List of Germanic Deities

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List of Germanic deities

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A scene from one of the Merseburg Incantations: the gods Wodan and Balderstand before the

goddesses Sunna,Sinthgunt, Volla and Friia (Emil Doepler, 1905)

In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples that inhabited Germanic Europe, there

were a number of different gods and goddesses. Germanic deities are attested from numerous sources, including worksof literature, various chronicles, runic inscriptions, personal names, place names, and other sources. This article

presents a comprehensive list of these deities.

Gods

Name NamemeaningAttested consorts and sexual partners

Attested children Attestations

Baldr (Old

Norse),

Bldg (Old

English)

Old Norse

form is

contested.

Old English

form directly

translates as

"shining

day".[1]

Nanna Forseti

Merseburg

Incantation, Poetic

Edda, Prose

Edda, GestaDanorum, Chronico

n

Lethrense, Annales

Lundenses,

possiblyBeowulf

Bragi (Old

Norse)

Connected

with Bragr ("p

oetry")[2]

Iunn None attested

Poetic Edda, Prose

Edda, skaldic

poetry

Dellingr (Old

Norse)

Possibly "the

dayspring"[3]

or "shining

one"[4]

Ntt DagrPoetic Edda, Prose

Edda

Forseti (Old

Norse)"Chairman"[5] None attested None attested

Poetic Edda, Prose

Edda

Freyr (Old

Norse), Frea

(Old

English), Yngvi

"Lord"[6] Gerr Fjlnir (Heimskringla)

Gesta

Hammaburgensis

ecclesiae

pontificum, Poetic
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(Old Norse),

Ing (Old

English)

Edda,Prose

Edda, Heimskringla,

gmundar ttr

dytts, Gesta

Danorum, various

others

Heimdallr (Old

Norse)

"World-

brightener"[7]None attested None attested

Prose Edda, Poetic

Edda

Hermr (Old

Norse),

Heremod (Old

English)

"War-spirit"[8] None attested Sceaf(Old English only)

Poetic Edda, Prose

Edda, Beowulf, Old

English royal

genealogies

Hr (Old

Norse)"Warrior"[9] None attested None attested

Poetic Edda, Prose

Edda, Gesta

Danorum, Chronico

n

Lethrense, Annales

Lundenses,possibly Beowulf

Hnir(Old

Norse)Contested None attested None attested

Poetic Eddasa,

skaldic poetry

Lurr (Old

Norse)Contested None attested None attested

Poetic Edda, skaldic

poetry

Loki (Old

Norse)Contested Sigyn

Nari/Narfi, Vli, Fenrir,Hel

, Jormungandr,

andSleipnir

Poetic Edda, Prose

Edda, Heimskringla,

Loka Tttur,

Norwegian rune

poem, Danish folk

tales

Meili (Old

Norse)

"the lovely

one"[10]None attested None attested

Poetic Edda, Prose

Edda

Njrr (Old

Norse)Contested Once unnamed sister, onceSkai Freyr, Freyja

Poetic Edda, Prose

Edda, Heimskringla,

Egils

saga, Hauksbkring

oath, place names

Odin: inn

(North

Germanic),W

den (WestGermanic),

*Wdanaz(Prot

o-Germanic)

(see List of

names of

Odin for more)

"Frenzy"[11]Frigg (consort), Skai(Heimskringla onl

y),Gunnl, Jr, RindrSee Sons of Odin

Most attestations of

Germanic paganism

r (Old "The frenzied Freyja Hnoss, Gersemi Poetic Edda, Prose
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96gmundar_%C3%BE%C3%A1ttr_dyttshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96gmundar_%C3%BE%C3%A1ttr_dyttshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimdallrhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD78-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD78-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD78-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herm%C3%B3%C3%B0rhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD83-7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD83-7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD83-7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceafhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0rhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD88-8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD88-8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD88-8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%93nirhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%93nirhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B3%C3%B0urrhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigynhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narfihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1li_(son_of_Loki)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenrirhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel_(being)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jormungandrhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleipnirhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loka_T%C3%A1ttur&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rune_poemhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rune_poemhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meilihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-SIMEK210-9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-SIMEK210-9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-SIMEK210-9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nj%C3%B6r%C3%B0rhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska%C3%B0ihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%8Ddenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%8Ddenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%8Ddenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%8Ddanazhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%8Ddanazhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%8Ddanazhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_names_of_Odinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_names_of_Odinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_names_of_Odinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD123-10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD123-10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD123-10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska%C3%B0ihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnl%C3%B6%C3%B0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6r%C3%B0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rindrhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Odinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93%C3%B0rhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyjahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyjahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hnosshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gersemihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gersemihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hnosshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyjahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93%C3%B0rhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Odinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rindrhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6r%C3%B0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnl%C3%B6%C3%B0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska%C3%B0ihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD123-10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_names_of_Odinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_names_of_Odinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_names_of_Odinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%8Ddanazhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%8Ddenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%8Ddenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska%C3%B0ihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nj%C3%B6r%C3%B0rhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-SIMEK210-9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meilihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rune_poemhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rune_poemhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loka_T%C3%A1ttur&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleipnirhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jormungandrhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel_(being)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenrirhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1li_(son_of_Loki)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narfihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigynhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B3%C3%B0urrhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%93nirhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD88-8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0rhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceafhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD83-7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herm%C3%B3%C3%B0rhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD78-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimdallrhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96gmundar_%C3%BE%C3%A1ttr_dyttshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96gmundar_%C3%BE%C3%A1ttr_dytts


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Norse) one"[12] Edda

Saxnt(Old

Saxon),

Seaxnet,

Seaxnat,

Saxnat (OldEnglish)

Contested None attested None attested

Old Saxon

Baptismal Vow, Old

English royal

genealogies

Thor: rr

(North

Germanic),

unor (Old

English),

Thunaer (Old

Saxon), Donar

(Southern

Germanic

areas)

"Thunder", all

names stem

from Proto-

Germanic

*unraR[13]

Sif(consort), Jrnsaxa Mi and Magni, rrMost attestations of

Germanic paganism

Tr (OldNorse), Tw,

Tg (both Old

English), Ziu

(Old High

German)

"God",

derived from

Proto-

Germanic*Tw

az[14]

Unnamed, possibly Zisa None attested

Poetic Edda, Prose

Edda, skaldic

poetry, Hadrian's

Wall altar

Ullr (Old Norse)Something

like "Glory"[15]None attested None attested

Poetic Edda, Prose

Edda, skaldic

poetry, Gesta

Danorum,Thorsber

g chape, toponyms

in Norway and

Sweden

Vli (Old

Norse)

Something

like "battle-

slain"

None attested None attested

Poetic Edda, Prose

Edda, Gesta

Danorum (as Bous)

Viarr (Old

Norse)

Possibly

"wide

ruler"[16]

None attested None attestedPoetic Edda, Prose

Edda

V (Old Norse) V (shrine)[17] Possibly Frigg None attestedPoetic Edda, Prose

Edda

Vili (Old Norse) "Will"[18] Possibly Frigg None attestedPoetic Edda, Prose

Edda

Goddesses

Name Name meaningAttested consorts

and sexualpartners

Attested children Attestations

Baduhenna (Latinized

Germanic)

Badu-, may be cognate

to Proto-None attested None attested Tacitus' Annals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD121-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD121-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD121-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxn%C5%8Dthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxn%C5%8Dthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Saxonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Saxonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-SIMEK322-12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-SIMEK322-12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sifhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1rnsaxahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B3%C3%B0i_and_Magnihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Er%C3%BA%C3%B0rhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BDrhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyeushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyeushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyeushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-SIMEK337-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-SIMEK337-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-SIMEK337-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zisa_(goddess)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wallhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wallhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ullrhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-LINDOW301-14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-LINDOW301-14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-LINDOW301-14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorsberg_chapehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorsberg_chapehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1lihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi%C3%B0arrhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD174-175-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD174-175-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD174-175-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vili_and_V%C3%A9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9_(shrine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9_(shrine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9_(shrine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vili_and_V%C3%A9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_(philosophy)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-SIMEK363-17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-SIMEK363-17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-SIMEK363-17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baduhennahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annals_(Tacitus)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deitieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annals_(Tacitus)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baduhennahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-SIMEK363-17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_(philosophy)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vili_and_V%C3%A9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9_(shrine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9_(shrine)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vili_and_V%C3%A9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD174-175-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi%C3%B0arrhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1lihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorsberg_chapehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorsberg_chapehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-LINDOW301-14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ullrhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wallhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wallhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zisa_(goddess)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-SIMEK337-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyeushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyeushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BDrhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Er%C3%BA%C3%B0rhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B3%C3%B0i_and_Magnihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1rnsaxahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sifhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-SIMEK322-12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Saxonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Saxonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxn%C5%8Dthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities#cite_note-ORCHARD121-11


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Germanic *badwa-

meaning "battle." The

second portion of the

name -henna may be

related to -henae,

which appears

commonly in thenames ofmatrons.[1]

Bil (Old Norse) Contested None attested None attested Prose Edda

Beyla (Old Norse)

Proposed as related to

"cow," "bean," or

"bee."[19]

Byggvir None attested Poetic Edda

Eir (Old Norse)"Peace, clemency"[20]or

"help, mercy"[21]None attested None attested Poetic Edda, Prose Edda

Eostre (Old English) "East"[22] None attested None attested De temporum ratione

Freyja (Old Norse) "Lady"[23] r Hnoss,GersemiPoetic Edda, Prose

Edda,Heimskringla, Srla ttr

Frigg (Old Norse)

Derived from Indo-

European root meaning

"Love"[24]

Odin Baldr, Hr

Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Gesta

Danorum, Historia

Langobardorum

Fulla (Old Norse) Possibly "bountiful"[25] None attested None attestedMerseburg Incantations, Prose

Edda

Gefjun (Old Norse) Related to "giving"[26]Skjldr,

unnamedjtunnFour oxen

Prose Edda, Ynglinga

saga, Vlsa ttr,

Gersemi (Old Norse)"Treasure, precious

object"[27]None attested None attested Heimskringla

Gerr (Old Norse) "Fenced in"[28] Freyr Fjlnir(Heimskringla)

Poetic Edda, ProseEdda, Heimskringla

Gn (Old Norse)

Possibly related to Old

Norse Gnfa meaning

"to project"[29]

None attested None attested Prose Edda

Gullveig (Old Norse) Possibly "gold drink"[30] None attested None attested Poetic Edda

Hariasa

Possibly related to the

valkyrie name Herja or

meaning "goddess with

lots of hair"[31]

None attested None attested

Stone

from Cologne, Germany (CIL XI

II 8185)

Hel (Old Norse)

Ultimately "one who

covers up or hides

something"

Dyggvi (Ynglingatal)

None attested Poetic Edda, ProseEdda, Ynglingatal

Hln (Old Norse)


Old Norse term hleinir,

itself possibly meaning

"protects"[32]

None attested None attested Poetic Edda, Prose Edda

Hretha (Old English) Possibly "the famous" None attested None attested De temporum ratione
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or "the victorious"[33]

Hnoss (Old Norse) "Treasure"[32] None attested None attested Prose Edda

IlmrPossibly connected to

pleasant scentsNone attested None attested Prose Edda, skaldic poetry

Iunn (Old Norse) Possibly "ever young"[34]

Bragi None attested Poetic Edda, Prose Edda

Irpa (Old Norse)Possibly relating to

"dark brown"[35]None attested None attested Jmsvkinga saga, Njls saga

Lofn (Old Norse)Potentially related to

"Praise"[36]None attested None attested Prose Edda

Nanna (Old Norse)

Possibly "mother"

from nanna, or

potentially related

to nan-, meaning "the

daring one"[37]

Baldr Forseti


Danorum, Chronicon

Lethrense, Setre Comb

Nerthus (LatinizedGermanic)

Feminine, Latinized for

m of what Njrr wouldhave looked like

around 1 CE.[38]

None attested None attested Germania

Njrun (Old Norse)


Norse god Njrr and

the Roman

goddess Nerio[39]

None attested None attestedPoetic Edda, Prose Edda,

skaldic poetry

Ntt (Old Norse) "Night"[40]Naglfari,

once Annar,DellingAur, Jr,Dagr Prose Edda

Rn (Old Norse) "Theft, robbery"[41] gir Nine daughters

Poetic Edda, Prose

Edda, Frijfs saga hins

frkna

Rindr (Old Norse)Possibly related

to *Vrindr[42]Odin Vli


Danorum

Sga (Old Norse) Possibly "to see"[43] None attested None attestedPoetic Edda, Prose Edda,

skaldic poetry

Sandraudiga (Latinize

d Germanic)

"She who dyes the sand

red."[44]None attested None attested North Brabant stone

Sif(Old Norse) "In-law-relationship"[45] Thor rr, Ullr Poetic Edda, Prose Edda

Sigyn (Old Norse)"Victorious girl-

friend"[46]Loki

Nari,

Narfiand/or VliPoetic Edda, Prose Edda

Sinthgunt (Old HighGerman)

Contested None attested None attested Merseburg Incantations

Sjfn (Old Norse) "Love"[45] None attested None attested Prose Edda

Skai (Old Norse)Possibly related

to Scandia.[47]

Ullr, Odin,

once Njrr.Smingr

Poetic Edda, Prose

Edda, Ynglinga saga

Snotra (Old Norse) "The clever one"[48] None attested None attested Prose Edda

Sl (Old "Sun"[49] Glen Poetic Edda, Prose Edda,
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Norse), Sunna(Old

High German)

Merseburg Incantations

Syn (Old Norse) "Refusal"[50] None attested None attested Prose Edda

Tanfana (Latinized

Gemanic)Unknown None attested None attested

Germania, Tamfanae

sacruminscription

rr (Old Norse) "Power"[51] None attested None attestedPoetic Edda, Prose

Edda, Karlevi Runestone

orgerr

Hlgabrr(Old

Norse)

Literally "orgerr

Hlgi's Bride"[52]None attested

Hlgi, possibly

others

Jmsvkinga saga, Njls

saga,Skldskaparml, Freyin

ga Saga

Vr (Old Norse) "Beloved"[53] None attested None attested Poetic Edda, Prose Edda

Vr (Old Norse)Possibly "the careful

one"[54]None attested None attested Prose Edda

Zisa Related to *Tiwaz None attested Possibly Tyr

Pseudo-Norse gods and goddesses

Some figures sometimes presented as Norse deities do not occur in the ancient sources:

Astrild (Actually a synonym for Amor and Cupid invented and used by Nordic Baroque and Rococo authors. Mightbe confused with Freyja.)

Jofur (Actually a synonym for Jupiter invented and used by Nordic Baroque and Rococo authors. Might be confusedwith Thor.)

The following pseudo-deities are presented in Encyclopedia Mythica as Norse:

Brono (Claimed to be the god of daylight and the son of Baldr. Original source unknown. Might be confusedwith Dagr or Forseti.)

Geirrendour (Claimed to be the father of the billow maidens. Original source unknown. Might be confusedwith gir.)

Glaur (Claimed to be the wife ofMundilfari. Original source unknown.) Glm (Claimed to be an attendant ofFrigg. Source unknown.) Laga (Claimed to be the goddess of wells and springs. May be the same as Laha, a Celtic goddess of wells and

springs.)
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List of Germanic Deities