Nanna

Role: daughter of Gewar · First appears: Book Three · Part 1

In Book Three · Part 1, Nanna fell in love with Hother and began seeking his embraces. Balder, troubled by the sight of her bathing, also fell in love with her. In Book Three · Part 3, Balder entered Gewar’s country to seek Nanna’s hand, but she refused his suit, saying that a god could not wed a mortal. Hother returned to Gewar and married Nanna, taking her back to Sweden as his queen.

Relationship record

Life events

• Nanna fell in love with Hother and began seeking his embraces.(Book Three · Part 1)
  • With: Hother
  • “All these accomplishments of the youth pleased Nanna, the daughter of Gewar, mightily, and she began to seek his embraces.”
• Balder fell in love with Nanna after seeing her bathing.(Book Three · Part 1)
  • With: Balder
  • “Now it befell that Balder the son of Odin was troubled at the sight of Nanna bathing, and was seized with boundless love.”
• Balder entered Gewar’s country to seek Nanna’s hand.(Book Three · Part 3 · 📍 the country of Gewar)
  • With: Balder Gewar
  • “While this was passing in Halogaland, Balder entered the country of Gewar armed, in order to sue for Nanna.”
• Nanna refused Balder’s suit, saying a god could not wed a mortal.(Book Three · Part 3)
  • With: Balder
  • “With this shuffling answer she eluded the suit of Balder, and shrewdly wove excuses to refuse his hand.”
• Hother returned to Gewar and married Nanna.(Book Three · Part 3)
  • With: Hother
  • “Then, to prevent any more troublesome business delaying his hopes of marriage, he went back to Gewar and enjoyed the coveted embraces of Nanna.”

Book Three · Part 1

• parent: Gewar “All these accomplishments of the youth pleased Nanna, the daughter of Gewar, mightily, and she began to seek his embraces.”
• admired: Hother “All these accomplishments of the youth pleased Nanna, the daughter of Gewar, mightily, and she began to seek his embraces.”
• admirer: Balder “Now it befell that Balder the son of Odin was troubled at the sight of Nanna bathing, and was seized with boundless love.”

Book Three · Part 3

• admirer: Balder “With this shuffling answer she eluded the suit of Balder, and shrewdly wove excuses to refuse his hand.”
• parent: Gewar “Gewar bade him learn Nanna's own mind; so he approached the maiden with the most choice and cajoling words;”
• married with Hother “Then, to prevent any more troublesome business delaying his hopes of marriage, he went back to Gewar and enjoyed the coveted embraces of Nanna. Next, having treated Helgi and Thora very generously, he brought his new queen back to Sweden, being as much honoured by all for his victory as Balder was laughed at for his flight.”

Book Three · Part 4

• admirer: Balder “For he thought that his victory had brought him nothing if Nanna was not his prize.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.