Freya
在北欧神话中,代表性爱和美丽的女神,来自古诺尔斯语 Freyja,与古英语 frea “领主”、古撒克逊语 frua 、中古荷兰语 vrouwe “女人,妻子”、德语 Frau 有关; 参见 frau)。
Frigga is usually considered the goddess of married love; Freya, the goddess of love, the northern Venus. Actually, Frigga is of the Aesir family of Scandinavian myth; Freya, of the Vanir family; the two lines of belief merged, and the two goddesses are sometimes fused, and sometimes confused. [Joseph T. Shipley, "The Origins of English Words," 1984]
弗丽嘉通常被认为是已婚之爱的女神; 弗蕾娅则是爱情女神,北方的维纳斯。实际上,弗丽嘉是斯堪的纳维亚神话中的阿萨神族成员; 弗蕾娅则是凡尔神族成员; 这两条信仰线路合并了,这两位女神有时会融合在一起,有时会混淆。[约瑟夫·T·希普利,《英语词源的起源》,1984年]