Frigg is a fertility goddess in Norse mythology. She is the wife of Odin, king of the gods, and is the greatest goddess of the Norse pantheon. She is thought to have developed, along with the goddess Freyja, from an earlier fertility deity. Friday (Frigga’s Day) is named in her honor.
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c. 400 CE - c. 700 CEFrigg possibly developed from the earlier Germanic fertility goddess Frija.