In the opening of the SÃ¶rla thattr, this mother of (*) Hnoss wins a prized possession whose name means "gleaming torc.
After being cursed by this figure, Hadding was shipwrecked in a storm and shunned by all strangers that he came across after being washed ashore. In that story, this figure dropped amber into the seas as she searched for her husband, who had been changed into a dragon. Because he was Christian, Ivar the Gleam was able to end a 143-year war caused by this goddess in which the armies of Hedinn and HÃ¶gni killed each other every night, only to rise again the next day. In the opening of the SÃ¶rla thattr, this mother of (*) Hnoss wins a prized possession whose name means "gleaming torc." In a different text, this goddess listens to Hyndla as the latter recites the genealogy of her lover Ottar, who this figure disguises as a boar. While half of those who died in battle went to Valhalla, the other half were received by this deity in her realm FÃ³lkvangr. This owner of the necklace Brisingamen cried tears of gold and rode a chariot pulled by cats. For 10 points, name this Norse goddess of love and beauty. 
After being cursed by this figure, Hadding was shipwrecked in a storm and shunned by all strangers that he came across after being washed ashore.
Freyja