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Nerthus

Nerthus · f

a goddess of the ancient Germans, the Earth

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Where it lives

de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 1 · 1.81/10k

What it meant

Nerthus — Lewis & Short

Nerthus, i, Old Germ. nirdu; cf. Sanscr. narakas, underworld; Gr. e)/neroi, f.,

I a goddess of the ancient Germans, the Earth, Tac. G. 40, 4; v. Orell. ad h. l.

In the wild

Nerthum Tacitus, de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 40.2

Where it came from

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