And Alvarez then makes very heavy weather indeed of "Nerthus," a brief poem from an earlier collection, Wintering Out (1972). From Wordnik.com. [Kesh & Loaning] Reference
111, otherwise called Nerthus, is recommended as a starting point. From Wordnik.com. [Starways]
Germany she was called Nerthus (Mother Earth). From Wordnik.com. [Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas] Reference
Who had that girl been-Sean's girl, from Nerthus -?. From Wordnik.com. [Starways]
I'll probably have more to say about Nerthus in a future post. From Wordnik.com. [Halegmonath (September): the early English calendar] Reference
The city on Carsten's Star 'III, Nerthus, was called Stellamont. From Wordnik.com. [Starways]
If he'd mentioned the North Sea area it would have tied up neatly with the Nerthus theory. From Wordnik.com. [Hrethmonath (March): the early English calendar] Reference
This was not Earth, nor was it Nerthus, or any other planet where men had built their homes. From Wordnik.com. [Starways]
"If he'd mentioned the North Sea area it would have tied up neatly with the Nerthus theory.". From Wordnik.com. [Hrethmonath (March): the early English calendar] Reference
I even talked my way into the Corcly office on Nerthus, and got a look at their Galactic Survey records. From Wordnik.com. [Starways]
CHAPTER III I l a l o a PEREGRINE THORKILD SEAN could not forget the girl who had stayed behind on Nerthus. From Wordnik.com. [Starways]
Thorldld Sean walked through the Nomad camp under the heaven of Rendezvous and knew how far away Nerthus was. From Wordnik.com. [Starways]
I hadn't heard those variations of Nerthus before or read anything regarding her rituals - so thanks for that. From Wordnik.com. [Halegmonath (September): the early English calendar] Reference
On the twenty-tbird day from Nerthus, the Peregrine flashed out of hyperdrive and approached the sun of Erulan on gravity beams. From Wordnik.com. [Starways]
Darkness had come to the valley-iiot the still shadow of Nerthus, which was almost another Earth, but the living, shining night of Rendezvous. From Wordnik.com. [Starways]
Sent the letter off on Nerthus a good two years, igo, I asked whoever was in charge of their survey records about the X region, What bad they found out?. From Wordnik.com. [Starways]
Alvarez is annoyed at the poem's "verbal affectations" — Nerthus, kesh, loaning — in a "poem as brief, unsubstantial, and apparently simple as this.". From Wordnik.com. [Kesh & Loaning] Reference
It was a long double-tiered room in the outer ring, near the waist of the ship and not far off the park, Trevelyan had spent a good deal of time there on the Journey from Nerthus. From Wordnik.com. [Starways]
Here's an article which postulates that the Anglo-Saxon goddess Hretha might be an incarnation of the Germanic goddess Nerthus, who may have been brought to Britain by the Angles. From Wordnik.com. [Hrethmonath (March): the early English calendar] Reference
Then their places were usurped by Frey and Freyja, who were possibly created out of epithets originally applied to the older pair; Njörd was retained with lessened importance, Nerthus passed out altogether. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
Nerthus, or of Niörd and Skadi, and was born in Vana-heim. From Wordnik.com. [Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas] Reference
Freya, the fair Northern goddess of beauty and love, was the sister of Frey and the daughter of Niörd and Nerthus, or Skadi. From Wordnik.com. [Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas] Reference
Chamaimelon sweet as apple fruit enchant my heart like a bone flute for Nerthus mother of human kind wakes from dream inside my mind. From Wordnik.com. [Angeliad of Surazeus] Reference
Nerthus, Mother Earth, who in Germany was identified with Frigga, as we have seen, but in Scandinavia was considered a separate divinity. From Wordnik.com. [Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas] Reference
And a similar case bappened on Nerthus, you remember. ". From Wordnik.com. [Starways]
"I got my answer six months ago, when we stopped back at Nerthus. From Wordnik.com. [Starways]
The goddess’ name is variously rendered as Nerthus, Ertha or Herthum depending on the translation. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
The original Latin is, “Nec quicquam notabile in singulis, nisi quod in commune Nerthum, id est Terram matrem”, so I’ll use the form Nerthus. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
"The Tollund Man," printed immediately before "Nerthus in Wintering Out, is about the rediscovered body of a man sacrificed to the goddess, a body preserved in a Danish bog. From Wordnik.com. [Kesh & Loaning] Reference
Ah, dear old Nerthus. From Wordnik.com. [Halegmonath (September): the early English calendar] Reference
The goddess's name, Tacitus tells us, is Nerthus. From Wordnik.com. [Kesh & Loaning] Reference
Whassyer mission on Nerthus?. From Wordnik.com. [Starways]
#Nritus# as Nerthus, Hoffmann; (Roth) Bruce, Vedic Conceptions of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow] Reference
Nereus, Nergal, Nerio, Neriosang, Nerrivik, Nerthus, Nesaea, Neso, Nessus, Neter-khertet. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
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