Gefion is an alternative spelling for Gefjon of Norse mythology.
Davidson states that in Germanic areas of Europe, traditions also exist of supernatural women who travel about the countryside with a plough, examples including Holde and Holle (from the western and central regions of Germany) and Berchte and Perchte in traditions from upper Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.
The traditions on Gylfi deal with how he was tricked by the gods and his relations with the goddess Gefjon.
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Gefjon transformed her four sons into oxen and took enough land to create the Danish island of Zealand, leaving the Swedish lake Mälaren.