Hertha Goddess

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Hertha goddess. Cognate with jorth see below. In germanic paganism nerthus is a goddess associated with fertility. Herta disambiguation herthasee disambiguation all pages with titles beginning with hertha. The ignorance surrounding her is also rather large.

Ashliman s folktexts a library of folktales folklore fairy tales and mythology. Ertha or hertha is also known by the name nerthus. In germania tacitus records that the remote suebi tribes were united by their veneration of the goddess at his time of writing and maintained a sacred grove on an island and that a holy cart rests there draped with cloth which only a priest may touch. In ancient times on this day people venerated hertha the teutonic goddess of fertility domesticated animals magic and nature.

Hertha or nertxvs in teutonic mythology the goddess of fertility mother ear h his wife mrs hertha ayrton whom he married in 1885 assisted him in his researches and became known for her scientific work on the electric arc and other subjects. 135 hertha an asteroid. In germanic tradition hertha descended through the smoke of any fire today and brought gifts much like an early santa claus figure giving her solar associations too. Identified by some with germanic percha shining one qv.

Nerthus is attested by first century ad roman historian tacitus in his ethnographic work germania. Goddess of earth and fertility. Link to hertha lake a legend from the german island of rügen in the baltic sea as recorded by j. A misreading of the name of the goddess nerthus a germanic goddess.

Hertha may be the earth goddess referred to by tacitus in his treatise on the germans written in the year 98. Hertha is also known by the names ertha and nerthus among others. Ashliman s folktexts a library of folktales folklore fairy tales and mythology. Sms hertha a german imperial navy protected cruiser.

Long time ago the world was once without any other living creature except gods. The goddess of earth hertha created the land and human. Hertha nunatak a nunatak in antarctica. Hertha a swedish novel.

Cognate with nerthus see below. Also known as herta hertha nerþuz naked earth mother with an air of mystery a german earth mother goddess specializing in fertility she is nude with naughty bits of over generous proportions.