ORIGIN: Nordic [Icelandic] and Germanic
TYPE: Goddess of Agriculture
INFORMATION: One of the Aesir deities and an attendant of the goddess Frigg according to tradition mentioned by Snorri in the Edda. She bore four giant sons who she turned into oxen and used them to plough a tract of land which was then towed out to sea to become Zeeland (Sjaeland). She is also said to have founded a royal Danish dynasty. Also Gefiun.