Our Vedas and Puranas as westernized folklores
1/10 As the Vedas speak of the “Devas” and the “Asuras” so the Norse tradition speaks of two sets of gods the “Aesirs” of the Kingdom of Asgarde and the “Vanirs” who reside in the Kingdom of “Vanaheim”.
2/10 The “Vanirs” were associated with nature, fertility and wisdom, a prominent god was “Freya” the goddess of love and fertility and her twin brother was “Freyr” a phallic fertility god.
3/10 As gods of love and fertility it seems the name “Vanir” possesses the Sanskrit root “van” meaning to “love” to “desire” and to “worship” a root which is also the source of the Roman goddess of love “Venus”.
4/10 As “Odin” is the god of the “Aesirs” residing in his kingdom of Asgarde, the god of the “Vanirs” was “Njord” who resides in the kingdom of Vanaheim.
“Njord” found himself married to “Skadi” a giantess who was a goddess of the mountains. As her father was killed by the gods,
5/10 she was allowed to choose as her husband any of the gods. As usual with the gods there were conditions, one being she could not see their faces before she made her choice, she could only see their bare feet.
6/10 Thinking that the most beautiful feet can only belong to the god she desired, the god of light “Balder” she made her claim, only to then discover they belong to the god of Vanir “Njord” and so they both made their marriage vows.
7/10 As a goddess of the mountain “Skadi” set up her home in the mountainous regions. “Njord” being a god of the sea, misses the cool sea air, the waves as they gently lap to the shore and at night time his dreams were interrupted by the frequent cries of the wolves.
8/10 After nine days “Njord” can tolerate no more and with his wife in tow he returns to his kingdom by the sea. “Skadi” however, soon becomes frustrated, she misses her mountainous region and she hates the seagulls and their monotonous squawking. Returning to her mountainous
9/10 home the unhappy couple go their separate ways.
The root of the name “Njord” is said by some to be the Indo/euro “ner” meaning “man” “manly” “virile” its source being the Sanskrit “nara” meaning “man” which also forms the name of the Roman Emperor “Nero” his name meaning
10/10 “manly” “virile” “heroic”.
" In the Vedic language we have the foundation, not only of the glowing legends of Hellas (Greece), but of the dark and sombre mythology of the Scandinavian and the Teuton" (Professor Cox, Mythology of the Aryan Nations, I., 52, 53).
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