Claim: Odin is a god.

In Norse mythology , Freyja -LRB- -LSB- ˈfreɪə -RSB- Old Norse for '' -LRB- the -RRB- Lady '' -RRB- is a goddess associated with love , sex , beauty , fertility , gold , seiðr , war , and death . Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen , rides a chariot pulled by two cats , keeps the boar Hildisvíni by her side , possesses a cloak of falcon feathers , and , by her husband Óðr , is the mother of two daughters , Hnoss and Gersemi . Along with her brother Freyr -LRB- Old Norse '' -LRB- the -RRB- Lord '' -RRB- , her father Njörðr , and her mother -LRB- Njörðr 's sister , unnamed in sources -RRB- , she is a member of the Vanir . Stemming from Old Norse Freyja , modern forms of the name include Freya , Freyia , and Freja .   Freyja rules over her heavenly afterlife field Fólkvangr and there receives half of those that die in battle , whereas the other half go to the god Odin 's hall , Valhalla . Within Fólkvangr is her hall , Sessrúmnir . Freyja assists other deities by allowing them to use her feathered cloak , is invoked in matters of fertility and love , and is frequently sought after by powerful jötnar who wish to make her their wife . Freyja 's husband , the god Óðr , is frequently absent . She cries tears of red gold for him , and searches for him under assumed names . Freyja has numerous names , including Gefn , Hörn , Mardöll , Sýr , Valfreyja , and Vanadís .   Freyja is attested in the Poetic Edda , compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; in the Prose Edda and Heimskringla , composed by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century ; in several Sagas of Icelanders ; in the short story Sörla þáttr ; in the poetry of skalds ; and into the modern age in Scandinavian folklore , as well as the name for Friday in many Germanic languages .   Scholars debated whether Freyja and the goddess Frigg ultimately stem from a single goddess common among the Germanic peoples ; connected her connection to the valkyries , female battlefield choosers of the slain ; and analyzed her relation to other goddesses and figures in Germanic mythology , including the thrice-burnt and thrice-reborn Gullveig/Hei ðr , the goddesses Gefjon , Skaði , Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa , Menglöð , and the 1st century CE `` Isis '' of the Suebi . Freyja 's name appears in numerous place names in Scandinavia , with a high concentration in southern Sweden . Various plants in Scandinavia once bore her name , but it was replaced with the name of the Virgin Mary during the process of Christianization . Rural Scandinavians continued to acknowledge Freyja as a supernatural figure into the 19th century , and Freyja has inspired various works of art .