Jǫrð
Norse · deity · mythic prehistoric · deity
The personified Earth of Norse cosmology (also Fjǫrgyn and Hlóðyn), counted among the goddesses though of giant-kind; by Odin she is the mother of Thor, who is repeatedly called Jarðar burr ("son of Jǫrð").
Children
Domains
- earth motherhood
Powers
- is the personified Earth, the ground itself
- bears Thor, the defender of the worlds, to Odin
Epithets
- Fjǫrgyn
- Hlóðyn
Relations
- mother of: Thor