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Njörðr and responds
" In stanza 35, Njörðr responds that:
Vafþrúðnir responds that Njörðr was created in Vanaheimr (" home of the Vanir ") by " wise powers " and details that during the Æsir – Vanir War, Njörðr was exchanged as a hostage.
Vafþrúðnir responds that Njörðr was created in Vanaheimr by " wise powers " and references that Njörðr was exchanged as a hostage during the Æsir-Vanir War.

Njörðr and was
Examples of goddesses attested in Norse mythology include Frigg ( wife of Odin, and the Anglo-Saxon version of whom is namesake of the modern English weekday Friday ), Skaði ( one time wife of Njörðr ), Njerda ( Scandinavian name of Nerthus ), that also was married to Njörðr during Bronze Age, Freyja ( wife of Óðr ), Sif ( wife of Thor ), Gerðr ( wife of Freyr ), and personifications such as Jörð ( earth ), Sól ( the sun ), and Nótt ( night ).
Njörðr is father of the deities Freyr and Freyja by his unnamed Van sister, was in an ill-fated marriage with the goddess Skaði, lives in Nóatún and is associated with sea, seafaring, wind, fishing, wealth, and crop fertility.
While Odin states that Vafþrúðnir knows all the fates of the gods, Odin asks Vafþrúðnir " from where Njörðr came to the sons of the Æsir ," that Njörðr rules over quite a lot of temples and hörgrs ( a type of Germanic altar ), and further adds that Njörðr was not raised among the Æsir.
Loki tells Njörðr to " stop " and " keep some moderation ," and that he " won't keep it a secret any longer " that Njörðr's son Freyr was produced with his unnamed sister, " though you'd expect him to be worse than he is.
In the saga, Njörðr is described as having once wed his unnamed sister while he was still among the Vanir, and the couple produced their children Freyr and Freyja from this union, though this custom was forbidden among the Æsir.
The first toast was to be drunk to Odin " for victory and power to the king ", the second to the gods Njörðr and Freyr " for good harvests and for peace ", and thirdly a beaker was to be drunk to the king himself.
Gagnráðr asks Vafþrúðnir where the Van god Njörðr came from, for though he rules over many hofs and hörgrs, Njörðr was not raised among the Æsir.
In chapter 23 of Gylfaginning, the enthroned figure of High relates that Njörðr was raised in Vanaheimr.
The same chapter describes that while Njörðr lived among the Vanir, his wife ( unnamed ) was his sister, and the couple had two children ; Freyr and Freyja.
In the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, Vanaheimr is described as the location where the Van god Njörðr was raised.
Gagnráðr asks Vafþrúðnir from whence the Van god Njörðr came, for though he rules over many hofs and hörgrs, Njörðr was not raised among the Æsir.

Njörðr and when
However, when Njörðr returned from the mountains to Nóatún, he says:
The theory is complicated by the etymology of the name Svafrþorinn ( þorinn meaning " brave " and svafr means " gossip ") ( or possibly connects to sofa " sleep "), which Rudolf Simek says makes little sense when attempting to connect it to Njörðr.
In addition, when the world ends ( Ragnarök ), Njörðr " will return to the wise Vanir.
However, when Njörðr returned from the mountains to Nóatún, he said:
In addition, Vafþrúðnir comments that, when the world ends ( Ragnarök ), Njörðr will return to the " wise Vanir " ( Bellows here anglicizes Vanir to Wanes ):

Njörðr and sent
High says that during the Æsir – Vanir War, the Vanir sent Njörðr as a hostage to the Æsir, and the Æsir sent to the Vanir the god Hœnir.
The Vanir sent Njörðr and Freyr to the Æsir, and in turn the Æsir sent to the Vanir Hœnir and Kvasir.
Vanaheimr are described as having sent to Asgard their best men: Njörðr — described as wealthy — and his son Freyr in exchange for Asaland's Hœnir — described here as large, handsome, and thought of by the people of Vanaheimr well suited to be a chieftain.

Njörðr and hostage
Loki tells Njörðr to be silent, recalling Njörðr's status as once having been a hostage from the Vanir to the Æsir during the Æsir-Vanir War, that the " daughters of Hymir " once used Njörðr " as a pisspot ," urinating in his mouth ( an otherwise unattested comment ).
Njörðr originates from Vanaheimr and is devoid of Æsir stock, and he is described as having been traded with Hœnir in hostage exchange with between the Æsir and Vanir.
The sending of Njörðr as a hostage resulted in a peace agreement between the Æsir and the Vanir.
In contrast, continuing the same journal thread, Leszek P. Słupecki argues that the Vanir remained distinct from the Æsir — except for Freyja and Freyr, whom he follows Snorri in seeing as having been born after Njörðr became a hostage among the Æsir, and thus regards as Æsic — and therefore that Ragnarök " no importance for their world ".

Njörðr and Æsir
Njörðr is introduced in Skáldskaparmál within a list of 12 Æsir attending a banquet held for Ægir.
In chapter 75, Njörðr is included in a list of the Æsir.
For their part, the Vanir send to the Æsir their most " outstanding men "; Njörðr, described as wealthy, and Freyr, described as his son, in exchange for the Æsir's Hœnir.
Further into chapter 4, Odin appoints Njörðr and Freyr as priests of sacrificial offerings, and they became gods among the Æsir.

Njörðr and fathered
Loki tells Njörðr to maintain his moderation, and that he won't keep it secret any longer that Njörðr fathered this son with his sister ( unnamed ), although one would expect him to be worse than he turned out.

Njörðr and son
In the Icelandic books the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, Freyr is presented as one of the Vanir, the son of the sea god Njörðr, brother of the goddess Freyja.
" In stanza 43, the creation of the god Freyr's ship Skíðblaðnir is recounted, and Freyr is cited as the son of Njörðr.
In the prose introduction to the poem Skírnismál, Freyr is mentioned as the son of Njörðr, and stanza 2 cites the goddess Skaði as the mother of Freyr.
Chapter 7 follows and provides various kennings for Freyr, including referring to him as the son of Njörðr.
The prose prologue to the poem says that the god Freyr, the son of Njörðr, sits in Odin's throne, Hliðskjálf and looked over all the worlds.
In chapter 10, after Njörðr has died, his son Freyr comes to power and " he was called the king of Swedes and received tribute from them.

Njörðr and Freyr
Along with her brother Freyr ( Old Norse the " Lord "), her father Njörðr, and her mother ( Njörðr's sister, unnamed in sources ), she is a member of the Vanir.
In Norse mythology there are themes of brother-sister marriage, a prominent example being between Njörðr and his unnamed sister ( perhaps Nerthus ), parents of Freyja and Freyr.
Njörðr, Skaði, and Freyr as depicted in The Lovesickness of Frey ( 1908 ) by W. G. Collingwood
Further in the poem, Njörðr is again mentioned as the father of Freyr in stanzas 38, 39, and 41.
Chapter 24 begins, which describes Njörðr as the father of two beautiful and powerful children: Freyr and Freyja.
Njörðr then sends for Skírnir to find out who he seems to be so angry at, and, not looking forward to being treated roughly, Skírnir reluctantly goes to Freyr.
In chapter 6, a list of kennings is provided for Njörðr: " God of chariots ," " Descendant of Vanir ," " a Van ," father of Freyr and Freyja, and " the giving god.
In stanza 17, Egill writes that all others watch in marvel how Arinbjörn gives out wealth, as he has been so endowed by the gods Freyr and Njörðr.
This has led to theories about the relation of the two, including that Njörðr may have once been a hermaphroditic god or, generally considered more likely, that the name may indicate an otherwise unattested divine brother and sister pair such as Freyr and Freyja.
Depictions include " Freyr und Gerda ; Skade und Niurd " ( drawing, 1883 ) by K. Ehrenberg, " Njörðr " ( 1893 ) by Carl Frederick von Saltza, " Skadi " ( 1901 ) by E. Doepler d. J., and " Njörd's desire of the Sea " ( 1908 ) by W. G. Collingwood.
Like Freyr and Njörðr, Sleipnir is responsible for carrying the dead to the otherworld.

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