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Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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  3. Aesir
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  4. Gefjon

Gefjon

Goddess of agriculture. Gefjon was also called Gefion, Gefiun or Gefinn. Gefjon was also the goddess of fertility.

Gefjon may have been a virgin goddess who was a patron goddess and protectress of virgins after their deaths. However in the Lokasenna, Loki accused Gefjon of spreading her legs to a mortal lover for a gold necklace, like Freyja.

Gefjon was the founder of the dynasty in Denmark and Zeeland.

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Aesir:

  • • Odin
  • • Ve (Lodur)
  • • Vili (Hœnir)
  • • Thor
  • • Tyr
  • • Njörd
  • • Freyr (Lord)
  • • Heimdall
  • • Loki
  • • Ull
  • • Bragi
  • • Forseti
  • • Vidar
  • • Vali
  • • Balder
  • • Höd
  • • Hermod
  • • Mimir
  • • Magni and Modi
  • • Frigg
  • • Freyja (Lady)
  • • Sif
  • • Idun
  • • Jörd (Fjörgyn)
  • • Rind
  • • Gefjon
  • • Fulla
  • • Thrud
  • • Sol and Moon
  • • Other Asyniur
  • • Aegir
  • • Ran
  • • Nott
  • • Hel
  • • Norns
Freya

Freya

Freya: Get to Know the Desirable Goddess of Love and Lust Freya goddess of fertility was one of the foremost Norse goddesses in Norse mythology. She was also the Norse goddess of love , lust, beauty, and sex, and she was greatly desired by many of...

April 2nd, 2002 • Timeless Myths
Freyja

Freyja

Goddess of love, beauty, fertility, magic, war and death. Freyja was the daughter of Njörd (Njord) and Njörd's nameless sister (possibly Nertheus?). She was the sister of Freyr . Like her brother and father, she was originally a Vanir goddess, but...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Freyja (Lady)

Freyja (Lady)

Goddess of love, beauty and fertility. Freyja was also the goddess of witchcraft and war. Like her father and brother, Freyja was originally a Vanir deity before she became an Aesir goddess (Asynia). See Vanir , for more detail on Freyja .

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Freyr

Freyr

God of light, rain, fertility and prosperity. Freyr was son of Njörd (Njord) and Njörd's nameless sister (possibly Nerthus ). Freyr was the brother of his twin sister Freyja . Like his father and sister, he was originally a Vanir, but he became an...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Frija

Frija

Frija was the goddess of childbirth and midwifery. Frija was the wife and consort of Wodan (Odin). Frija was identified with the Norse goddess, Frigg. Her name appeared in the Second Merseburg Charm (c. 900) as Frea, in Saxony. In the Lombard's le...

October 10th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Nerthus

Nerthus

Nerthus: Mother Earth Goddess Nerthus, goddess of peace and prosperity as well as fertility, was part of the Norse pantheon. She was worshipped in Scandinavia as well as other Germanic areas. She was connected to Njord, god of the sea and waters, ...

April 2nd, 2002 • Timeless Myths
Gullveig and Heid

Gullveig and Heid

Gullveig was a Vanir goddess. Gullveig was probably the goddess of healing. Gullveig was a goddess with a great fondness for gold. Her constant chatter about gold irritated the Aesir gods. Gullveig was assaulted in the hall of Odin . She was tortu...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Fenia & Menia

Fenia & Menia

Fenia and Menia were two giantesses who served as slaves to King Frodi of Denmark in the poem of Grottasong or the "Song of Hand-Mill" – a poem in the Poetic Edda. Snorri Sturluson also included the death of King Frodi in his version of the story....

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Sif

Sif

Goddess of corn and fertility(?). She was a goddess with beautiful golden hair. Not much is known about Sif. Sif was possibly a Vanir goddess originally, like the goddess Freyja . Sif was the wife and consort of Thor . She had a son named Ull . Or...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Gerd

Gerd

Gerd was a giantess who became wife of the Vanir Freyr . Gerd was the daughter of the mountain giant Gymir and Aurboda. Gerd may have had an unnamed brother who was killed. Freyr fell in love with Gerd when he sat on Hlidskialf, Odin's throne in t...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe

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