Nerthus
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In Germanic paganism, Nerthus, is a goddess associated with a ceremonial wagon procession. Nerthus is attested by first century A.D. Roman historian Tacitus in his ethnographic work Germania.
Nerthus is led along her procession in "Nerthus" by Emil Doepler, 1905
Njörd's desire for the Sea by W. G. Collingwood, 1908
Nerthus by Johann Georg Heck.
The Dejbjerg wagon on display at the National Museum of Denmark, found deposited in a peat bog in Denmark and dating from around Tacitus's time
Njörðr
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In Norse mythology, Njörðr is a god associated with the sea, navigation, fishing, wind, wealth, and crop fertility. He is the father of the deities Freyr and Freyja by his unnamed twin sister, and had
Nerthus
…wagon in Norway. The goddess's name Nerthus (from Proto-Germanic *Nerþuz) is the early Germanic etymological precursor to the Old Norse deity name Njörðr, a male deity who is comparably associated with wagons and water in Norse mythology. Together with his children Freyja and Freyr, the three form part…
17th-century Icelandic illustration of Njörðr
Njörðr, Skaði, and Freyr as depicted in The Lovesickness of Freyr by W. G. Collingwood (1908)
Lokasenna by Lorenz Frølich (1895)