sentences:  In "Völuspá", he is referred to as "mǫgr Hlóðyniar" and "Fjǫrgyniar burr" (child of Hlóðyn, Fjörgyn's child).Hlóðyn, although etymologically unclear, must therefore have been another name of Jörð.According to philologist Rudolf Simek, Jörð is "[a]n Æsir goddess, even though she is also called a giantess".