This article contains lore based on real-life sources from Norse mythology as introduced from the God of War Norse era.
Nanna (Old Norse: Nana), also known as Nanna Neprsdóttir (Translation: Nanna, Daughter of Nepr) is the Norse Goddess of Joy, Devotion, Peace and Loyalty. She is the daughter of Nepr and Nofn.
Although she doesn't make any appearance in-game, she is mentioned for the first time by Brok in God of War (2018). Nanna is likely living among her fellow Aesir gods in the Great Lodge. She survived Ragnarök and later settled in Vanaheim with the survivors.
Norse Mythology[]
In Norse mythology, Nanna Nepsdóttir or simply Nanna is a goddess associated with the god Baldur. Accounts of Nanna vary greatly by source. In the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, Nanna is the wife of Baldr and the couple produced a son, the god Forseti. After Baldr's death, Nanna dies of grief. Nanna is placed on Baldr's ship with his corpse and the two are set aflame and pushed out to sea. In Hel, Baldr and Nanna are united again. In an attempt to bring back Baldr from the dead, the god Hermóðr rides to Hel and, upon receiving the hope of resurrection from the being Hel, Nanna gives Hermóðr gifts to give to the goddess Frigg (a robe of linen), the goddess Fulla (a finger-ring), and others (unspecified). Nanna is frequently mentioned in the poetry of skalds and a Nanna, who may or may not be the same figure, is mentioned once in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources. Hel agrees to release both Baldr and Nanna back to the world of the living on one condition that everything and everyone in the Nine Realms must weep for him. Hermodr leaves and gets everything to mourn the fallen god except for the giantess Thokk (Loki in disguise) who refuses. Baldr and Nanna then have to remain in the land of the dead until Ragnarök when they will return at the rebirth of the world.
She is the goddess of joy and peace. She is a wife of Baldur. Nanna is also the Norse goddess of the Moon. She dies of a broken heart after Baldur is killed because of Loki convincing Höðr to kill him.
In the God of War Series[]
God of War (2018)[]
Though Nanna does not appear, when Kratos comes back from getting the Blades of Chaos from his home he meets Brok at Temple of Týr. Brok sees Kratos' old weapon he runs towards Kratos and mentions Nanna by saying Sweet Nanna's nethers.
Powers & Abilities[]
- Immortality: as a Norse Goddess, Nanna is immortal. Only a sufficiently powerful weapon or an extremely powerful being can kill her.
- Photokinesis: as a Norse Goddess, Nanna is capable of manipulating the moonlight according to her will.
Trivia []
- Her greek equivalent is Aphrodite.
- Nanna is briefly mentioned by Brok.
- In the Norse Mythology, Nanna's father Nepr is the son of Odin also brother to Baldur, Thor and Týr.
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