For more than a millennium, the people of Northern Europe venerated an Earth goddess, which evidence attests is the oldest known Germanic deity. Called by a number of names, when the accounts are compared, common traits emerge. During Yule, she rides among her people in a wagon inspecting homes, rewarding the industrious and punishing the lazy. With her husband, she leads the fearsome Wild Hunt, riding through the winter skies, cleansing the air of evil. Most often identified as Odin’s wife, the ancients called her "Mother Earth", “Queen of Heaven”, and the "Mother of the Gods", roles firmly rooted in her Indo-European pedigree. Only now can the full scope of her reign be revealed. Presenting an in-depth study of Mother Earth in Germanic mythology and folklore from prehistoric times to the present day, with an emphasis on the primary sources of our mythic knowledge.

Table of Contents
	Introduction	3
I.	The Prehistoric Context	13
II.	Nerthus, that is, Mother Earth	45
III.	The Anglo-Saxon Æcerbót	81
IV.	The Frau Holle Legends	89
V.	Odin, the All-Father	137
VI.	The Wild Hunt	189
VII.	Frigg, Odin’s Wife	203
VIII.	Frigg, Baldur’s Mother	215
IX.	Jörd, Thor’s Mother	231
X.	The Mother of the Gods	247
	Conclusion	295
	360 pages containing over 100 Illustrations and 2 Maps
	Appendix A: Erce, Erce, Erce, eorþan modor           The Text of the Anglo-Saxon Æcerbót	323
Bonus Chapter:	Appendix B:  Frigg’s Son, Baldur	327
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