Freyja (English spelling)

Japanese: フレイヤ（英語表記）Freyja

A goddess in Norse mythology. She is the most beautiful of all goddesses, and is the god of beauty, lust, and fertility. She is the daughter of the sea god Njörðr and the sister of Frey. She belongs to the Bananid tribe, but after the war with the Asa, Frey and Njörðr made peace with each other, and she was welcomed into Asgard as one of the main deities, along with Frey, and lived in a beautiful mansion called Sesthrumnir. She is nicknamed Sill, which means sow, and rides a golden-haired boar called Hildisvini, which was made by a dwarf. She also likes to drive a carriage pulled by a cat. Her husband was Oz, and when he suddenly disappeared, Frey traveled around the world searching for him, shedding golden tears. However, as befitting a goddess of lust, she was never faithful, and she had a relationship with her brother Frey, and is said to have given her body to dwarfs in order to obtain the "Brísinga men". Her reputation for beauty spread among the giants of Jotunheim, and it is said that several of them tried unsuccessfully to make Freyja their wife.

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Japanese:

北欧神話の女神。すべての女神のなかで最も美しく，美，愛欲，豊穣などを司る。海神ニヨルズの娘で，フレイの妹であり，バナ神族に属するが，アサ神族との戦いのあとで和睦したときから，ニヨルズおよびフレイとともに主神格の一人としてアスガルズに迎えられ，セスルムニルという美しい館に住むことになった。雌豚を意味するシルというあだ名をもち，侏儒によってつくられたヒルディスビニという黄金の毛のイノシシに乗り，またネコの引く車も愛用する。彼女の夫はオズで，あるとき突然行方不明になると，フレイヤは黄金の涙を流しながら行方を捜して，世界中を巡ったといわれる。しかし，愛欲の神にふさわしく，彼女は決して貞節ではなく，兄のフレイとも関係をもち，また「ブリシングの首飾り」Brísinga menを手に入れるため侏儒たちにも体を許したとされる。彼女の美しさの評判はヨツンヘイムの巨人たちの間にも鳴り響き，何人かの巨人がフレイヤを妻に得ようとして失敗したといわれる。

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