Norse deity

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Balder

(Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna; killed by Hoth

Brage

(Norse mythology) god of poetry and music; son of Odin

Elli

(Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match

Forseti

(Norse mythology) god of justice; son of Balder and Nanna

Freyr

(Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir

Freyja

(Norse mythology) goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey

Frigga

(Norse mythology) goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin

Heimdallr

(Norse mythology) god of dawn and light; guardian of Asgard

Hela

(Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld

Hoenir

(Norse mythology) one of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind

Hoder

(Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe

Ithunn

(Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young

Loki

(Norse mythology) trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of Balder and was overcome by Thor

Njorth

(Norse mythology) chief of the Vanir; god of the sea and winds and prosperity; father of Frey and Freya; sometimes subsumes Teutonic Nerthus

Odin

(Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan

Sif

(Norse mythology) wife of Thor and guardian of the home

Thor

(Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar

Tyrr

(Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu

Urth

goddess of fate: a giantess who personified the past

Verthandi

goddess of fate: an elf who personified the present

Skuld

goddess of fate: a dwarf who personified the future

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Aesir

(Norse mythology) the chief race of gods living at Asgard

Vanir

(Norse mythology) race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir

Nanna

(Norse mythology) wife of Balder

Norn, weird sister

(Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae

Sigyn

(Norse mythology) wife of Loki; held a cup over him during his punishment to spare him the pain of drops of poison

Ull, Ullr

(Norse mythology) one of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis; son of Sif and stepson of Thor

Vali

(Norse mythology) one of the Aesir and avenger of Balder; son of Odin

Vidar, Vithar, Vitharr

(Norse mythology) one of the Aesir; son of Odin; avenges his parent by slaying Fenrir at Ragnarok

Type of:

deity, divinity, god, immortal

any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force