**Stanza 19-20-21:** Gefjon speaks to Loki, Loki insults her and Odin defends Gefjon.
Gefjun said:
19. ‘Why must you two Æsir52 argue inside here
with wounding words?
Isn’t it well known that Loptr has a playful nature
and that all the living54 love him?’
Loki said:
20. ‘Silence, Gefjun! Now I’ll speak of the one
who lured you into lust,
the white boy who gave you a pendant,
and [whom] you put your thigh over!’
Óðinn said:
21. ‘You’re mad, Loki, and out of your mind,
when you rouse Gefjun to anger against you,
because I think she knows all the world’s fate
just as well as I!’
Introduction(p.7): In the opening anecdote of the book, Gefiun is the Æsir woman who ploughs the land of Zealand away from Sweden after King Gylfi grants her as much land as four oxen could plough in one day and night.
King Gylfi was ruler in what is now called Sweden. Of him it is said that he gave a certain vagrant woman, as a reward for his entertainment, one plough-land in his kingdom, as much as four oxen could plough up in a day and a night. Now this woman was one of the race of the Æsir. Her name was Gefiun.
Chapter 34-35(p.29): In a list of Asyniur, Gefiun is described as a virgin who is attended by all who die as virgins.
Fourth is Gefiun. She is a virgin, and is attended by all who die virgins.
Introduction(p.59): Gefiun is listed among the Asyniur present at the feast for Ægir.
...similarly the Asyniur, Frigg, Freyia, Gefiun, Idunn, Gerd, Sigyn, Fulla, Nanna.
Chapter 17(p.81): "ale-Gefiun" is used as a kenning for the sorceress Gróa in a verse from Haustlǫng.
Until ale-Gefiun [Groa] began to enchant the red boaster of being rust’s bale [whetstone] from the inclined slopes of the wound-giving god’s hair.
Chapter 32-33(p.95): Gefiun is listed among the goddesses who attended the feast with Odin at Ægir's hall.
Undertaking this journey were first of all Odin and Niord, Freyr, Tyr, Bragi, Vidar, Loki, and then Asyniur, Frigg, Freyia, Gefiun, Skadi, Idunn, Sif.
Chapter 75(p.157): Gefiun’s name is given in a list of Asyniur.
Now shall all the Asyniur be named. Frigg and Freyia, Fulla and Snotra, Gerd and Gefiun, Gna, Lofn, Skadi, Iord and Idunn, Ilm, Bil, Niorun.
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