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Also known as Nanna Nepsdóttir, Nanna Nepsdottir

Norse deity

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Part of
Ásynjur
Gender
female
Spouse
Baldur
Child
Forseti
Sibling
Sigyn
Image
Nanna (1857) by H. W. Bissen.jpg
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Commons category
Nanna
described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
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Encyclopedic overview

Nanna (1857) by Herman Wilhelm Bissen. In Norse mythology, Nanna or Nána is a goddess associated with devotion, peace and harmony. Accounts of Nanna vary greatly by source. In the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, Nanna is married with the god Baldr and the couple produced a son, the god Forseti.

Mythology

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nanna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.