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In Norse mythology, the sea god Njord is set as the leader of the Vanir.

Obviously, the southern and central parts of the Germanic region are inland areas, where the worship of the sea god cannot be born, nor can it be the territory ruled by the Vanir.

Only the northern part of the Germanic region has the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, where the worship of the sea god can be born.

Therefore, the prototype of the Vanir in Norse mythology is the native gods in the northern part of the Germanic region.

Skadi is considered to be another identity of Freya because in Norse mythology, she challenged the Aesir like Gullveig.

In Norse mythology, Skadi is the goddess of winter and hunting wearing snow boots, and her identity is the daughter of the giant Shaki.

The giant Shaki was killed by the Aesir, and Skadi came to Asgard in anger.

But her purpose was not to avenge her father Shaki, but to ask the Aesir to give her a husband as compensation-

The father was killed, and the daughter actually took the initiative to ask to marry the murderer of her father.

Obviously, the Norse mythology is deliberately humiliating and degrading the goddess Skadi.

Because Skadi is the enemy of the Aesir [Aryan gods].

Freya and Skadi are both goddesses who are degraded and humiliated in Norse mythology, so they are considered to be the same goddess.

But in Norse mythology, Skadi's first husband is set as the sea god Njord.

The identity of the sea god Njord is the father of Freya and Frey.

In other words, Skadi is Freya's stepmother.

Theoretically, the possibility that Skadi and Njord's first wife, the goddess Narsus, are the same goddess is greater than the possibility that Skadi and Freya are the same goddess.

And in Norse mythology, the fate of Skadi and Freya is not exactly the same.

Although Skadi was married to Njord by Odin at the beginning, as a degrading and humiliating Norse mythology to Skadi.

But Skadi soon ended this marriage and married the new god of her grandchildren's generation-Ullr, the god of winter and hunting.

Just like Njord, the husband of the sea goddess Narsus, is a male god created based on Narsus, used to replace Narsus's tool man.

Uller, the god of winter and hunting, is obviously a male god created based on Skadi, the goddess of winter and hunting.

Most importantly, in Norse mythology, Uller [Skadi], the god of winter and hunting, once seized the throne of the king of gods Odin.

It is mentioned in [The Deeds of the Danes] that Uller is a cunning wizard.

When King Odin was exiled, he ruled Denmark for ten years on behalf of Odin.

When Odin returned home, Uller was first expelled and then killed.

The real prototype of this story may be that the tribe that worshipped the goddess Skadi once defeated the tribe that worshipped Odin.

After ten years, the tribe that worshipped Odin defeated Skadi's tribe again.

Njord became the husband of the goddess Skadi, which was a humiliation of the goddess Skadi in Norse mythology.

Skadi ended her marriage with Njord, which means that Norse mythology stopped degrading and humiliating her.

Odr, the god of travel, has always been Freya's husband, which means that Norse mythology has never ended degrading and humiliating Freya.

Judging from the different marriage fates of Skadi and Freya, they are obviously not the same goddess.

Gevon is the patron saint of chastity in Norse mythology, and is also regarded as the goddess of harvest because of the legend of plowing the fields.

[Prose Edda] mentioned that Gevon is a virgin goddess and the guardian of chastity.

Women who died unmarried during their lifetime will have their souls come to her after death.

[Poetic Edda] mentioned that Gevon has a goddess necklace.

It is the necklace that connects Gevon and Freya together.

Because Freya also has a gold necklace.

Gevon's name is rarely mentioned in Norse mythology.

Because Gevon's ability to predict and guide virgin souls is very similar to that of Odin's wife Frigga, Gevon is considered another incarnation of Frigga.

Freya is the prototype of Frigga, so this is the second connection between Gefn and Freya.

Freya's other name, Gefn, is very similar to Gefjun, which means "give".

This is the third connection between Gefn and Freya.

From these three connections, Gefn may indeed be another identity of Freya.

After all, the many connections between Gefn and Freya cannot be accidental coincidences.

Frey, an important member of the Vanir, is the harvest god in charge of sowing, harvesting, herding and reproduction in Norse mythology.

Frey's subordinate god Beyla and Beyla's husband Bergvir are both revered as wine gods.

Winemaking requires fruits and grains as materials, so the identity of a subordinate god also confirms that Frey is a harvest god related to agriculture and animal husbandry.

Frey has the identity of the god of sunlight because his wife is the goddess of sunlight, Gerd.

In Norse mythology, Frey once sat on Odin's throne of the king of gods.

Because he could see the whole world from Odin's throne, Frey saw a goddess in the giant kingdom. When she raised her arms, the light from her arms illuminated the sky and the sea.

The goddess who illuminated the sky and the sea that Frey saw was Gerd, the goddess of sunlight.

Seeing the beautiful Gerd made Frey fall in love with her.

In order to get Gerd, Frey asked his follower Skirnir for help.

Skirnir asked Frey to give him his sword and horse - the life of the warrior.

After Frey surrendered his life, Skirnir threatened Gerd to surrender with force and let Gerd marry Frey.

Frey's story obviously has huge unreasonableness.

Since Skirnir is Frey's follower, he should obey Frey's orders unconditionally.

But in fact, it was Frey who traded with Skirnir and gave Skirnir his sword and warhorse - his life.

In Norse mythology, Frey and Freya have the same status. They are both hostages given by the Vanir to the Aesir, and both are children of the sea god Njord.

The real prototype of Frey should undoubtedly be a native god in the northern part of the Germanic region.

Unlike Freya who was humiliated and humiliated, Frey is a native god who took the initiative to surrender to the Aesir [Aryan gods].

In return for Frey, the Aesir [Aryan gods] helped Frey get the sun goddess Gerd, and the Aryans helped Frey's tribe conquer the tribe of the sun goddess Gerd.

Because he was sincerely accepted by the Aesir, Frey fought against the giants together with the Aesir during the Ragnarok War, and finally perished together with the fire giant Surtur.

Frey has many different names in various parts of Germanic and Scandinavia.

In Denmark, he is called Vlady.

It is said that Vlady once got a magic mill that can grind out various things according to people's wishes.

Vlady ordered two female giants to grind the mill, and they grinded out gold, abundance and peace.

But Vlady was greedy and did not let the female giants rest.

In revenge, the female giants sang "War" while grinding the mill, which attracted pirates who killed all the sleeping Danes and hijacked the two female giants and the magic mill on their ship.

The pirates ordered the female giants to grind out salt, because salt was rare and expensive at that time.

But the pirates were as cruel as Vlady, and the female giants were still not allowed to rest and could only grind all the time. The salt produced was too much, so it sank the ship.

Because the giantess and the mill that sank into the water continued to grind, the amount of salt in the sea increased, and the sea water became salty from then on.