Snotra is from the Old Norse snotr (wise, clever) — Norse goddess of wisdom, courtesy, and self-discipline. A modern American baby name in the broader Norse heritage aesthetic. Snotra is one of the Asynjur (female Æsir) goddesses of Norse mythology, attested in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda (13th century). Listed among the foundational Norse goddesses in Gylfaginning chapter 35, where she is described as the wise and gentle one — and the goddess from whom a wise man takes the kenning snotr (clever, wise). Her foundational role embodies the Norse cultural value of snotrleikr (wisdom, prudence). Less famous than Freya or Frigg but central to the foundational Norse pantheon of feminine virtues alongside Eir (healing), Saga (history), Vor (truth), Var (covenants), and Syn (defense). Modern Scandinavian feminist scholarship has reclaimed Snotra as a foundational figure of female intellectual heritage in pre-Christian Norse religion.
Featured throughout Norse heritage.
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Snotra reduces to one.