Freyja is the Norse goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility and the necklace Brísingamen.
Freyja belongs to the Vanir, a group of gods associated with fertility and prosperity, and is the daughter of Njörðr and sister of Freyr. In the myths recorded in medieval Icelandic sources, she is connected with desire, wealth, magic and war. She is also described as a practitioner of seiðr, a form of magic linked with prophecy and fate.
Brísingamen is a famous necklace associated with Freyja. The surviving sources do not provide one single consistent narrative about it, but the necklace is repeatedly treated as a valuable and distinctive possession. Freyja is also said to travel in a chariot drawn by cats and to possess a cloak of falcon feathers.
Freyja is sometimes confused with Frigg, Odin’s wife. The two figures share certain associations and may have overlapping origins, but the surviving Norse sources generally present them as separate goddesses. Freyja’s name is also related to the title meaning “lady,” while Freyr’s name is related to “lord.”