(Polish Wschowa), a town, capital of a cognominal circle in the Prussian government of Posen, 50 miles S.S.W. of the town of that name. It has manufactures of linen and woollen goods, hats, morocco leather, and gloves; and a large trade in corn and cattle. Pop. (1849) 6291.

FREYA, or Frigg, or Friga, the wife of Odin, was, next to him, the most revered divinity among the Saxons, Danes, and other northern nations during the reign of heathenism. As Odin was believed to be the father, Freya was esteemed the mother, of all the other gods. In ancient times, Freya was the same with the goddess Herthus, or Earth, who was so devoutly worshipped by the Angli and other German nations. But when Odin, the conqueror of the north, usurped the honours due only to the true Odin, his wife Freya usurped those which had been formerly paid to mother Earth. She was worshipped as the goddess of love and pleasure, who bestowed on her votaries a variety of delights, particularly happy marriages and easy childbirths. To Freya the sixth day of the week was consecrated, which still bears her name.