a sanctuary. The Swedish kings are supposed to be her descendants. It is traditionally claimed that Gefion created the island of Zealand ("Sjaelland" in Danish) by ploughing the soil out of the central Swedish region with the help of her sons (four Swedish oxen), creating the great Swedish lakes in the process. In Copenhagen, Denmark, there is a large fountain showing Gefion in the process of ploughing. Gefion could be another form of Frigg who is also known under that name.