Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Mani" | Germanic / Nordic / Icelandic | moon god. He guides the chariot of the moon through the night sky and is involved in the downfall of the world at Ragnarok.... |
Goddess name "Nanna" | Germanic | A goddess of plants & flowers |
Goddess name "Nanna" | Germanic | Goddess of plants and flowers. Germanic |
Goddess name "Ostara" | Germanic | Sun goddess. Associated with the coming of spring and one of the derivations of the term Easter, she equates with the Anglo-Saxon deity EOSTRE.... |
Goddess name "Ostara/ Easter" | Germanic | A goddess of spring & the Sun |
Goddess name "Rind" | Northern Germanic / Nordic / Icelandic | Chthonic goddess. She is mentioned as a consort of OTHIN and mother of VALI. Also Rinda; Rindr.... |
Goddess name "Sessrumnir" | Germanic | Goddess of fertility. Germanic |
Goddess name "Sif" | Nordic / Icelandic / / Germanic | corn goddess. The consort of THOR. She is mentioned in the Eddaic Lay of Lokasenna and in the Lay of Har barth. According to Snorri Sturluson she was originally a prophetess called Sibyl. She possesses great beauty and has long golden hair. Her sons are ULL and Loridi. According to tradition, LOKI cut off Sif's hair in mischief, but when confronted and threatened by Thor, he had the dwarfs make her a magical hairpiece of pure gold which, when it touched her head, became a living part of her and grew.... |
Goddess name "Sindgund" | Germanic | Goddess of healing charms. Germanic |
God name "Taranis" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | Thunder god. Known only from limited inscriptions, but may emulate the Germanic god DONAR and is possibly the same as Taranucos. The Romans equated him with JUPITER and a Jupiter Tanarus inscription at Chester in England may refer to Taranis. His symbol is a spoked wheel and he is presumed to be the object of savage rites. The modern Breton word for thunder is taran. Also Taranos.... |
God name "Thunor" | Germanic | God of fertility, lightning and thunder germanic |
God name "Tiwaz" | Germanic | The chief sky god and the god of war. Germanic |
God name "Tursas" | Finland | The Tavastian god of war. May be same as the Norse Tyr and the Germanic Tîwaz. |
God name "Ull/ Ullr" | Germanic / Norse | A god of archery, hunting & skis |
Goddess name "Vor" | Nordic / Icelandic | Goddess. Of Germanic origin, one of the AESIR goddesses listed by Snorri in Prose Edda. He suggests that Vor may be concerned with the making of oaths and of marriage agreements, punishing those who break them. Possibly also Var(a), though Snorri lists her as a separate Aesir goddess.... |
"Were-Wolf" | Germanic | A human being, sometimes in one form and sometimes in another. |
Goddess name "Wilden Wip" | Germanic | Goddesses of healing. Germanic |
Deity name "Wodan" | Anglo-Saxon | The deity in Anglo-Saxon polytheism corresponding to Norse Odin, both continuations of a Proto-Germanic deity, Wodanaz. Other West Germanic forms of the name include Dutch Wodan, Alemannic Wuodan, and German Wotan. |