Germanic Deities
This list contains names of gods and goddesses of Germany and Scandanavia.
- Aegir
- God and master of the sea
- Husband of Ran
- Aesir
- Thirteen gods of Asgard, collectively
- Arnamentia
- Goddess of springs
- Balder
- God of innocence, purity, beauty, justice, and reconciliation
- Son of Odin and Frigga
- Will create a more harmonious race of mortals
- Bertha
- Goddess of spinning
- Bil
- Goddess of weaving
- Bor
- Father of Odin, Vili, and Ve
- Son of Buri
- Bragi
- God of poetry
- Husband of Idun
- Dagur
- Goddess of the day
- Daughter of Nat
- Eir
- Goddess of healing
- Taught women only
- Erda
- Wise goddess of the earth
- Forseti
- God of justice
- Son of Balder and Nanna
- Frey
- God of the sun, the rain, and fruitfulness
- Son of Njord
- Brother of Freyja
- Freya
- Goddess of love, beauty, and endless rebirth
- Frigga
- Goddess of the sky
- Knows the future of the human race
- Wife of Odin
- Mother of Balder and Hoth
- Gefion
- Goddess of fertility and virginity
- Attendant of Frigga
- Heimdall
- God of light and guardian of the Bifrost Bridge
- Can see great distances day and night
- Can hear the grass grow
- Son of Odin and the nine daughters of Geirrendour the Giant
- Hel
- Goddess of the furthest section of Niflheim
- Hermod
- Messenger of the gods
- Son of Odin and Frigga
- Hnoss
- Goddess of infatuation
- Daughter of Freyja
- Hoenir
- God who gave newly-created mortals their senses
- Idun
- Guardian of the golden apples eaten by the gods
- Wife of Bragi
- Jord
- Earth goddess
- Mother of Thor and Frigga
- Laukosargas
- God of the field and grain
- Laume
- Goddess of protection
- Lodur
- God who gave mortals the warmth of life
- Loki
- God of strife, evil, and discord
- Handsome, small, and agile
- Son of Farbauti and Lofia
- Father of Hel, the Fenris wolf, and the Midgard serpent
- Magni
- Future god who has not yet come
- Son of Thor
- Brother of Modi
- Mirmir
- Guardian of the fountain of wisdom and intelligence
- Uncle of Odin
- Modi
- Future god who has not yet come
- Son of Thor
- Brother of agni
- Nanna
- Goddess of purity and vegetation
- Wife of Balder
- Daughter of Nip
- Nat
- Goddess of the night
- Nehalennia
- Goddess of navigation and commerce
- Nerthus
- Goddess of fecundity, peace, and wealth
- Njord
- God of the sea, sailors, fishermen, and fertility
- Father of Freyr and Freyja
- Husband of Skadi
- Odin
- God of battles, poetry, writing, and magic
- Ruler of the world and leader of the wild hunt
- Missing one eye
- Son of Bor and Bestla
- Husband of Iord, Frigga, and Ring
- Ran
- Goddess of storms
- Wife of Aegir
- Saga
- Goddess of history
- Thor
- God of thunder and rain
- Son of Odin
- Husband of Iarnsaxa and Sif
- Father of Magni and Modi
- Strong friend of peasants and yeomen
- Hammer returns after being thrown
- Tyr
- God of courage, honour, unbroken word, faithfulness, law, and war
- Has only one hand
- Ull
- God of hunters
- Head god for ten years when Odin was banished
- Veleda
- Prophetess consulted by many mortals
- Vidar
- God of vengance
- Will be a god in the new world
- Son of Odin
Bibliography
- Baumgartner, Anne S. Ye Gods!. Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart Inc., 1984.
- Norse and Germanic Deities and Mythology
