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Nanna

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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In the Norse mythology the wife of Balder, the sun-god; distinguished for her conjugal fidelity, threw herself on the funeral pyre of her husband, and descended to the shades along with him; when the pair were entreated to return, he sent his ring to Odin and she her thimble to Frigga.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Nanna'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​n/nanna.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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