A Norse personification of the
Mother Earth, who is also known as
Hertha or
Eartha. She is the sister of
Njord, and bore him
Frey and
Freyja. She is a dignified and respected Goddess who was invisible to all. She punished quarreling with death, and after being ritually drawn around her sacred island in her veiled
chariot, the chariot was cleansed of impurities in the
sea, and all who had taken part in the offering were drowned.
Her colour is dark green, and her tree is the Birch. The Empress card in Tarot applies to her, and Virgo is her natural sign. Her rune is
Berkana.
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