A fellow Lokispouse recently pointed out a precedent for spousery in the Lore – it’s interesting to me, because even though I am not overly concerned about whether or not the phenomena is a new one or an old one, I know that some in our faith do care about this very much. In the Ögmundar þáttr dytts, Freyr has a mortal wife.
There is a free Google Books release with the story in question, beginning on page 251:
“In the service of Frey was a young and handsome woman; and the people betieving that Frey was a living person, as in some respects he appeared to be, supposed that the woman lived with him as his wife. Under Frey’s guidance she had the chief management of the idol’s shrine and all that belonged to it. When Gunnar Half arrived there after his long journey, he begged the help of Frey’s wife, and asked that she would allow him to remain.”
Much thanks to Lagutyr for the Google Books link, which is much better than the Google translate version that I’d dug up previously.
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