Scandinavian Goddess of healing.
the gods' doctor and goddess of healing.
knew the secret powers of herbs
prefers the gentler and slower methods of healing.
Frigg’s companion/Handmained
Eir, meaning mercy, was called upon in times of sickness.
She taught her secret art of healing with herbs only to women.
Eir was a companion to Frigg.
mentioned by Snorri Sturluson in the Younger (Poetic) Edda.
Her name means "copper" or "brass" and is cognate with the English word "ore."
Medicine in Norse culture was evidently considered mostly a job done by women.
patroness of health-care workers, called on against sickness or injury.
She is one of the goddesses on the mountain called Lyfia ("to heal through magic"), and gives both physical and psychic means of healing; shamanic healing, especially, falls into her realm
