Nanna

NAH-nah'NAH-nah'2 syllables
🇮🇸Old Norse
Courageous

MEANING

CourageousDaring

ORIGIN

Scandinavian

ETYMOLOGY

Derived from Old Norse 'Nanna', a goddess in Norse mythology.

CULTURAL NOTES

Nanna is known in Norse mythology as the wife of Baldur, a god associated with beauty and love.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Nanna appears in Norse sagas and the Poetic Edda as a figure of devotion and tragedy.

🌐Sumerian
Soft

MEANING

Moon

ORIGIN

Mesopotamian

ETYMOLOGY

Nanna was an ancient Mesopotamian deity associated with the moon.

CULTURAL NOTES

In Sumerian mythology, Nanna is the god of the moon and wisdom, often depicted with a crescent symbol.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Nanna was worshipped in the Sumerian city of Ur, and his temple was a significant religious center.

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