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Gods
| Name | Name meaning | Attested consorts and sexual partners | Attested children | Attestations | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcis (Latinized Germanic) | Contested | None attested | None attested | Germania | None, but share similarities with Jötunn |
| Baldr (Old Norse), Bældæg (Old English) | Old Norse form is contested. Old English form directly translates as "shining day".[1] | Nanna | Forseti | Merseburg Incantation, Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Gesta Danorum, Chronicon Lethrense, Annales Lundenses, possibly Beowulf | Æsir |
| Bragi (Old Norse) | Connected with Bragr ("poetry")[2] | Iðunn | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, skaldic poetry | Vanir |
| Dellingr (Old Norse) | Possibly "the dayspring"[3] or "shining one"[4] | Nótt | Dagr | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda | Unknown, but could be Jötunn |
| Forseti (Old Norse) | "Chairman"[5] | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda | Æsir |
| Freyr (Old Norse), Frea (Old English), Yngvi (Old Norse), Ing (Old English) | "Lord"[6] | Gerðr | Fjölnir (Heimskringla) | Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum, Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Heimskringla, Ögmundar þáttr dytts, Gesta Danorum, various others | Vanir |
| Heimdallr (Old Norse) | "World-brightener"[7] | None attested | None attested | Prose Edda, Poetic Edda | Æsir |
| Hermóðr (Old Norse), Heremod (Old English) | "War-spirit"[8] | None attested | Sceaf (Old English only) | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Beowulf, Old English royal genealogies | Æsir |
| Höðr (Old Norse) | "Warrior"[9] | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Gesta Danorum, Chronicon Lethrense, Annales Lundenses, possibly Beowulf | Æsir |
| Hœnir (Old Norse) | Contested | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, skaldic poetry | Æsir |
| Lóðurr (Old Norse) | Contested | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda, skaldic poetry | Unknown, but could be Vanir |
| Loki (Old Norse) | Contested | Sigyn, Svadilfari, Angrboda | Nari/Narfi, Váli, Fenrir, Hel, Jormungandr, and Sleipnir | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Heimskringla, Loka Táttur, Norwegian rune poem, Danish folk tales | Vanir |
| Móði and Magni (Old Norse) | "Courage" and "Strength" | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda | Æsir |
| Máni (Old Norse) | "Moon" (Gives his name to Monday). | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda | Æsir |
| Mímir (Old Norse) | "Rememberer" | None attested | Sons, unnamed | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda | Vanir |
| Meili (Old Norse) | "the lovely one"[10] | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda | Æsir |
| Njörðr (Old Norse) | Contested | Once unnamed sister, once Skaði | Freyr, Freyja | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Heimskringla, Egils saga, Hauksbók ring oath, place names | Vanir |
| Odin: Óðinn (North Germanic), Wōden (West Germanic), *Wōðanaz (Proto-Germanic) (see List of names of Odin for more) | "Frenzy"[11]
(Gives his name to Wednesday). |
Frigg (consort), Skaði (Heimskringla only), Gunnlöð, Jörð, Rindr | See Sons of Odin | Most attestations of Germanic paganism | Æsir |
| Óðr (Old Norse) | "The frenzied one"[12] | Freyja | Hnoss, Gersemi | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda | Vanir |
| Saxnōt (Old Saxon), Seaxnet, Seaxnēat, Saxnat (Old English) | Contested | None attested | None attested | Old Saxon Baptismal Vow, Old English royal genealogies | Unknown, but could be Æsir |
| Thor: Þórr (North Germanic), Þunor (Old English), Thunaer (Old Saxon), Donar (Southern Germanic areas) | "Thunder", all names stem from Proto-Germanic *ÞunraR[13]
(Gives his name to Thursday). |
Sif (consort), Járnsaxa | Móði and Magni, Þrúðr | Most attestations of Germanic paganism | Æsir |
| Tuisto (Latinized Germanic) | "double", from the Proto-Germanic root *twai – "two"; "a god, born of the earth" (deum terra editum) | None attested | Mannus | Germania | None, but share similarities with Jötunn |
| Týr (Old Norse), Tīw, Tīg (both Old English), Ziu (Old High German) | "God", derived from Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz[14]
(Gives his name to Tuesday). |
Unnamed, possibly Zisa | None Attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, skaldic poetry, Hadrian's Wall altar | Æsir |
| Ullr (Old Norse) | Something like "Glory"[15] | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, skaldic poetry, Gesta Danorum, Thorsberg chape, toponyms in Norway and Sweden | Æsir |
| Váli (Old Norse) | "Chosen" | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Gesta Danorum (as Bous) | Æsir |
| Viðarr (Old Norse) | Possibly "wide ruler"[16] | None attested | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda | Æsir |
| Vé (Old Norse) | Vé[17] | Possibly Frigg | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda | Æsir |
| Vili (Old Norse) | "Will"[18] | Possibly Frigg | None attested | Poetic Edda, Prose Edda | Æsir |
- ^ Simek (2007:26).
- ^ Simek (2007:43).
- ^ Bellows (1936:75).
- ^ Orchard (1997:32).
- ^ Orchard (1997:46).
- ^ Orchard (1997:47).
- ^ Orchard (1997:78).
- ^ Orchard (1997:83).
- ^ Orchard (1997:88).
- ^ Simek (2007:210).
- ^ Orchard (1997:123).
- ^ Orchard (1997:121).
- ^ Simek (2007:322).
- ^ Simek (2007:337).
- ^ Lindow (2001:301).
- ^ Orchard (1997:174—175).
- ^ Orchard (1997:173).
- ^ Simek (2007:363).