Gna is from the Old Norse Gná (to tower, to rise high). A modern American baby name in the broader Norse heritage aesthetic. Gna is one of the Asynjur goddesses attested in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda (13th c.) — Gylfaginning chapter 35. She is the messenger of Queen Frigg (Odin's wife and queen of the Æsir) — riding her foundational horse Hófvarpnir (Hoof-Thrower) across sky, sea, and air. Her role mirrors Iris (Greek messenger goddess) and Hermes — making her the foundational Norse divine messenger figure. The English word neigh may derive from her horse's name in some etymological theories.
Featured throughout Norse heritage.
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Gna reduces to six.