Njord

E75028

Norse god Vanir god

Njord is a Norse god associated primarily with the sea, seafaring, wind, and wealth, especially revered by sailors and fishermen.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Njord canonical	13
Njörðr	8

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Norse god ⓘ Vanir god ⓘ
associatedWith	fishing ⓘ prosperity ⓘ sea ⓘ seaborne trade ⓘ seafaring ⓘ wealth ⓘ wind ⓘ
child	Freyja ⓘ Freyr ⓘ
controls	sea conditions ⓘ winds ⓘ
culture	Norse mythology ⓘ
domain	coasts ⓘ sea-wealth ⓘ ships ⓘ
epithet	lord of the sea ⓘ
family	Vanir ⓘ surface form: Vanir family
formerSpouse	unnamed sister ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasMyth	marriage to Skadi ⓘ
marriageArrangement	Skadi chooses him by his feet ⓘ
mentionedIn	Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ
mythologicalCycle	Aesir–Vanir War ⓘ
nameLanguage	Norse ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
nameVariant	Njord self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Njörðr
originGroup	Vanir ⓘ
pantheon	Vanir ⓘ
parentOf	Freyja ⓘ Freyr ⓘ
participatedIn	Aesir–Vanir War ⓘ surface form: Aesir–Vanir hostage exchange
residence	Noatun ⓘ
residenceType	hall by the sea ⓘ
role	god of seafaring ⓘ god of the sea ⓘ god of wealth ⓘ god of wind ⓘ protector of fishermen ⓘ protector of sailors ⓘ
sentAsHostageTo	Aesir ⓘ
sourceAuthor	Snorri Sturluson ⓘ
spouse	Skadi ⓘ
veneratedBy	fishermen ⓘ sailors ⓘ
worshipPeriod	Viking Age ⓘ
worshipRegion	Scandinavia ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norse mythology → hasDeity → Njord ⓘ

Aesir–Vanir War → relatedTo → Njord ⓘ

Freyja → father → Njord ⓘ