Associated with health and healing. She is one of the companions or handmaidens of the goddess Frigg.

Name(s): The word eirð is Old Norse/Old Icelandic for “mercy.”

Parents: Unknown.

Spouse: Unknown.

Children: Unknown.

Affiliations: Eir is one of the Aesir.

Tales: The only mention of Eir in the lore is Snorri’s inclusion of her in the list of Asynjur and his identification of her with healing.

Other details: Eir is counted by Snorri in Gylfaginning among the Asynjur. She is not, however, on that list in his Skaldskaparmal.

Eir is the name of at least two different beings in Snorri’s writing—one the goddess of healing, and the other a valkyrie—so it can be difficult to know who is being referred to.