Gefjon is a Norse goddess who, according to myth, plowed the island of Zealand from Sweden using four oxen—her giant sons. She is linked to agriculture, abundance, and maidenhood. Snorri places her among the Æsir, and she appears in the Lokasenna. Poets invoke Gefjon to celebrate land, labor, and the transformative power of divine will shaping geography and destiny.

Gefjon is a complex goddess associated with fertility, virginity, and territorial creation. In Gylfaginning, she plows the island of Zealand from Sweden using her four giant sons transformed into oxen—a myth that explains Danish geography. Loki accuses her of promiscuity in Lokasenna, showing tensions around female sexuality. Students should recognize Gefjon as a liminal figure: both a virgin (in some traditions) and a mother, both divine and connected to giants. Her name may derive from "gefa" (to give), linking her to generosity and agricultural bounty. In poetry, "Gefjon’s plow" is a kenning for Zealand or fertile land. Gefjon exemplifies how Norse myth uses female agency to explain natural and political landscapes, making her vital for studies of gender, land, and power in eddic literature.