Jord


 
 
Jord

In Norse mythology, Jord was the goddess of the Earth. She was married to Odin and mother of Thor. She may simply have been an alias of Odin's wife Frigg.

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Alternative: Hl?dyn, Fj?rgyn, Fergunna, J?rd.

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Jorden is the Norwegian, Danish and Swedish name for The Earth. The -en ending meens "The", so "Jord" just means "Earth"

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Odin: Odin is considered to be the supreme god of late Germanic and Norse mythology. His role, like many of the Norse pantheon, is complex: he is god of both wisdom and war. He is also attributed as being a god of magic, poetry, victory, and the hunt....

Thor: Thor, ??rr (ON), ?unor (OE), Donar or Donner (German) is the red-haired and bearded god of thunder in Norse Mythology and more generally Germanic mythology. He is the son of Odin and Jord. While Odin is the god of the powerful and aristocratic, Thor is much more the god of the common man. During Rag...

Frigg: In Norse mythology, Frigg or Frigga was said to be "foremost among the goddesses," 1 the wife of Odin, queen of the ?sir, and goddess of the sky. One of the ?synjur, she is a goddess of marriage, motherhood, fertility, love, household management, and domestic arts. Her primary functions in the Nors...


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