Irtha

Irtha

Irtha is the name for Mother Earth according to the Oera Linda Book, now known to be a hoax. Possibly the same deity as Nerthus, mentioned by Tacitus in Ch. 40 of the "Germania" (AD 98), who was worshipped on a sacred island in the North Sea.

References

Ottema, J. G., & Sandbach, W. R. (1876). "The Oera Linda Book, from a manuscript of the thirteenth century." London: Trübner & Co.


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