The Gods

* Old Gods
* Reincarnated Gods

* Gods and Goddesses of the sky, weather, thunder and lightning, storms, wisdom, justice, strength, protection, war, vengeance, magic, beauty, love, fertility and fate.

## Relationships

### Friends

Halvor Lange
Wenche✝

### Enemies

The Giants
Chaos Monsters

## Portrayal

### Portrayer

David Stakston (Magne/Thor)
Bjørn Sundquist (Wotan/Odin)
Danu Sunth (Iman/Freyja)
Benjamin Helstad (Harry/Týr)
Jonas Strand Gravli (Laurits/Loki)
Vebjørn Enger (Jens/Baldr)
Ruben Rosbach (Kiwi/Heimdallr)

## Appearances

### Appears in

18 episodes

The **Norse Gods and Goddesses**, also known as the **Æsir** are the principal pantheon in Norse religion. They include Odin, Frigg, Thor, Baldr, Höðr, Týr, Heimdallr and Loki. The second Norse pantheon was the **Vanir**, which included Freyja, Freyr and Njörðr.

In Norse mythology, the two pantheons waged war against each other, resulting in a unified pantheon representing law and order. They resided in the realm of Asgard, the beautiful and fortified home of the Gods located in the sky. They are the archenemies of the monstrous primordial known as Giants aka. Jötnar.

After the battle of Ragnarök, the Gods were thought to have died out, but they have re-emerged (slowly returned to life one by one), reincarnated as mortals. They include: Wotan Wagner (Odin), Magne Seier (Thor), Harry (Týr), Iman Reza (Freyja), Laurits Seier (Loki), Jens (Baldr) and Kiwi (Heimdallr).

## Biography

### In mythology

The interaction between the Æsir and the Vanir has provoked an amount of scholarly theory and speculation. While other cultures have had "elder" and "younger" families of Gods, as with the Titans versus the Olympians of ancient Greece, the Æsir and Vanir were portrayed as contemporaries. The two clans of Gods fought battles, concluded treaties, and exchanged hostages (Freyr and Freyja are mentioned as hostages).

An áss like Ullr is almost unknown in the myths, but his name is seen in a lot of geographical names, especially in Sweden, and may also appear on the 3rd century Thorsberg chape, suggesting that his cult was widespread in prehistoric times.

The names of the first three Æsir in Norse mythology, Vili, Vé and Odin all refer to spiritual or mental state, *vili* to conscious will or desire, *vé* to the sacred or numinous and *óðr* to the manic or ecstatic.

#### Æsir and Vanir

A second clan of Gods, the *Vanir*, is also mentioned in Norse mythology: the God Njörðr and his children, Freyr and Freyja, are the most prominent Vanir Gods who join the Æsir as hostages after a war between Æsir and Vanir. The Vanir appear to have mainly been connected with cultivation and fertility and the Æsir were connected with power and war.

In the *Eddas*, however, the word *Æsir* is used for gods in general, while *Asynjur* is used for the goddesses in general. For example, in the poem Skírnismál, Freyr was called "Prince of the Æsir". In the Prose Edda, Njörðr was introduced as "the third among the Æsir", and among the Asynjur, Freya is always listed second only to Frigg.

In surviving tales, the origins of many of the Æsir are unexplained. Originally, there are just three: Odin and his brothers Vili and Vé. Odin's sons by giantesses are naturally counted as Æsir. Heimdallr and Ullr's connection with the Æsir is not clearly mentioned. Loki is a jötunn, and Njörðr is a Vanir hostage, but they are often ranked among the Æsir.

#### The conflict with the Giants

The Norse Gods represented law and order, and the giants chaos. The Viking world was simple, Gods killing giants was not seen as evil, but rather a necessity to keep the world in balance.

### In the series

After Ragnarök, the Gods were believed to have all died out, but they were slowly returning to life (and still are), reincarnated as mortals. The first of the Gods to be brought back to life was Thor, reincarnated into the life of Magne Seier. Then as the series went on, other Gods and Goddesses, one by one, have re-emerged back to life, such as, Odin, Freyja, Týr and Loki.

Like their previous lives, the reincarnated Gods and Goddesses believe in bringing law and order into the world, and are willing to fight and die for their cause.

In the first episode of season 2, Magne is challenged by Vidar to a battle by the new moon. Magne accepts, and he is joined by more reincarnated Gods, Wotan, Iman and Harry.

Unlike Magne, the other reincarnated Gods are unknown to the giants and below their radar, until episode 6 of season 2, when the Gods broke into Jutul Industries to forge Magne's hammer, Mjölnir.

## Equipment

### Thor/Magne

Thor is usually seen wielding a giant hammer known as Mjölnir, the world's most powerful weapon. It can cast lightning, and only those with the greatest strength could pick it up. It has the ability to level mountains. Thor used the hammer to defeat the giants. When Thor threw the hammer, it always returned to his hand.

Magne Seier (Thor's reincarnation) now wields the mighty hammer, and he uses it to both help him control his powers and to give him and the other Gods a chance in the war to come.

## Episodes

Season 1
* "New Boy"
* "541 Meters"
* "Jutulheim"
* "Ginnungagap"
* "Atomic Number 48"
* "Yes, We Love This Country"

Season 2
* "Brothers in Arms"
* "What Happened to the Nice, Old Lady?"
* "Power to the People"
* "God Is God, Though All Men Death Had Tasted"
* "Know Yourself"
* "All You Need Is Love"