She is the gоddеss of the Aesir in Sсаndіnavіаn mytholоgy. She is a daughter of Nepr, a wife of ВаІdr (the god of spring and light), and a mоthеr of Forseti (the god of justice, resolving disputes and restoring consent to the disputants.).
Danu is the
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She is the gоddеss of the Aesir in Sсаndіnavіаn mytholоgy. She is a daughter of Nepr, a wife of ВаІdr (the god of spring and light), and a mоthеr of Forseti (the god of justice, resolving disputes and restoring consent to the disputants.).
Danu is the goddess of fertility that comes from interaction with the sun and its warmth. She may be a more narrowly focused hypostasis of Freya, but most neo-pagans believe that Danu is a separate deity of a lower rank than Freya, with a few similar functions, that is, if Freya-Vanadis is in some sense a part of nature, then Danu is it is fertility itself. There is also a suspicion that the name of this Goddess denotes the Moon, since Nepr, her father, is most likely some of the cosmic phenomena.
Like Sif, the goddess Danu is an expression of nature. She is the splendor of summer flowers. When we stroll through nature in the late spring and the beginning of summer and stand amazed and overwhelmed on a colorful flower meadow with its thousands and thousands of flowers, then we know what power the goddess Danu represents. She is the lavish splendor and fertility of the earth in May when it wants to show everyone what an immense number of plants grow on it and how colorful they are.
She is mentioned in Gylfaginning in connection with Baldr's death and burial. Baldr is laid out on a ship according to the old custom, which is then set on fire and pushed out to sea. His wife Danu is so affected by his death that she dies of grief. So she too is laid out on the ship and goes with Baldr to the underworld, to Hel.
The natural mythological connection between Baldr's death and Nanna's death is clear: Baldr is the summer sun at the height of its power, Nanna is the earth in its greatest bloom. When one goes away, the other must follow. The eternal day must slowly give way to the nights that are becoming longer again, and the splendor of the flowers is replaced by the ripening of the fruits, the harvest, and finally autumn.
Danu and Sif are signs of nature, our mother earth, fertility with its lavish splendor, the diverse colors, shapes, and scents and the ripe fruit of the fields, the harvest, and food for a whole year.
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