Gefion

also known as Gefinn and Gefjon, was a Germanic goddess of fertility akin to Freyja, the sister of fertility god Freyr, and Frigg, the wife of Odin. Appropriately for a goddess of agriculture, Gefion's name is connected with 'giving'. She was usually imagined as a virgin after their deaths. However, Loki accused Gefion of selling herself, like Freyja, for a necklace.

Her myth concerns ploughing and doubtless recalls the ancient ritual of ploughing a token strip of land each spring. Gefion, disguised as an old beggar, managed to trick King Gylfi of Sweden out of a great tract of land. In return for her hospitality, the king offered Gerfion as much of his kingdom as she could plough with four oxen during one day and one night. With the aid of her four giant sons, transformed into oxen, she cut from the mainland the whole island of Zealand, part of present-day Denmark.

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