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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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  1. Norse Mythology
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  2. Asgard
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  3. Aesir
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  4. Ve (Lodur)

Ve (Lodur)

Ve was the son of the giants Bor and Bestla. Ve was sometimes called Lodur, Lodar or Lother. He along with his brothers, Odin and Vili (Hoenir), killed the giant Ymir and created the universe.

When they created mankind Lodur gave the gifts of senses and outward appearance, to the first man and woman.

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Ve – "sacred enclosure",
Lodar, Lodur, Lother.

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Bor, Bestla, Odin, Vili (Hoenir).

Norse Creation.

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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
Vili (Hœnir)

Vili (Hœnir)

Vili was the son of the giants Bor and Bestla . Vili was sometimes called Hœnir (Hoenir or Haenir). Vili, along with his brothers, Odin and Ve , killed the giant Ymir and created the universe. As Hœnir, he gave the gifts of spirit and understandin...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Odin

Odin

Ruler of universe and leader of the Aesir. Odin was the son of the giants Bor and Bestla . He, along with his brothers, Ve (Lodur) and Vili (Hœnir) created the universe. When he and his brothers created the first man and woman, named Askr and Embl...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Vali

Vali

Vali was the son of Odin and the giantess Rind . (Vali should not be confused with the son of Loki and Sigyn, who also was named Vali). When his half-brother Höd (Hod) killed Vali's other half-brother Balder , Rind gave birth to Vali on that very ...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Bor

Bor

Primeval god. Bor was the son of the giant Buri . Bor was probably more of a primeval god than a giant. Bor married a frost-giantess named Bestla and became the father of the three Aesir gods: Odin , Vili (Hoenir) and Ve .

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Vidar

Vidar

Vidar was the son of Odin and the giantess Grid "peace". Vidar was known as the silent god or silent As, because he rarely talked. Vidar was thesecond strongest As after Thor . Vidar lived in Brushwood. Brushwood was either the name of his hall or...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Loki

Loki

God of fire. Loki (Lopt) was the son of the giant Fárbautia (Farbautia, "Cruel-Striker") and the giantess Laufey ("Tree Island") or Nal. Loki was a brother of Byleist and Helblindi. Loki was married to Sigyn, he was father of Narfi (Narvi) and Val...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Ymir (Aurgelmir)

Ymir (Aurgelmir)

The first primeval giant was generally known as Ymir. The frost-giants called him Aurgelmir. Ymir was the first creature created in the universe. Ymir was the father of the race of frost-giants. The frost-giants were born from the sweat of his arm...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Modsognir and Durin

Modsognir and Durin

Modsognir ("frenzy-roarer") and Durin ("sleepy") were the first two dwarves who were created by the gods. They were originally maggots that fed from the flesh of the giant Ymir . These two dwarves became the first ancestors of the dwarves. The Vol...

August 17th, 2002 • Jimmy Joe
Buri

Buri

The ancestor of the gods. Buri was created from a stone or ice that the giant primeval cow, Audumla , licked into shape. Buri was the father of Bor and the grandfather of the three original Aesir gods: Odin , Vili and Ve . There are some uncertain...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Midgard

Midgard

Midgard was the home of the human race. It was also called Manheim, Mannheim or Manna-heim (the home of mankind). After the three gods, Odin, Hœnir (Vili) and Lodur (Ve), created Midgard, they started to create the human race from the tree trunks ...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe

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