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Gefjon
In
Norse mythology
,
Gefjon
or
Gefjun
(with the alternate spelling
Gefion
) is a goddess associated with
ploughing
, the
Danish
island of
Zealand
, the
legendary Swedish king
Gylfi
, the
legendary Danish king
Skjöldr
,
foreknowledge
, and
virginity
. Gefjon is attested in the
Poetic Edda
, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the
Prose Edda
and
Heimskringla
, written in the 13th century by
Snorri Sturluson
; in the works of
skalds
; and appears as a
gloss
for various
Greco-Roman goddesses
in some
Old Norse
translations of
Latin
works.
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