Eir is the Norse goddess of healing and medicine. Her name means gracious, helpful and copper (which is a metal often used in healing practices). In early Norse culture medicine was almost exclusively practiced by women, which is why she is a goddess and not a god.
Eir is among the Asynjur (Frigg's attendants) and is the goddess who is present at childbirth, along with Frigg and sometimes Freyja. In Norse Folk tradition Eir was invoked in healing rituals using a white flower known as Eirflower.
Healing methods included healing prayers, magic, midwifery practices (much more advanced than later ones), surgery, herbalism, using copper bracelets, and detoxes using saunas.
Eir is at times compared to the Greek goddess Hygieia and she may be related to the Indo-European Swiss goddess, Erecura, known to the Celtic tradition as Aerucura.
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