Ingunar-Freyr is the
name given to Freyr in the ''
Lokasenna''
(43) and in the ''Great saga of Saint Olaf''.
It is often assumed that ''Ingunar'' is the West-Germanic equivalent of the Scandinavian ''
Yngvi''.
The meaning of ''Ingunar'' remains uncertain. It could be related to the
Ingaevones, a Germanic tribe. Another solution is to understand Ingunar as the genitive form of Ingun, who would be a fertility goddess.
[Schröder, Franz Rolf. 1941. ''Untersuchungen zur germanischen und vergleichenden Religionsgeschichte''. Vol. 1, ''Ingunar-Freyr''. Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr.]
A close form, ("lord of the friends of
Ing
Ing, ING or ing may refer to:
Art and media
* '' ...ing'', a 2003 Korean film
* i.n.g, a Taiwanese girl group
* The Ing, a race of dark creatures in the 2004 video game '' Metroid Prime 2: Echoes''
* "Ing", the first song on The Roches' 199 ...
") is used in ''
Beowulf
''Beowulf'' (; ) is an Old English poetry, Old English poem, an Epic poetry, epic in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 Alliterative verse, alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and List of translat ...
''
(1319), where it refers to the Danish king
Hroðgar.
References
{{Norse mythology
Freyr