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List of Gods : "Goddess Saxons" - 2 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
Goddess name "AEGIR (water)"	Icelandic / Nordic	God of the ocean. A lesser known AESIR god of Asgard concerned with the moods of the sea and their implications for mariners. The river Eider was known to the Vikings as Aegir's Door. Aegir is also depicted in some poetry as the ale brewer, perhaps an allusion to the caldrons of mead which were thought to come from under the sea (see also the Celtic deities DAGDA and GOBNIU). There are references in literature to Saxons sacrificing captives, probably to Aegir, before setting sail for home. Linked in uncertain manner to the goddess RAN he was believed to have sired nine children, the waves of the sea, who were possibly giantesses....
Goddess name "Easter aka Eastre"	Saxons	A putative goddess of the Anglo-Saxons

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