norse deity

Noun
  1. A deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen (synset 109601643)
    referred to in: antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
    is a type of: deity, divinity, god, immortal - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
    subtypes:
    • aesir - (Norse mythology) the chief of gods living at Asgard
    • vanir - (Norse mythology) group of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir
    • nanna - (Norse mythology) wife of Balder
    • norn, weird sister - (Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae
    • sigyn - (Norse mythology) wife of Loki; held a cup over him during his punishment to spare him the pain of drops of poison
    • ull, ullr - (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis; son of Sif and stepson of Thor
    • vali - (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir and avenger of Balder; son of Odin
    • vidar, vithar, vitharr - (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir; son of Odin; avenges his parent by slaying Fenrir at Ragnarok
    specific instances:
    • balder, baldr - (Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna; killed by Hoth
    • brage, bragi - (Norse mythology) god of poetry and music; son of Odin
    • elli - (Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match
    • forseti - (Norse mythology) god of justice; son of Balder and Nanna
    • frey, freyr - (Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir
    • freya, freyja - (Norse mythology) goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey
    • frigg, frigga - (Norse mythology) goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin
    • heimdal, heimdall, heimdallr - (Norse mythology) god of dawn and light; guardian of Asgard
    • hel, hela - (Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld
    • hoenir - (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind
    • hoder, hodr, hodur, hoth, hothr - (Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe
    • idun, ithunn - (Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young
    • loki - (Norse mythology) trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of Balder and was overcome by Thor
    • njord, njorth - (Norse mythology) chief of the Vanir; god of the sea and winds and prosperity; father of Frey and Freya; sometimes subsumes Teutonic Nerthus
    • odin - (Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan
    • sif - (Norse mythology) wife of Thor and guardian of the home
    • thor - (Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar
    • tyr, tyrr - (Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu

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