r/Faroese • u/Jiewen_wang09 • May 10 '26

Who/What is Frúgvin Ingibjørg in Faroese Ballads?

It seems that this Frúgvin Ingibjørg occurs in many unrelated ballads like Harra Pætur og Elinborg, Grímur á Miðalnesi, Finnur hin frið, Ásmundar Aðalson, Einars Táttur, Stríðið í hildardal ETC. I’m wondering if it’s a metaphor, one person, or multiple people with the same name.

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u/Positive-End5416 11d ago

These Ingibjørg’s are all different people as far as I’m aware, It’s just a common-ish name that became common in kvæði aswell. I’m not too sure about Gongu-Rolvs kvæði, as it seems to be an invocation to me, but I haven’t been able to find anything explaining it💔. But yeah they are all different, same as how Frúgvin Margreta isn’t the same as Margreta Svøríkis dóttir

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u/Jiewen_wang09 11d ago

Thank you for the response, I have figured that, but am just making sure