Which goddess is the wife of the god Odin?

Frigg is the Norse goddess who is described as Odin’s wife. She belongs to the Æsir and is associated with marriage, motherhood, prophecy, and clairvoyance. Her home is Fensalir, and surviving sources regularly present her as queenly partner to Odin.

Frigg is especially important in the story of her son Baldr. Knowing or foreseeing danger, she obtains oaths from many things in the world that they will not harm him. The overlooked mistletoe is later used by Loki to bring about Baldr’s death. Frigg’s grief becomes one of the great emotional themes of the Eddic poems.

She is not the same goddess as Freyja, although modern retellings sometimes blend their attributes. Nor should Frigg be confused with Idunn, keeper of the apples of youth, or Sif, Thor’s wife. Frigg’s name survives in the English weekday Friday, traditionally interpreted as “Frigg’s day.” Sources also connect her with Fulla and other goddesses, while accounts of Odin’s relationships with figures such as Jörð belong to separate mythic traditions.