Erna (mythology)

In Norse mythology according to the Eddic poem Rígsþula, Erna was the mother of twelve sons by Jarl,^[1] the ancestors of the class of warriors in Norse society. Her father was Hersir, a tribal chief.^[2]

References

1. Glassman, Ronald M. (2017), Glassman, Ronald M. (ed.), "The Class Structure of the Norse Tribes as Shown in "The Song of Rig"", The Origins of Democracy in Tribes, City-States and Nation-States, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1351–1356, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51695-0_114, ISBN 978-3-319-51695-0, retrieved 2023-08-29
2. Scher, Steven P. (1963). "Rígsþula as Poetry". MLN. 78 (4): 397–407. doi:10.2307/3042821. ISSN 0026-7910. JSTOR 3042821.

• Dugdale-Pointon, TDP. (21 March 2001), Hersir, Viking, *http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_hersir.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080725032556/http://www.cybersamurai.net/Mythology/nordic_gods/LegendsSagas/Edda/PoeticEdda/Rigsthula.htm