What Does the Name Nerthus Mean
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Nerthus Name Meaning
Germanic MythologyLatinized form of Nerþuz, the Germanic (feminine) equivalent of Njörðr (see NJORD). Nerthus was a Germanic goddess of fertility as described by the Roman historian Tacitus in the 1st century.
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