Alternate Names: Gefion Iconography: Plow, Oxen, Waves Domains: Plowing, Love, The Ocean, Prophesy Geofon is mentioned in Beowulf five times, in several contexts, most often in connection with the sea. Frank Battaglia in 1991 in his paper, “The German Earth Goddess in Beowulf?”1Battaglia, F. (1991). The German Earth Goddess in […]

Alternate Names: Gerda, Gyrd Iconography: Acorn, Grove, Walled Garden Domains: Early Spring, Horticulture, Romantic Love, Renewal Gerda (Old English: Gerd, Dutch: Gerda) is a goddess associated with the earth, fertility, and the changing of the seasons in the North Sea and Anglo-Saxon traditions. Her story, particularly the tale of her […]