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    In Norse mythology, Njörðr (Old Norse: Njǫrðr) is a god among the Vanir. Njörðr, father of the deities Freyr and Freyja by his unnamed sister, was in...
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    describe the god Njörðr, and his children Freyr and Freyja as members of the Vanir. A euhemerized prose account in Heimskringla adds that Njörðr's sister—whose...
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  • In Norse mythology, the sister-wife of Njörðr is the unnamed twin sister and wife of the god Njörðr, with whom he is described as having had the (likewise...
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    deity. Others have proposed that a 'female Njörðr' continues into the Old Norse corpus as the Sister-wife of Njörðr and/or in the goddess name Njörun. Scholars...
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  • the Van god Njörðr came, for, though he rules over many hofs and hörgrs, Njörðr was not raised among the Æsir. Vafþrúðnir responds that Njörðr was created...
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    and Njörðr to live with the Æsir. At this point the saga, like Lokasenna, mentions that incest was practised among the Vanir. Odin makes Njörðr and Freyr...
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    nights in Njörðr's sea-side home Nóatún (or nine winters in Þrymheimr and another nine in Nóatún according to the Codex Regius.). However, when Njörðr returned...
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    Icelandic sources. The dynasty claimed descent from the gods Freyr and Njörðr, and other kings were likely mythical as well, whereas others may have been...
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    and Gersemi. Along with her twin brother Freyr, her father Njörðr, and her mother (Njörðr's sister, unnamed in sources), she is a member of the Vanir....
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    powerful god Njörðr. Njörðr is strongly associated with ships and seafaring, and so also wealth and prosperity. Freyja and Freyr's mother is Njörðr's unnamed...
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    a Njörðr connection, Magnússon (1989:671) suggests Njörðr and Nerio. Hopkins, J.S., 2012. Goddesses Unknown I: Njǫrun and the Sister-Wife of Njǫrðr. The...
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  • the Norse god Njörðr and the Roman goddess Nerio, and suggestions that she may represent the earth or be the unnamed sister-wife of Njörðr. Njörun is listed...
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  • jötunn, Þjazi, and was inherited by his daughter Skaði, later the wife of Njörðr. Þjazi, the jötunn who originally owned Þrymheimr, once abducted the goddess...
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    they had different fathers. Ing's father was Mannus. Freyr's father was Njörðr. The Ingvaeones, who occupied a territory roughly equivalent to modern Denmark...
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    "daughters of Hymir" once used Njörðr "as a pisspot", urinating in his mouth (an otherwise unattested comment). Njörðr responds that this was his reward...
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    certain Vanir gods, such as Njörðr, Freyja, and Freyr, join the Æsir. Similarities have been pointed out between Njörðr and Nerthus, a Germanic fertility...
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    In Gylfaginning, Njörðr is listed as the third áss yet is also noted to be "not of the race of the Æsir" (Old Norse: Eigi er Njörðr ása ættar. Freyr is...
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  • Alvaldi Þjazi Iði Gangr Gymir Aurboða Sister-wife of Njörðr Njörðr Skaði Beli Gerðr Freyr Freyja Óðr Ynglings Hnoss Gersemi...
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    Sigtun. To the shrine spirits (hofgoðunum) he gave also dwelling places. Njörðr dwelt in Nóatún, Frey in Upsal, Heimdal in the Himinbergs, Thor in Thrudvang...
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    mythology, Nóatún (Old Norse 'ship-enclosure') is the abode of the god Njörðr, described in the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning as located "in heaven". Orchard...
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    drunk to Odin "for victory and power to the king", the second to the gods Njörðr and Freyr "for good harvests and for peace", and third, a beaker was to...
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    Njörðr and Freyr to be priests of sacrificial customs and they became Diar ("Gods") of the people of Asgard. Freyja, described as daughter of Njörðr,...
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  • Noatun or Nóatún may refer to: Nóatún (mythology), abode of the god Njörðr Nóatún (supermarket) [is], a chain of Icelandic supermarkets Noatún, a 1938...
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  • son of Njǫrðr. His position as the father of Njǫrðr should not be seen as certain. Nerthus is often suggested to be the same woman as Njǫrðr's unidentified...
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    giantess in the beginning." Skaði, a daughter of Þjazi and later wife of Njörðr. Goddess associated with skiing and claimed as a mythical ancestor of Haakon...
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  • are themes of brother–sister marriage, a prominent example being between Njörðr and his unnamed sister (perhaps Nerthus), parents of Freyja and Freyr. Loki...
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  • continent.[citation needed] Álfheimr, the home of Freyr Nóatún, the home of Njörðr Þrúðvangr, the home of Thor Liberman & Lindow 2004, p. 22. Orchard 2011...
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  • characteristic A", e.g. "shield-Njörðr", tautological because the god Njörðr by nature has his own shield, means "like Njörðr in that he has a shield", i...
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    hostages. Vanaheimr are described as having sent to Asgard their best men: Njörðr—described as wealthy—and his son Freyr in exchange for Asaland's Hœnir—described...
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    etymological precursor to the Old Norse deity Njörðr, attested over a thousand years later. However, Njörðr is attested as male, leading to many proposals...
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