Freyja is thought to have developed from an earlier fertility deity along with a fertility goddess Frigg, wife of Odin, the king of the gods, and the greatest goddess of the Norse pantheon.

弗雷娅被认为是由早期的生育神和生育女神弗丽嘉一起发展而来，弗丽嘉是众神之王奥丁的妻子，也是北欧万神殿中最伟大的女神。