Gerðr

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• Name: The Giantess
• Reference Number: 5247

Notes:

Gerðr, the Giantess was the daughter of Gymer (of Norse Myth) and Orsoda (of Norse Myth).2 Gerðr, the Giantess married Yngvi-Frey, the ruler of Peace and Fertility, Rain, and Sunshine, son of Njörð, the Sea God and Eorthe of Esageard.

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— Yngvi-Frey. (son of Njörð and Eorthe of Esageard) [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 15296

Notes:

Fjölnir Yngvifreysson, King of the Swedes was the son of Yngvi-Frey, the ruler of Peace and Fertility, Rain, and Sunshine and Gerðr, the Giantess.1 Fjölnir Yngvifreysson, King of the Swedes was powerful, and lucky in seasons and in holding the peace. King of the Swedes at Uppsala, Sweden. He died at "In Frode's Hall", Hleithra, Sealand, Denmark. He was attending a great feast hosted by his friend, Frode of Leidre, at the latter's hall in Sealand. In this large house there was a vessel many ells high. This vessel stood in a lower room, and from above it, in a hole in the floor of the loft, one poured the mead, exceedingly strong. "In the evening Fjolne, with his attendants, was taken into the adjoining loft to sleep. In the night he went out to the gallery to seek a certain place, and he was very sleepy and exceedingly drunk. As he came back to his room he went along the gallery to the door of another left, went into it, and his foot slipping, he fell into the vessel of mead and was drowned."

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Fjölnir — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4792

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Svegdir Fjölnirsson, King of the Swedes was the son of Fjölnir Yngvifreysson, King of the Swedes.1 King of the Swedes at Uppsala, Sweden.1 Svegdir Fjölnirsson, King of the Swedes took the kingdom after his father, and he made a solemn vow to seek Godheim and Odin.1 He married Vana of Vanheim. Svegdir Fjölnirsson, King of the Swedes went with twelve men through the world, and came to Turkland, and the Great Svithiod, where he found many of his connections.. He was five years on this journey.1 He set out again, following the birth of his son, to search for Godheim. After heading out, he and his men came to a mansion on the east side of Swithiod (Mannheim, or Sweden) called Stein, where there was a stone as big as a large house. In the evening after sunset, as Swegde was going from the drinking-table to his sleeping-room, he cast his eye upon the stone, and saw that a dwarf was sitting under it.1 He died. Drunk, he was lured into the rock by the dwarf, who promised to show him Odin inside it. He ran to the stone, entered it, and it closed behind him, and he never came back.

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Svegdir — Vana of Vanheim. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 13772

Notes:

Vanlandi Svegdirsson, King of the Swedes was the son of Svegdir Fjölnirsson, King of the Swedes and Vana of Vanheim. Vanlandi Svegdirsson, King of the Swedes was a great warrior, and went far around in different lands. He took up his winter abode in Finland with Snae the Old, and got his daughter Driva in marriage.1 He left Driva behind in the spring, and did not return after three years as he'd promised.1 He succeeded his father, and ruled over the Upsal domain.1 King of the Swedes at Uppsala, Sweden.1 He married Drífa Snjásdóttir of Finland, daughter of Snjá "the Old" of Finland.1 Vanlandi Svegdirsson, King of the Swedes died at Uppsala, Sweden. He was initially bewitched and wished to return to Finnland. His advisors, noting the witchcraft of the Finns, advised him against it. "He then became very drowsy, and laid himself down to sleep; but when he had slept but a little while he cried out, saying that the Mara was treading upon him. His men hastened to him to help him; but when they took hold of his head she trod on his legs, and when they laid hold of his legs she pressed upon his head; and it was his death."

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Vanlandi — Drífa Snjásdóttir. (daughter of Snjá) [Group Sheet]