In Norse Mythology and Germanic Mythology, Freyja (sometimes anglicized as Freya) is sister of Freyr and daughter of Njord (Njǫrðr). She is usually seen as a Norse fertility goddess.
Freyr and Freyja come from Germanic words meaning "lord" and "lady" respectively (cf. German Frau "woman, wife", Gothic Frauja "the Lord"). While there are some sources (Oddrúnargrátr, Volsunga Saga, Hálfs Saga, ancient farmlands named after Freyja) suggesting that she was called on to bring fruitfulness to fields or wombs, in Eddas she was portrayed as a goddess of fertility, love, beauty, and attraction. Freyja was also a goddess of war, battle, death, magic, prophecies and wealth. Freyja is cited as receiving half of the dead lost in battle in her hall Fólkvangr, whereas Odin would receive the other half.
Frigg and Freyja are the two principle Norse goddesses, and the highest amongst Asynjur. Frigg is the foremost of the Æsir cult, while Freyja is the foremost of the Vanir cult. They were especially worshipped. In Droplaugarsona Saga, it is described that in a temple at Ölvusvatn in Iceland, statues of Frigg and Freyja have been seated upon higher thrones opposite those of Thor and Freyr. These statues were arrayed in drapery and ornaments of gold and silver. In his Heimskringla, Snorri Sturluson told us that most temples and statues of heathen deities were raided and destroyed by Olaf Tryggvason and Saint Olaf.