Norse mythology Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia as the Nordic folklore of the modern period. The ...

according to the Eddic poem ''

Rígsþula ''Rígsþula'' or ''Rígsmál'' (Old Norse: 'The Lay of Ríg') is an Eddic poem, preserved in the Codex Wormianus (AM 242 fol), in which a Norse god named Ríg or Rígr, described as "old and wise, mighty and strong", fathers the social class ...

'', Erna was the mother of twelve sons by

Jarl Jarl was a rank of the nobility in Scandinavia during the Viking Age and Early Middle Ages. The institution evolved over time and varied by region. In Old Norse, it meant "chieftain", specifically one appointed to rule a territory in a king's stea ...

, the ancestors of the class of warriors in Norse society. Her father was Hersir, a tribal chief.

References

*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 Characters in Norse mythology Legendary progenitors Women in mythology {{Norse-myth-stub