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Bookmark or Share- Norse Gods - MythopediaThe Norse gods and goddesses are the array of deities honored by ancient Nordic worshipers. They primarily came from two different tribes, the Aesir and the Vanir, but were united in their efforts to fight the jötnar, a tribe of giants dwelling in another realm of the world tree Yggdrasil.
- Odin – MythopediaThough hero gods, such as the mighty Thor, fought with brute strength and bravado, the trickster god Odin dismissed these tools in favor of craft and cunning. Etymology The name “Odin,” rendered in the Old Norse as Óðinn , derived from two words: óðr , meaning “fury, rage, passion, ecstasy, or inspiration,” and the masculine ...
- Freya – MythopediaFreya was the daughter of Njord (also Njordr), a god of the Vanir associated with the sea, sailing, fishing, wealth, and the fertility of crops. While her mother’s identity was ultimately unknown, some speculated that Freya was the daughter of Nerthus, an old Germanic deity known as a goddess of “peace and plenty."
- Thor – MythopediaThe name “Thor” (Þórr in the Old Norse, thunar in Old Saxon) meant “thunder,” and was an obvious reference to the god’s alleged control of the phenomenon. When the Germanic peoples adopted the Roman calendar in the early centuries of the Common Era, they replaced the day called dies Iovis (“the day of Jupiter”) with Þonares ...
- Heimdall – MythopediaHeimdall the watcher was a Norse deity of the Aesir tribe, a god of keen eyesight and hearing who stood ready to sound the Gjallarhorn at the beginning of Ragnarök. From what little evidence has survived, Heimdall appears to have been a protector of the deities and a guardian of the passages to and from the Nine Realms .
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