Norse Deities

Odin

- Gods -

1.  Odin - is the King of Norse Mythology.  He is the son of Bor and Bestla.  He is the father of gods.  Odin fathered many of the gods and goddesses.  War and death are what he is the god of.  This god is very special because he can talk to the dead.  Odin had two dogs both boys.  

 2.  Tyr - is the God of war and god of justice.  After the Vikings he became Odin’s right-hand man. He was the owner of a werewolf. Tuesday was named after him.

 3.  Thor - is the Norse god of Thunder and Lightning.  He was the son of Odin.  Siv was his wife.  Weather ruled and so that everything grew.  Whenever he fought the frost giants he used his giant hammer to fight and killed them. He got his hammer back all the time because he wore a pair of iron gloves and a belt of strength.

4.  Honir- the god of Indecision.  Or maybe not?  I'm not sure, neither are mythologist.  No one can get it straight.  

5.  Ragnarok - is the God of the Under World. He thinks that the end of the world will come as a giant ice age. Then there would be a devastating fall of the gods and goddesses.  The forces of evil will rule the earth and Loki shall be their leader.  Also the frost giants will be the evil and ugly helpers who help destroy the earth.

 6.  Baldur - is the god of joy, light, purity, beauty, innocence, and reconciliation.

 7. Rig -  alias of Heimdall when he’s off having adventures with mortals.  He made the first serf after having affairs with a farmer’s wife.  The farmer was very disturbed, until he got his son to work..  Everyone called the boy ,Thrall, and that is what he was.  Going on with these affairs he help produce Karl and Jarl. Creating a secret system.

 8.  Asgard -  this is the Norse God H.Q, where the Aesir live rule. 

 9.  Heimdall -  God of Light, Security and Surveillance. He is also called “The Watchman of the Gods” and “The Protector”. Even though he was a peaceful yet strong god he rarely hurt anyone. 

10.  Loki - is the god of Hokey Pokey. He is also know for his trickster ways. Loki had always been a trickster, silly, crafty, and sneaky.  At first he was never a god.  The king of the Under World.

Freya

- Goddesses -  

1.  Freya - is a goddess of love and fertility.  She was the most beautiful.  She was also the goddess of crops and birth.   Three animals are symbols for Freya:  cats, a mare, and her golden haired boar.  

2. Frigg -  was the wife of Odin. She is a foremost goddess of marriage, love, fertility, and motherhood.  Some historians she is a different type of Freya.  She was all-knowing.  It was hard , knowing what was going to happen to everyone.  There is a famous hall in Asgard named after her.  Some people believe that she had affairs with Odin’s brothers Ve and Vili.  Her day is Friday.

3.  Ran -  is the wife of Aegir and she is terribly randy,  She had affairs with mortals. She lives at the bottom of the sea.  Also she is very unlucky.

4. Jord -  is the goddess of Wilderness and is the wife of Odin.  She is also the mom of Thor and Frigg.  She was also the goddess of Primitive Earth.   

5. Sunna is the goddesses of the Sun.

6.  Nanna, Mrs. Baldur -  died of broken heart

7. Idunn - was married to Odin’s son , Bragi, (the goddess of speech and poetry). She was the goddess of immortality.  Her parents were Freya and Iwaldi.  After awhile she despised her mother.  She owned the Golden Apple.

8.  Sif - is the wife of Thor. She had golden hair, like a golden harvest.

9.  Angrboda the evil mistress and ugly wife of Loki.  The queen of the Under World.

10. Hel she is the goddess of the underworld.  She is the daughter of Loki.  The princess of the Under World.

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