Nerthus
Americannoun
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As with Freya, an image of the goddess Nerthus was drawn through the land in spring, to announce peace and fertility to mortals.
From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Alfred Biese
Freya, the fair Northern goddess of beauty and love, was the sister of Frey and the daughter of Niörd and Nerthus, or Skadi.
From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
Frey, or Fro, as he was called in Germany, was the son of Niörd and Nerthus, or of Niörd and Skadi, and was born in Vana-heim.
From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
Then Page 24their places were usurped by Frey and Freyja, who were possibly created out of epithets originally applied to the older pair; Njörd was retained with lessened importance, Nerthus passed out altogether.
From The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12 by L. Winifred Faraday
The plan of the camp shows it; close beside the Nerthus pine, above the altar stones of the Idise, they have pitched a tent filled with provisions and weapons.
From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Felix Dahn
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