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Mythology refers variously to the collected myths of a ___MASK29___ of people or to the study of such myths . Myths are the stories people tell to explain nature , history and customs . In Norse mythology , Gerðr ( Old Norse " fenced - in ") is a jötunn , goddess , and the wife of the god Freyr . Gerðr 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 ; and in the poetry of skalds . " Gerðr " is sometimes modernly anglicized as Gerd or Gerth . Freyr or Frey is one of the most important gods of Norse religion . The name is conjectured to derive from the Proto - Norse *" frawjaz ", " lord ." Freyr was associated with sacral kingship , virility and prosperity , with sunshine and fair weather , and was pictured as a phallic fertility god ; Freyr is said to " bestow peace and pleasure on mortals ." Freyr , sometimes referred to as Yngvi - Freyr , was especially associated with Sweden and seen as an ancestor of the Swedish royal house . Snorri Sturluson ( 1179  23 September 1241 ) was an Icelandic historian , poet , and politician . He was elected ___MASK19___ as lawspeaker at the Icelandic parliament , the Althing . He was the author of the " Prose Edda " or " Younger Edda ", which consists of " Gylfaginning " (" the fooling of Gylfi "), a narrative of Norse mythology , the " Skáldskaparmál ", a book of poetic language , and the " Háttatal ", a list of verse forms . He was also the author of the " Heimskringla ", a history of the Norwegian kings that begins with legendary material in " Ynglinga saga " and moves through to early medieval Scandinavian history . For stylistic and methodological reasons , Snorri is often taken to be the author of " Egil ' ___MASK51___ saga ". In Norse mythology , Gymir was a giant whose daughter , Gerðr , married the god Freyr . According to the Eddic poems Skírnismál and Hyndluljóð , Gymir and his wife Aurboða are Gerð ' ___MASK51___ and her brother Beli ' ___MASK51___ parents . He is also listed as a distinct cousin to Thjazi . In the Prose Edda , Snorri Sturluson gave this information in Gylfaginning but in a list of kennings in Skáldskaparmál equates Gymir with the god and giant Ægir , citing a verse by Hofgarða - Refr Gestsson where the kenning in question probably simply substitutes one giant - name for another . Gymir is also equated with Ægir in the prose introduction to Lokasenna ; however , the Nafnaþulur added later to the Prose Edda list him among the giants . He is credited to live in a great house in Jotunheim surrounded by dogs . Gymir has usually been interpreted as a sea - giant , but Magnus Olsen regarded him as an earth giant in connection with his interpretation of Skírnismál in light of the hieros gamos and he has also been seen as a chthonic deity . Suggestions as to the etymology and meaning of his name include ' earthman ' , ' the wintry one ' , ' the protector ' and ' the bellower ' . According to John Lindow , one source calls Gerð ' ___MASK51___ father Geysir . Norse mythology is the body of mythology of the North Germanic people stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia and into the Scandinavian folklore of the modern period . The northernmost extension of Germanic mythology , Norse mythology consists of tales of various deities , beings , and heroes derived from numerous sources from both before and after the pagan period , including medieval manuscripts , archaeological representations , and folk tradition . Poetic Edda is the modern attribution for an unnamed collection of Old Norse anonymous poems , which is different from the Edda , written by Snorri Sturluson . Several versions exist , all consisting primarily of text from the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript known as the " Codex Regius ". The " Codex Regius " is arguably the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends , and from the early 19th century onwards , it has had a powerful influence on later Scandinavian literatures , not merely by the stories it contains but also by the visionary force and dramatic quality of many of the poems . It has also become an inspiring model for many later innovations in poetic meter , particularly in Nordic languages , offering many varied examples of terse , ___MASK96___ - based metrical schemes working without any final rhyme by instead using alliterative devices and strongly - concentrated imagery . Poets who have acknowledged their debt to the Codex Regius include Vilhelm Ekelund , August Strindberg , J . R . R . Tolkien , Ezra Pound , Jorge Luis Borges , and Karin Boye . Germanic mythology consists of the body of myths native to the Germanic peoples . Commonly featuring narratives focused on Germanic deities and a large variety of other entities , Germanic mythology dates from the Proto - Germanic period and reaches ___MASK85___ the Christianization of the Germanic peoples and into modern Germanic folklore . Germanic mythology includes Norse mythology , Anglo - Saxon mythology , and Continental Germanic mythology . The Prose Edda , also known as the Younger Edda , Snorri ' ___MASK51___ Edda or , historically , simply as Edda , is an Old Norse work of literature written in Iceland in the early 13th century . The work is often assumed to have been written , or at least compiled , by the Icelandic scholar and historian Snorri Sturluson around the year 1220 . The jötunn ( anglicized jotunn or jotun , plural ___MASK28___ , or ; Old Norse jtunn , Icelandic jötunn ; often glossed as " giant " or " ettin ") are a mythological race that live in Jötunheimr , one of the nine worlds of Norse cosmology . They were banished there by the Æsir who refused them entry to their world , Asgard . The ___MASK28___ can be seen throughout Norse mythology . They frequently interact with the Æsir , as well as the Vanir . They are usually in opposition to , or in competition with them , but also interact with them in a non - hostile manner . Some ___MASK28___ even intermarry with the Æsir and Vanir , and many are named as parents or grandparents of Æsir such as Thor and Odin . This very complex relationship between these two comparable races develops most notably in the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda , ultimately making it difficult to distinguish them from the more familiar Norse gods . Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian country in Northern ___MASK41___ . It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge - tunnel across the Öresund . At , Sweden is the third - largest country in the ___MASK61___ by area , with a total population of 10 . 0 million . Sweden consequently has a low population density of , with the highest concentration in the southern half of the country . Approximately 85 % of the population lives in urban areas .