NJORD - God of the Sea, Wealth and Fertility. He is the Father of Frejyr and Frejya and one of the principal Vanir gods that went to live among the Aesir after the Vanir - Aesir war. Njord is a good natured god with a sense of humor. It is believed t

NJORD - God of the Sea, Wealth and Fertility. He is the Father of Frejyr and Frejya and one of the principal Vanir gods that went to live among the Aesir after the Vanir - Aesir war. Njord is a good natured god with a sense of humor. It is believed that Frejyr and Frejya's mother is Njord's sister Nerthus and Njord would probably tell you that if you had a beautiful goddess for a sister don't judge. Associated with wealth, The sea, and fertility Njord was widely worshiped by the Norse peoples. A saying for the wealthy was " To be as rich as Njord." A widely known myth is The Marriage of Njord and Skadi. When Njord went to live among the Vanir, The giantess Skadi went to the Aesir to seek compensation for the murder of her Father. The Aesir agreed and let Skadi choose any god she wanted by only seeing their feet. She choose Njord believing it was Balder. The marriage was short lived. half of each year was spent in the snowy mountain home of Skadi which Njord hated. The other half was spent in Njord's home Noatun ( the Place of Ships) located on the beach and Skadi wanted no part of that. The two soon parted ways. The above image portrays Njord on his beloved ship sailing between the 9 worlds of the Norsemen. on the sail is the rune Naud which means the "Need Fire" that burns through the darkest times and the darkness is the future that remains hidden. A good rune to have on any journey. Naud is associated with Skuld, she is the Norn that rules the future and death .

Mythology and Artwork

MUNINN HUGINN GINNUNGA-GAP

YGGDRASIL ODIN SLEIPNIR

THOR and JORMUNGANDR MJOLLNIR

VIDAR BALDER and HEIMDALL

NJORD FREYJR FREYJA

TYR FENRIR RAGNAROK

HEL ANGRBODA and LOKI

RAN EIR HULDA

VALKYRIE DISIR RUNES

 

About

Welcome to Muninn’s Eyes my name is Eric Nordkvist a.k.a. Muninn. I’m a Digital Multimedia Artist located in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada.