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In Norse mythology, Barri is the place where Freyr and Gerðr are to consummate their union, as stated in the Skírnismál: In Snorri Sturluson's account of the myth (found in Gylfaginning, 37), the place is called Barrey or Barey: The meaning of the name is uncertain.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 19 relations: Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, Barra, Benjamin Thorpe, Codex Regius, Codex Wormianus, Freyr, Gerðr, Hebrides, Hieros gamos, John Lindow, Magnus Olsen, Mother goddess, Norse mythology, Old Norse, Oxford University Press, Prose Edda, Rudolf Simek, Skírnismál, Snorri Sturluson.

  2. Freyr

Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur

Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (September 18, 1888 – September 9, 1971) was a scholar of early English, German, and Old Norse literature at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Barra

Barra (Barraigh or Eilean Bharraigh; Barra) is an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and the second southernmost inhabited island there, after the adjacent island of Vatersay to which it is connected by the Vatersay Causeway.

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Benjamin Thorpe

Benjamin Thorpe (1782 – 19 July 1870) was an English scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature.

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Codex Regius

Codex Regius (Rēgius, "Royal Book" or "King's Book"; Konungsbók) or GKS 2365 4º is an Icelandic codex in which many Old Norse poems from the Poetic Edda are preserved.

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Codex Wormianus

The Codex Wormianus or AM 242 fol. is an Icelandic vellum codex dating from the mid-14th century.

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Freyr

Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvest.

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Gerðr

In Norse mythology, Gerðr (Old Norse:; "fenced-in"Orchard (1997:54).) is a jötunn, goddess, and the wife of the god Freyr. Barri and Gerðr are Freyr.

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Hebrides

The Hebrides (Innse Gall,; Southern isles) are an archipelago off the west coast of the Scottish mainland.

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Hieros gamos

Hieros gamos, hieros (ἱερός) meaning "holy" or "sacred" and gamos (γάμος) meaning "marriage," or Hierogamy (Greek: ἱερὸς γάμος, ἱερογαμία "holy marriage"), is a sacred marriage that plays out between gods, especially when enacted in a symbolic ritual where human participants represent the deities.

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John Lindow

John Frederick Lindow (born July 23, 1946) is an American philologist who is Professor Emeritus of Old Norse and Folklore at University of California, Berkeley.

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Magnus Olsen

Magnus Bernhard Olsen (28 November 1878 – 16 January 1963) was a Norwegian philologist who specialized in Old Norse studies.

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Mother goddess

A mother goddess is a major goddess characterized as a mother or progenitor, either as an embodiment of motherhood and fertility or fulfilling the cosmological role of a creator- and/or destroyer-figure, typically associated the Earth, sky, and/or the life-giving bounties thereof in a maternal relation with humanity or other gods.

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Norse mythology

Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period.

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Old Norse

Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Prose Edda

The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda (Snorra Edda) or, historically, simply as Edda, is an Old Norse textbook written in Iceland during the early 13th century.

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Rudolf Simek

Rudolf Simek (born 21 February 1954) is an Austrian philologist and religious studies scholar who is Professor and Chair of Ancient German and Nordic Studies at the University of Bonn.

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Skírnismál

Skírnismál (Old Norse: 'The Lay of Skírnir', but in the Codex Regius known as Fǫr Skírnis ‘Skírnir’s journey’) is one of the poems of the Poetic Edda. Barri and Skírnismál are Freyr.

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Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson (Old Norse:;; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician.

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See also

Freyr

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barri

Also known as Barey, Barrey.