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“BRISINGAMEN”

Brisingamen – Freja’s gold necklace. Freja gets it by sleeping with the four dwarfs who have forged the magnificent piece of jewelry. The trickster god Loke ferrets out the story and tells it to Odin who jealously demands that Loke collects the necklace. Loke transforms into a fly in order to enter Freja’s living room, and subsequently into a flea. The Loke flea bites her in her sleep,  making her expose the necklace thus enabling Loke to remove it from her neck. Later, Freja makes an agreement with Odin and gets her necklace back. The meaning of ‘brisinga’ is unclear (perhaps ‘shining’) while the last syllable means ‘jewelry’.

Length: 51 cm

  • Glass colour: Yellow
  • Smoked oak

Frejas smykke, et halsbånd af guld. Hun får det ved at ligge med fire dværge, der er smedene bag dette pragtsmykke. Men Loke opsnuser, hvordan hun har fået smykket og fortæller det til Odin, der skinsygt forlanger, at Loke skal få fat på det. Loke forvandler sig til en flue for at komme ind i Frejas stue og til en loppe for at kunne bide hende, så hun vender sig om i søvne, hvorved han kan fjerne smykket. Ved en overenskomst med Odin får Freja dog smykket tilbage.

Ordets første stavelser er af usikker betydning; der kan være tale om “det skinnende”; sidste led -men betyder “smykke”.

Længde: 51 cm

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