Lofn ‘Matchmaker’ – Norse Goddess Of Forbidden Marriages Of People Who Wish To Be Loved And Search For Partners

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – In the Prose Edda book “Gylfaginning,” an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician, Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241) described the goddess Lofn, who “let people live together, women and men, even if previously it was for them forbidden or considered illegal” to be together.

Goddess Lofn who arranges forbidden marriages in Norse mythology. source

In Norse mythology, Lofn is a minor deity. Although she was not of great significance in the pantheon, she was important to people who wished to be loved and searched for love and partners.  Lofn was great support for those who desperately needed her help.

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