Njord

E75028

Norse god Vanir god

Njord is a Norse god associated primarily with the sea, seafaring, wind, and wealth, especially revered by sailors and fishermen.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Njord canonical	13
Njörðr	8

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T579437 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Njord
Context triple: [Norse mythology, hasDeity, Njord]

A. Freyr
Freyr is a major Norse god associated with fertility, prosperity, sunshine, and fair weather, often revered as a bringer of peace and good harvests.
B. Baldr
Baldr is a radiant and beloved Norse god associated with light, purity, and beauty, whose death is a central and tragic event in Norse mythology.
C. Odin
Odin is the chief god in Norse mythology, associated with wisdom, war, poetry, and magic, and revered as the ruler of Asgard and the Aesir gods.
D. Frigg
Frigg is the Norse goddess of marriage, motherhood, and foreknowledge, and the wife of the chief god Odin.
E. Freyja
Freyja is a major Norse goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, magic, and war, often depicted as a powerful and independent figure who rides a chariot drawn by cats.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Njord
Target entity description: Njord is a Norse god associated primarily with the sea, seafaring, wind, and wealth, especially revered by sailors and fishermen.

A. Freyr
Freyr is a major Norse god associated with fertility, prosperity, sunshine, and fair weather, often revered as a bringer of peace and good harvests.
B. Baldr
Baldr is a radiant and beloved Norse god associated with light, purity, and beauty, whose death is a central and tragic event in Norse mythology.
C. Odin
Odin is the chief god in Norse mythology, associated with wisdom, war, poetry, and magic, and revered as the ruler of Asgard and the Aesir gods.
D. Frigg
Frigg is the Norse goddess of marriage, motherhood, and foreknowledge, and the wife of the chief god Odin.
E. Freyja
Freyja is a major Norse goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, magic, and war, often depicted as a powerful and independent figure who rides a chariot drawn by cats.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Norse god ⓘ Vanir god ⓘ
associatedWith	fishing ⓘ prosperity ⓘ sea ⓘ seaborne trade ⓘ seafaring ⓘ wealth ⓘ wind ⓘ
child	Freyja ⓘ Freyr ⓘ
controls	sea conditions ⓘ winds ⓘ
culture	Norse mythology ⓘ
domain	coasts ⓘ sea-wealth ⓘ ships ⓘ
epithet	lord of the sea ⓘ
family	Vanir ⓘ surface form: Vanir family
formerSpouse	unnamed sister ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasMyth	marriage to Skadi ⓘ
marriageArrangement	Skadi chooses him by his feet ⓘ
mentionedIn	Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ
mythologicalCycle	Aesir–Vanir War ⓘ
nameLanguage	Norse ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
nameVariant	Njord self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Njörðr
originGroup	Vanir ⓘ
pantheon	Vanir ⓘ
parentOf	Freyja ⓘ Freyr ⓘ
participatedIn	Aesir–Vanir War ⓘ surface form: Aesir–Vanir hostage exchange
residence	Noatun ⓘ
residenceType	hall by the sea ⓘ
role	god of seafaring ⓘ god of the sea ⓘ god of wealth ⓘ god of wind ⓘ protector of fishermen ⓘ protector of sailors ⓘ
sentAsHostageTo	Aesir ⓘ
sourceAuthor	Snorri Sturluson ⓘ
spouse	Skadi ⓘ
veneratedBy	fishermen ⓘ sailors ⓘ
worshipPeriod	Viking Age ⓘ
worshipRegion	Scandinavia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norse mythology → hasDeity → Njord ⓘ

Aesir–Vanir War → relatedTo → Njord ⓘ

Freyja → father → Njord ⓘ