Jörð

By : Alisha

Other names referring to Jörð

Jörd (pronounced as YORTH)

Jorth

Jarð

Fjörgyn

Hlódyn

Erda

Also identified as Germanic earth goddess Hertha a.k.a Nerthus

Who is Jörd?Jörd is a goddess from Norse mythology.

She is the goddess of the unpopulated Earth.

She is the personification of the earth

She is also a jötunn

Family

Daughter of the goddess Nott (night) and the giant Annar.

Sister of her half brother Dag (Day).

First wife of Odin.

Mother of Thor and Meili.

What does Jörd do?

Jörd rules over everything that grows in the soil and ensure good crops

Provides us with fertile soil and ensures survival

She also provides happiness and wealth for those who grow plants with appreciation and respect

5 personality traits

Jörd is smart because she found out what was destroying the earthJörd is very helpful because she ensures us with good cropsJörd is giving because she gave happiness and wealth to those who grow plants with appreciation and respectJord is a Jötunn because she is a giant and she has spiritual powersJörd is trusting because she trusted Idun with the location of the tree that bears the golden apples of youth

Events

Saved the Earth from the sun

Created the tree that bears the golden apples of youth

Entrusted the apples and location for the tree of youth to Idun to guard

TIMELINE

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Created the tree that bears the golden apples of youth

Entrusted the tree to Idun

Saved the earth from the sun

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Jörd is static meaning she does not change.

In all of her stories Jörd stays the same her traits and

characteristics don’t change through out the story.

CONFLICT

Man vs. nature

When she saved the earth from the sun.

The antagonist in her stories

In the second story the sun is the antagonist

In the first story there isn’t an antagonist

Jörd drawn image

Jörd

Jörd

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