Njord

Njord

Njord is one of the Vanir gods. His first marriage was with his sister Nerthus with whom he had two children, Frey and Freya. His second wife was the Giantess Skadi (Skade).

Njord is the God of the wind, sea and the trade at sea. Njord was invoked before journeys at sea, hunting and fishing.

One of the stories around Njord, is about how the marriage between Njord and Skadi was realized. As compensation for the death of Skadi´s father Thjatsi (Tjatse), the gods decided to let her choose a husband from among them. She had to pick her new husband based only on the appearance of his feet. She picked Njord by mistake, assuming his feet belonged to Balder.

Njord and Skadi could not agree on where to live. She didn’t like his home Noatun at the Sea, and he didn’t like hers Trymheim, in the mountain with large woods and wolves, so they lived the first half of the year in Noatun and the other half in Trymheim.

Njord didn´t go down in the final battle at Ragnarök. He returned to Vanaheim before the catastrophe.