The name Frøy

He was originally one of the Vanir, the gods of growth, fertility and love. Frey was the son of Njord and the twin brother of Freya (Frøya in Norwegian), the goddess of love and his wife. Marriages between brother and sister were not uncommon among the Vanir.

Frey lived in Alfheim, and owned the ship Skidbladnir and the golden boar Gullinborsti. He also forced marriage on the giantess Gerd. According to the Icelandic poet and historian Snorri Sturluson, Frey was the ancestor of the Yngling, the Norwegian dynasty from which Harald Fairhair and other early monarchs claimed descent.