The Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX) on Nanna

The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > Supernatural Beings.

• attestation: Nanna is the daughter of Gewar, and Balder fell in love with her after seeing her bathing.

  ""Nanna" is the daughter of Gewar, and Balder sees her bathing and falls in love with her, as madly as Frey with Gertha in Skirnismal"

The Danish History, > Book Three.

• attestation: Nanna, daughter of Gewar, was attracted to Hother and began to seek his embraces

  "All these accomplishments of the youth pleased Nanna, the daughter of Gewar, mightily, and she began to seek his embraces"

• attribution: Nanna rejected Balder's suit, arguing that a god could not wed a mortal due to the vast difference in their natures

  "a god could not wed with a mortal, because the vast difference of their natures prevented any bond of intercourse"