Nanna’s Family Tree

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Family

• Baldur(spouse),Forseti(child)— Marriage

  Baldur and Nanna were husband and wife. At Baldur's funeral, Nanna's heart burst from grief and she was placed on his pyre beside him. Their son Forseti became the god of justice.

• Nepr(parent)

  Nanna is the daughter of Nepr, as Snorri records when introducing her among the Ásynjur in Gylfaginning.

Member of

• Aesir

  The Æsir are the principal tribe of Norse gods who dwell in Asgard, including both native members and Vanir hostages received after the Æsir-Vanir War, as catalogued in Gylfaginning.

Associated with

• Helheim

  Nanna collapsed from grief on Baldur's funeral pyre and was burned alongside him, joining her husband in Helheim where Hermóðr later found them together.

• Hermod

  When Hermóðr rode to Hel to plead for Baldur's return, Nanna entrusted him with gifts for the living — a linen robe for Frigg and a gold ring for Fulla.

• Hringhorni

  Nanna died of grief at Baldur's funeral and her body was placed on the pyre aboard Hringhorni alongside her husband Baldur.