Associated with fertility and light.

Name(s): The word gerða is Old Norse/Old Icelandic for “to fence in,”

Parents: Gerd’s parents is the jotuns/giants Gymir.and Aurboda.

Spouse: Freyr

Children: According to the Ynglinga saga, the Swedish king Fjölnir was the son of Freyr and Gerd, a not-uncommon means of lending authority to a royal line at the time.

Affiliations: Gerd is one of the jotuns or giants.

Tales: Gerd’s major tale is that of her wooing by Freyr; this story appears both in Skirnismal (in the Poetic Edda) and in Gylfaginning (in the Prose Edda). In it, Frey sees Gerd from a distance and immediately falls in love with her. He sends his servant Skirnir as a go-between (Skirnir’s behavior is better in Gylfaginning—in Skirnismal he eventually resorts to threats).

Other details: Gerd was said to be the most beautiful of women.