Sunday, June 17, 2012

Norse/Germanic Deities


  • Aegir: God of the sea(Germanic)
  • The Aesir: The youngest branch of the family of gods(Germanic)
  • Baba Yaga: Avenger of women(Slavic)
  • Buri: Ancestor of the gods(Germanic)
  • Dazhbog: God of the sun(Slavic)
  • Forseti: God of justice(Germanic)
  • Freyja: Goddess of fertility(Germanic)
  • Frigg: Queen of the Gods
  • Gefion: Goddess of fertility(Germanic)
  • Hel: Goddess of the underworld and the dead(Germanic)
  • Huginn and Muninn: Ravens — Thought and Memory — belonging to Odin; messengers(Germanic)
  • Idun: Goddess of youth and apples(Germanic)
  • Jumala: Creator god of Finnish mythology
  • Kied Kie Jubmel: Lord of the herbs, stone god(Lapp)
  • Leib-Olmai: Lord of the bears(Lapp)
  • Loki: God of fire(Germanic)
  • Luonnotar: Creatrix goddess(Finnish)
  • Madder-Akka and Madder-Atcha: Divine couple who created humankind(Lapp)
  • Mati Syra Zemlya: Moist Earth Mother(Slavic)
  • Menu: Moon god(Baltic)
  • Nerthus: Mother Goddess(Germanic)
  • Njord: God of the sea(Germanic)
  • Norns: Goddesses of Fate — Urd(Past), Verdandi(Present), Skuld(Future) (Germanic)
  • Odin: Father of the gods; gifted in eloquence 
  • Perunu: God of thunder(Slavic)
  • Potrimpo: God of fertility(Slavic)
  • Rig: Watchman of the gods(Germanic)
  • Saule: Goddess of the sun(Slavic)
  • Skadi: Goddess of vengeance and the hunt(Germanic)
  • Svarazic: God of fire(Slavic)
  • Tapio: God of the forest(Finnish)
  • Thor: God of thunder(Germanic)
  • Tuoni: God of the dead(Finnish)
  • Tyr(Tiwaz) God of the sky and bravery(Germanic)
  • Valkyries: Female battle and shield maidens who take brave warriors to Valhalla, the idyllic abode of Odin’s ghostly army(Germanic)
  • The Vanir: The older of the two branches of the Germanic family of gods
  • Vidar: God of justice(Germanic)

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