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Frigga (also known as Frigg) is their Queen and All-Mother.

She is the wife of Odin, the King


and All-Father of the Aesir, and the mother of Baldur, the god of light who was slain by Loki.
She may also be the mother of Hodur and Hermod, and she is stepmother to many of Odin's
children by other goddesses, including Heimdall and Thor. She is the daughter of Jord, Goddess
of the Earth, and thus is Thor's older half-sister.
Frigga is the goddess of marriage - more properly, the goddess of marriage that is sanctioned by
society, as unsanctioned unions are under the guidance of Frey and Gerda. She is the protector of
home and families, and was much beloved by married women. She gave solace and aid in
childbirth, and was also called upon for help in the domestic arts and cottage industries,
especially the spinning of wool, which took up much of the time of women in northern Europe.

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