Jord

Family: Æsir · Role: daughter and wife of Odin; mother of Thor · First appears: Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter V · The Creation (continued)

In the Fooling of Gylfe, Jord is born to Night and Annar. The text also calls her Odin’s daughter and wife, and says that with Jord he begot his first son, Thor.

Relationship record

Life events

• Jord was born to Night and Annar.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter V · The Creation (continued))
  • With: Annar
  • “Afterward she was married to Annar. Jord hight their daughter.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter V · The Creation (continued)

• parent: Odin “Jord (earth) was his daughter and his wife; with her he begat his first son, and that is Asa-Thor.”
• married with Odin “Jord (earth) was his daughter and his wife; with her he begat his first son, and that is Asa-Thor.”
• child: Thor “Jord (earth) was his daughter and his wife; with her he begat his first son, and that is Asa-Thor.”
• parent: Night “Afterward she was married to Annar. Jord hight their daughter.”
• parent: Annar “Afterward she was married to Annar. Jord hight their daughter.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter X · The Goddesses (Asynjes)

• child: Thor “Jord, the mother of Thor, and Rind, Vale’s mother, are numbered among the goddesses.”

Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Thor and Hrungner · Part 2

• child: Thor “When Jord’s son went To the steel-gloved contest.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Eddas. Made with Rho MD.