Editing Njörðr (section)

===Nerthus===
[[Image:Nerthus by Emil Doepler.jpg|thumb|''Nerthus'' (1905) by Emil Doepler]]

Njörðr is often identified with the goddess [[Nerthus]], whose reverence by various [[Germanic peoples|Germanic tribes]] is described by [[Roman Empire|Roman]] historian [[Tacitus]] in his 1st [[Common Era|CE]] century work ''[[Germania (book)|Germania]]''. The connection between the two is due to the linguistic relationship between ''Njörðr'' and the [[Linguistic reconstruction|reconstructed]] ''*Nerþuz'',{{Sfn|Simek|1996|p=234}} "Nerthus" being the feminine, [[Latin]]ized form of what ''Njörðr'' would have looked like around 1&nbsp;CE.{{Sfn|Lindow|2001|pp=237–238}} 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.{{Sfn|Simek|1996|p=234}} Consequently, Nerthus has been identified with Njörðr's unnamed sister with whom he had Freyja and Freyr, which is mentioned in ''Lokasenna''.{{Sfn|Orchard|1997|pp=117–118}}