Dictionary - Definition of Hertha

Definition: Hertha


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The Teutonic goddess of fertility; later identified with Norse Njord.[Wordnet].
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"Hertha" is a common misspelling or typo for: Bertha.

Date "Hertha" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1750. (references)

Specialty Definition: Hertha

Domain	Definition
Antiquities	Hertha. A goddess worshipped by the ancient Germans, and, according to Tacitus (Germ. 40), the same with the earth. She was supposed to take part in human affairs, and even sometimes to come among mortals. She had a sacred grove in an island of the ocean, and a chariot, covered with a veil, standing in the grove and consecrated to her service. Whenever it was known that the goddess had descended into this her sanctuary, her car was got ready, cows were yoked to it, and the deity was carried around in the covered vehicle. Festivity reigned in every place which the goddess honored with her presence; wars ceased, arms were laid aside, and peace and harmony prevailed, until the priest declared that the goddess was sated with human society, and once more enclosed her within the temple. The island mentioned by Tacitus is supposed by many to have been that of Rügen, in the Baltic, while others have placed it in the Northern Ocean. See Rabus, De Dea Hertha (Augsburg, 1842). (references)
Literature	Hertha Mother earth. Worshipped by all the Scandinavian tribes with orgies and mysterious rites, celebrated in the dark. Her veiled statue was transported from district to district by cows which no hand but the priest's was allowed to touch. Tacitus calls this goddess Cybele. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Expressions	Definition
135 Hertha	135 Hertha is a metal-rich, quite large main belt asteroid. It orbits among the Nysa asteroid family. Lightcurve data from Hertha indicates a flattened body [http://www.astro.helsinki.fi/~kaselain/asteroids.html]. (references)
Hertha BSC Berlin	Hertha BSC Berlin is a football club based in Berlin, Germany. The club was formed in 1892 and currently plays in 1. Bundesliga. The team's colors are blue and white. They won two pre-Bundesliga German championships, in 1930 and 1931. (references)
Hertha Marks Ayrton	Hertha Marks Ayrton (1854-1923) attended Girton College, Cambridge where she studied mathematics, and passing the Mathematical Tripos in 1880. At that time Cambridge gave only certificates and not degrees to women. She therefore successfully completed an external examination and received a B.Sc. degree from the University of London. (references)
Hertha Thiele	Hertha Thiele (born 1908 in Leipzig - died 5 August 1984) was a German actor. She is noted for her starring roles in controversial stage plays and films produced during Germany's Weimar Republic and the early years of the Third Reich. Thiele later became a television star in East Germany. She is most widely remembered for her portrayal of Manuela in the groundbreaking lesbian film Madchen in Uniform (1931). (references)
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Topics by Level of Interest: Hertha
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Hertha BSC Berlin	58	135 Hertha	29
135 Hertha	29	Hertha	2
SMS Hertha	10	Hertha BSC Berlin	58
Hertha Thiele	9	Hertha Marks Ayrton	5
Hertha Sponer	9	Hertha Sponer	9
Hertha Wambacher	6	Hertha Thiele	9
Hertha Marks Ayrton	5	Hertha Wambacher	6
Hertha	2	SMS Hertha	10
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