Gerðr
Sign in to savethumb|''Skirnir's Message to Gerd'' (1908) by W. G. Collingwood.
Article
12 sectionsContents
- Attestations
- ''Poetic Edda''
- Threats
- ''Prose Edda''
- ''Heimskringla''
- Archaeological record
- Theories
- "Rival of Frigg"
- Earth and fertility
- Modern influence
- Notes
- References
thumb|''Skirnir's Message to Gerd (1908) by W. G. Collingwood.
In Norse mythology, Gerðr (Old Norse: ; "fenced-in") is a jötunn, goddess, and the wife of the god Freyr. Gerðr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson; and in the poetry of skalds. Gerðr is sometimes modernly anglicized as Gerd or Gerth.