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Herta

  • [ HER-tah ]
  • German
Variant of HERTHA.

HERTHA   female   German
Form of NERTHUS. The spelling change from N to H resulted from a misreading of Tacitus's text.
NERTHUS   female   Germanic Mythology
Latinized form of Nerþuz, the Germanic (feminine) equivalent of Njörðr (see NJORD). Nerthus was a Germanic goddess of fertility as described by the Roman historian Tacitus in the 1st century.
NJORD   male   Norse Mythology, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
From Old Norse Njörðr, which was possibly derived from the Indo-European root *ner meaning "strong, vigourous". Njord was the Norse god of the sea, sailing, fishing and fertility. With his children Freyr and Freya he was a member of the Vanir.
EQUIVALENTS
GERMAN: Hertha
GERMANIC MYTHOLOGY: Nerthus
MASCULINE FORMS
DANISH: Njord
NORSE MYTHOLOGY: Njord, Njörðr
NORWEGIAN: Njord
SWEDISH: Njord
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