Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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The myth of Gefjon: the Norse goddess of ploughing, agriculture, abundance and unmarried women, a knower of fates who famously ploughed the island of
The myth of Jord: the Norse goddess and personification of the Earth, the primal giant-born mother who by Odin bore the thunder-god Thor — an elemental
The myth of Nanna: the gentle Norse goddess and devoted wife of Baldr, who died of a broken heart at his funeral and was burned on his pyre to join him in
The myth of Rind: a Norse goddess destined to bear by Odin the avenger Vali who would slay Baldr's killer. Her troubling wooing — the resistant Rind
The myth of Fulla: a Norse goddess and the trusted handmaiden and confidante of the queen Frigg, keeper of Frigg's treasure-casket and shoes and the
The myth of Eir: the Norse goddess of healing and medicine, named the best of all physicians and whose name means "mercy," mistress of the healing-hill
The myth of Sjofn: the Norse goddess of love and affection who turned the hearts of men and women toward love, kindled romance, and reconciled lovers and
The myth of Vidar: the Norse god of vengeance, silence and the deep forest, the strong silent son of Odin who, wearing a great shoe of leather-scraps, is
The myth of Vali: the Norse god of vengeance, a son of Odin and the giantess Rind begotten to avenge Baldr, who grew to full strength in a single day and
The myth of Magni: the Norse god of strength, a son of Thor so mighty that at three nights old he lifted the dead giant Hrungnir's leg off his pinned
