Nerthus

[ nur-thuhs ]

noun

, German Mythology.

1. goddess of fertility, described by Tacitus in his Germania: later appeared in Scandinavian mythology as the god Njord.

Example Sentences

HERTHA, or Nerthus, in Teutonic mythology, the goddess of fertility, “Mother Earth.”

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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.

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Nerthus’s car bathed in the, 58 Scourge of God.

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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.

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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.

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