Nerthus and Njörðr share the same ancient name — the fertility deity *Nerþuz, who brought peace and plenty wherever the sacred wagon traveled among the Germanic tribes, and who later appears among the Norse Vanir as Njörðr, lord of wind and wealth.
⚠ Tacitus describes Nerthus as a female earth goddess, while Njörðr is male and sea-associated. Some scholars (e.g., Simek) identify Nerthus as Njörðr's unnamed Vanir sister-wife rather than a direct gender-shifted continuation.
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