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Njord
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NjordGod of the Sea and WindsPantheon: Norse Element: Water Sphere of Influence: Sea and Commerce Preferred colors: Green, blue Associated symbol: Gold coin Associated Planet: Neptune |
Njord is the god of the sea and winds. He is the father of Frey and Freya. Those who wish to make their living from the sea would do well to honor him. | |
Additional Information on Njord from WikipediaInformation is unedited and uncheckedNjord (Old Norse Njǫrðr) is one of the Vanir and the god of seamanship and sailing in Norse mythology. He is son of Yngvi husband of Skadi (Skadhi) but previously the father of Yngvi-Freyr and Freya (by his sister: apparently the Vanir, unlike the Aesir|Æsir, were allowed to practice sibling incest). His dwelling is said to be Noatun Ship-town. Njord is also a god closely associated with fertility, as are the Vanir in general.Njord and his children joined the Æsir as Vanir hostages after the Æsir/Vanir war. Njord is the Old Norse equivalent of the goddess Nerthus described by Gaius Cornelius Tacitus|Tacitus. It has been suggested by Hilda R. Ellis Davidson in Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (1964) that there was possibly originally a male and female pair of deities, Njord and Nerthus, with Freyr later replacing Nerthus. She also makes the point that there were other male/female pairings of Norse gods of whom little is known but their names, e.g. Ullr and Ullin. The comparative mythologist Georges Dumézil developed the idea introduced by Jacob Grimm that the hero Hadding in Saxo Grammaticus Danish History, Book I, might be an Euhemerus|euhemerized version of Njord. This suggestion was used by science-fiction/fantasy writer Poul Anderson in his War of the Gods. In Viktor Rydbergs idiosyncratic and generally unaccepted reconstruction of Norse mythology Njord was also known as "Fridlief", the Lover of Frith. With Hodur, he undertook a mission of peace to Weland and Egil, which they refused. He rescued his son Freyr from the giants later on. During the war between Æsir and Vanir, he led the attack on Asgard and won. While he was gone from Vanaheim, Loki tried to take over there, but Njord defeated him in battle and routed him. ==Other names== *Njord *Njörd *Njördh *Njörðr *Njǫrðr (most accurate) NorseMythology Mythological king of Sweden | prev= Odin | next=Yngvi-Freyr This text is made available under the GNU Free Documentation License Agreement. The full text of this article is available for download here. (Njord) | |