In Norse mythology, according to the Gylfaginning, Annar (Old Norse Annarr 'second, another') is the father of Jörð (Mother Earth) by Nótt (the Night). The form ÃÂnar (Old Norse ÃÂnarr 'gaping') is found as a variant.
Annar/ÃÂnar is also the name of a dwarf in the catalogue of dwarfs in the Völuspá that is repeated in the Gylfaginning.
In the pseudo-historical genealogy of Odin's ancestors in the introduction to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, a certain Athra is said to be he "whom we call Annar". What this refers to is unknown. (See Sceafa for discussion of the section of this genealogy in which Annar appears.)
In the Gylfaginning Snorri writes of Nótt: <blockquote>She was given to the man named Naglfari; their son was Aud. Afterward she was wedded to him that was called Annar; Jörð ['Earth'] was their daughter.</blockquote>
Snorri might have been using a source in which annar 'second, another' was intended to mean Odin, for he himself had just previously written of Odin: "The earth was his daughter and his wife...".
But in the Skáldskaparmál Snorri uses the form ÃÂnar instead, giving "daughter of ÃÂnar" as one of the kennings for Jörð. Snorri also cites from Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld: <blockquote>In council it was determined<br> That the King's friend, wise in counsel,<br> Should wed the Land, sole daughter<br> Of ÃÂnar, greenly wooded.</blockquote>