Norse deity

Other forms: Norse deities

Definitions of Norse deity

1. noun

   a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen
   examples:

   Balder

   (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

   (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

   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

   Freyja

   (Norse mythology) goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey

   Frigga

   (Norse mythology) goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin

   Heimdallr

   (Norse mythology) god of dawn and light; guardian of Asgard

   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

   (Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe

   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

   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

   Tyrr

   (Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu

   types:

   Aesir

   (Norse mythology) the chief race of gods living at Asgard

   Vanir

   (Norse mythology) race 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

   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