Who's Eir?

From tales of Norse gods and goddesses, Eir is a known healer. Her name pronounced "air", is a symbol of protection, help and mercy.

She is spoken of few times but her impact is known by all. There are mentions of Eir in Poetic Edda. Verses 38-40 of the poem Fjölsvinnsmál, she is listed by the watchman alongside figures like Hlíf, Hlífþrasa, and Aurboda. Here she is one of the maidens attending the lady Menglöð. As they sit peacefully at Menglöð's knees, they are observed by the watchmen. One questions their purpose, to which the other replies:

"The wise women give protection, whenever men sacrifice to them
in an altar-hallowed place;
no matter how dire the peril that comes upon men’s sons
they save them from their straits."

She can be found on Lyfjaberg, the healing mountain, a place that offers solace to all who climb it. 

Her name simply means "healer"

Eir is famously described by High as an "extremely good physician". While the other Valkyries chose the slain, Eir would choose who would live and recover, and return to health.

Prosse Edda

Snorri Sturluson wrote Prosse Edda in an attempt to explain Norse mythology. In his books Gylfaginning and Skaldskaparmal there are differing explanations of Eir.

In his first book she is described as a goddess, but in his second he calls her a valkyrie.

"Third is Eir. She is an extremely good physician." (Glyf. 35, Faulkes' trans.)

"There are yet others, Odin's maids, Hild and Gondul, Hlokk, Mist, Skogul. Then are listed Hrund and Eir, Hrist, Skuld. They are called norns who shape necessity." (Skald. 75, Faulkes' trans.)

Modern pagans mostly shrugged off the inconsistency, mainly seeing Eir as a goddess of healing.

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