Poetry · Character

Nanna

Balder's wife who dies of grief and joins him in the underworld.

minor

Also known as O Nanna

First appearance: balder dead

Nanna's tie to Balder is one of the pressures that moves Poetry—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Free preview opens at this moment — character cards, Character Web, and themes sit beside the text as you read.

With Balder (romantic): Nanna is Balder's devoted wife, who dies of grief after his death and joins him in the…

Continue beside the text

The fuller portrait of Nanna sits in Reading Lens — open the free preview to keep reading with notes on the page.

Character Web

8 connections

A slice of how Nanna sits in the book — open the reader for the full interactive map.

Relationship types

Character groups

+3 more in the full Character Web

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.

In "Longing," the emotional peak occurs as the speaker shifts from passive despair to an active, desperate ple…

Full beat labels and climax notes unlock in the reader.

Balder
romantic · positive
Nanna is Balder's devoted wife, who dies of grief after his death and joins him in the… How this plays out →

Relationship notes

How these ties play out is in the reading companion — open the free preview.