Jǫrð

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

• Thor

Domains

• earth motherhood

Powers

• is the personified Earth, the ground itself
• bears Thor, the defender of the worlds, to Odin

Epithets

• Fjǫrgyn Old Norse · Fjǫrgyn · bynamethe Earth (a poetic name of Jǫrð, mother of Thor)Vǫluspá 56; Hárbarðsljóð 56 (Poetic Edda) (primary)
• Hlóðyn Old Norse · Hlóðyn · bynamea byname of the Earth-goddessVǫluspá 56 (Poetic Edda) (primary)

Relations

• mother of: ThorGylfaginning 9; Skáldskaparmál (primary)

Sources

• existence: Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning 9, 36; Skáldskaparmál (Thor as Jarðar burr, "son of Jǫrð"); Vǫluspá (primary)