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Thor's "True Name"

[jeffreystewart]

Norsery Rhymes from A to Z Happy Thorsday - Fjorgynn, The Mountain God

Well here we are another Thor’s Day and another 20 min sketch of a Norse (and Germanic) mythological characters.  This week it’s Fjorgynn / Fiörgynn mentioned in the Prose and Poetc Eddas.

His name has been translated from Old norse to mean 'land' or 'earth' and Old Germanic 'fergunja' as "mountain". With different inferred meanings of 'ore mountain', 'earthen mountain', and 'tree covered mountain'. all seemingly to indicate a vastness in scale. Though there is some discussion that the name comes from "Ferga" meaning a "god" And is considered the masculine version. With Fjörgyn being the feminine and attributed to Thor's mother.

He is the father of Frigg.

It stems from Proto-Germanic *fergunja, meaning 'mountain', perhaps 'mountainous forest'

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#FJORGYNN #FJORGYN References to him in Old Norse literature are even sparser than those to his female counterpart. In the Lokasenna, one of the poems in the Poetic Edda, the goddess Frigg is called Fjörgyns mær.[5]This phrase can be literally translated as “Fjorgynn’s maiden,” which could mean either “Fjorgynn’s daughter” or “Fjorgynn’s mistress.” The medieval Icelandic historian Snorri Sturlusonclaimed that Frigg was Fjorgynn’s daughter,[6] but Snorri can’t be taken at face value. The passage in the Lokasennahas Loki taunting Frigg over her infidelity and promiscuity, and in that context, mær can hardly mean anything but “mistress.” So this passage tells us nothing about Fjorgynn except that he slept with Frigg. Of course, few if any of the Norse gods and goddesses have been noted for their chastity or fidelity, so this passage tells us essentially nothing about Fjorgynn. Unfortunately, those two throwaway mentions are Fjorgynn’s only appearances in Old Norse literature. To gain any insight into Fjorgynn’s character, then, we have to turn to another kind of source: comparative religion. The thunder god of the Slavs and Balts of Eastern Europe, who was called Perun (“Striker”) or Perkunas, was essentially identical to Thor in his attributes and role within the Slavic and Baltic pantheons and mythologies. There are also many areas of overlap between those deities and the Hindu storm god Parjanya.[7] Such correspondences are relatively common amongst the various branches of the Indo-European peoples, which include the ancient Slavs, Balts, Norse, and Indians (India’s Indians, not American Indians, of course).

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#FJORGYNN #FJORGYN FJORGYNN AND FJORGYN Fjorgynn (pronounced roughly “FIOR-gen”) and Fjorgyn (also pronounced roughly “FIOR-gen”) are a divine pair in Norse mythology. Fjorgynn (Old NorseFjörgynn) is male and Fjorgyn (Old NorseFjörgyn) is female. References to either of these giantsand/or deities in Old Norse literature are few and far between. They play no active part in the surviving mythological tales. Therefore, everything that we know about them has to be cobbled together from passing references and the study of comparative religion. Fjorgyn is sometimes said to be the mother of Thor.[1] Elsewhere, Thor’s mother is said to be the equally elusiveJord. Since “Jord” (Old Norse Jörð) is the Old Norse word for “Earth,” and sincefjörgyn (as a common noun with a lowercase “f”) is commonly used in Old Norse poetry to signify “earth” in a general sense,[2] Jord and Fjorgyn seem to be identical or at least closely related. While the etymology (linguistic origin) of the words “Fjorgyn” and “Fjorgynn” is unknown, many scholars have proposed that the former could be related to Old English fruh, Old High German furuh, and Latin porca, all of which mean “furrow” or “ridge.”[3] This in turn suggests a connection to an Old English prayer to an Erce, eorþan modor (“Erce, mother of earth”), which was recited when the plow cut the first furrow of the growing season, and milk, honey, flour, and water were poured into the soil.[4] All of this indicates that Fjorgyn was extension of the “earth mother goddess” type that was so prevalent throughout the ancient Germanic (and wider Indo-European) world. And what about the male Fjorgynn?

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