Goddess amulet Nerthus, replica of historical viking item - NECKLACE

Nerthus (Latin form of name, also Nertus) with the reconstructed later Norse name forms Njärd and När and the coated Njǫrðr was a Germanic mother and fertility goddess. According to the Roman historian Tacitus, who described the Cult of Nerthus in his book Germania in AD 98, Nerthus had a procession chariot drawn by cows, which was kept in a sacred grove on an island in the ocean. The carriage was only allowed to be touched by the priest. When the priest noticed that the goddess was present in the cart, he had it pulled around to different places by cows. In every place that the wagon visited, joyous parties were celebrated. When all was over, the chariot was taken back to the sacred grove where the goddess and the chariot were washed in a secluded lake. The slaves who had served during the processions and washing were then sacrificed in the same lake.