Artifact

Brisingamen

Freyja’s necklace, named among her important possessions in the goddess list.

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Overview

Brisingamen appears in chapter 35 alongside Freyja’s names, possessions and Vanir title. This story does not add an origin tale for it; the necklace remains within Freyja's identity as a possession explicitly named by the source.

Key facts

Freyja’s possession

Chapter 35 directly says Freyja had Brisingamen.

Listed with her Vanir title

The same chapter also calls Freyja Goddess or Lady of the Vanir.

Relationships

Freyjaholds
Chapter 35 lists Brisingamen as Freyja’s possession.
Thoruses in disguise
The disguise plan has Thor wear Brisingamen on the way to Jotunheim.
Thorwears Brisingamen
wears Brisingamen

Story appearances

Aesir, Vanir and Divine OrderFreyja’s necklace
Brisingamen enters as Freyja’s named possession without adding an origin tale.
Thor and the Giant-World TestsDisguise artifact
Brisingamen is used here in Thor’s bridal disguise.
Thrymskvitha: Lost Hammer, False Bride, ReversalFigure or artifact in Thrymskvitha
Freyja’s necklace, named among her important possessions in the goddess list.

Ancient sources

MythWeave distinguishes ancient-source evidence from later adaptations and modern interpretation.

Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda, Gylfaginning, Chapter 35, Frigg, Freyja, Brisingamen and Freyja’s Vanir title

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