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List of Gods : "Scandinavia" - 65 records

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Name ▲▼Origin ▲▼Description ▲▼
God name
"Flandal Ironhands"
Scandinavia Gnomish god of mining and iresmiths.

"Freya"
Scandinavia Scandinavia held at Yuletide the festival called Jul, in honour of Freya, wife of Odin.
Goddess name
"Gefion"
Scandinavia A vegetation and fertility goddess. Scandinavia
Goddess name
"Gerd"
Scandinavia earth goddess who married Freyr. She was a giantess, and considered very beautiful. Scandinavia
Spirit name
"Goblin or Hobgoblin"
Scandinavia A phantom spirit.
God name
"Har"
Scandinavian The first person of the Scandinavian Trinity, which consists of Har (the Mighty), the Like Mighty, and the Third Person. This Trinity is called "The Mysterious Three," and they sit on three thrones above the Rainbow. The next in order are the Aesir, of which Odin, the chief, lives in Asgard, on the heavenly hills between earth and the Rainbow. The third order is the Vanir - the gods of the ocean, air, and clouds - of which Van Niord is the chief. Har has already påśśed his ninth incarnation; in his tenth he will take the forms first of a peaçõçk, and then of a horse, when all the followers of Mahomet will be destroyed.
Goddess name
"Hel"
Scandinavia Goddess of death and the underworld. The Christian concept of "Hell" came from this goddess, however, her realm of the dead for those who were wicked was cold and dark, not fiery. Scandinavia
Goddess name
"Hel or Hela"
Scandinavian queen of the dead, is goddess of the ninth earth or nether world. She dwelt beneath the roots of the sacred ash (yggdrasil), and was the daughter of Loki. The All-father sent her into Helheim, where she was given dominion over nine worlds, and to one or other of these nine worlds she sends all who die of sickness or old age. Her dwelling is Elvidnir (dark clouds), her dish Hungr (hunger), her knife Sullt (starvation), her servants Ganglati (tardy-feet), her bed Kor (sickness), and her bed-curtains Blikiandabol (splendid misery). Half her body was blue. Scandinavian
Goddess name
"Hertha"
Scandinavian Mother earth. Worshipped by all the Scandinavian tribes with orgies and mysterious rites, celebrated in the dark. Her veiled statue was transported from district to district by cows which no hand but the priest's was allowed to touch. Tacitus calls this goddess Cybele.
God name
"Hoenir"
Scandinavia An Aesir god and the brother of Odin and Ludor. Together they slew Ymir, the great giant of the beginning. They created the earth from his flesh, the sea and fresh water from his blood, the mountains from his bones; then mankind from two trees, man from the ash and woman from the elm. Hoenir gave them their senses and understanding, intelligence and motion. The two lesser brothers are sometimes considered aspects of Odin, eventually disappearing, Hoenir as hostage to the Vanir at the end of the war with the Aesir. Scandinavia
God name
"Hoenu"
Scandinavia God of silence. He, along with his brother Lodur, created Ask and Embla, the first humans. Scandinavia

"Hrim Thursar"
Norse A new race begat by the only man and woman to survive the Great Flood. All Norse traced their descent to the Hrim Thursar, or "Hoar Frost." Scandinavian

"Iormungandur"
Scandinavian Iormungandr. The Midgard serpent. The serpent that encompåśśes the whole earth. Scandinavian
Supreme god name
"Jumala"
Finnland The supreme god of the ancient Finns and Lapps. The word is sometimes used by the Scandinavian poets for the Almighty.

"Junner"
Scandinavian A giant in Scandinavian mythology, said in the Edda to represent the "eternal principle." Its skull forms the heavens; its eyes the Sun and moon; its shoulders the mountains; its bones the rocks, etc.; hence the poets call heaven "Junner's skull;" the Sun, "Junner's right eye;" the moon, "Junner's left eye;" the rivers, "the ichor of old Junner."

"Lidskialfa"
Scandinavian The terror of nations. The throne of Alfader, whence he can view the whole universe. Scandinavian

"Liosalfar"
Scandinavian The light Alfs who dwell in the city Alf-heim. They are whiter than the Sun. Scandinavian

"Merry Dun of Dover"
Scandinavian A large mythical ship, which knocked down Calais steeple in påśśing through the Straits of Dover, and the pennant, at the same time, swept a flock of sheep off Dover cliffs into the sea. The masts were so lofty that a boy who ascended them would grow grey before he could reach deck again. Scandinavian
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