Gods

### Major gods and goddesses

* **Baldur** - God of beauty, innocence, peace, and rebirth. Consort: Nanna, Killed by Loki, who tricked his blind brother Hodr into killing him with a spear of mistletoe.
* **Borr** - Father of Odin, Vili and Vé. Consort: Bestla
* **Bragi** - God of poetry, music and the harp. Consort: Iðunn.
* **Búri** - Ruler of Prehistory, the first god and father of Borr.
* **Dagr** - God of the daytime, son of Dellingr and Nótt.
* **Dellingr** - God of dawn. Father of Dagr. Husband of Nótt.
* **Eir** - Goddess of healing.
* **Ēostre** - Goddess of spring.
* **Elli** - Goddess of old age.
* **Forseti** - God of justice, peace and truth. Son of Baldur and Nanna.
* **Freyja** - Goddess of love, fertility, and battle. Consort: Óðr.
* **Freyr** - God of fertility. Consort: Gerðr.
* **Frigg** - Goddess of marriage and motherhood. Consort: Odin. Can also be pronounced "Frigga".
* **Fulla** - Frigg´s handmaid.
* **Gefjun** - Goddess of fertility and plough.
* **Hel** - Queen of Helheim, the Norse underworld.
* **Heimdall** - One of the Æsir and guardian of Asgard, their realm.
* **Hermóðr** - The heroic son of Odin.Tried to rescue Baldur.
* **Hlín** - Goddess of consolation and protection.
* **Höðr** - God of winter. Killed by Vali.
* **Hœnir** - The silent god.
* **Iðunn** - Goddess of youth. Consort: Bragi.
* **Jörð** - Goddess of the Earth. Mother of Thor by Odin.
* **Kvasir** - God of inspiration. Killed by Dwarves.
* **Lofn** - Goddess of forbidden loves.
* **Loki** - Trickster and god of mischief . Consort: Sigyn (also called Saeter).
* **Magni** - God of strength. Son of Thor.
* **Máni** - God of the Moon.
* **Mímir** - Odin's uncle. Decapitated by Vanir.
* **Nanna** - Goddess of joy and peace, an Ásynja married with Baldur and mother to Forseti. Died because of Baldur's death.
* **Nerthus** - A goddess mentioned by Tacitus. Her name is connected to that of Njord.
* **Njord** - God of sea, wind, fish, and wealth. Killed in Ragnarok.
* **Nótt** - Goddess of night, daughter of Narvi and mother of Auðr, Jörð and Dagr by Naglfari, Annar and Dellingr, respectively.
* **Odin** - The "All Father" God of war, associated with wisdom and poetry (The Ruler of the gods).
* **Rán** - Goddess of the sea.
* **Sága** - An obscure goddess, possibly another name for Frigg.
* **Sif** - Wife of Thor. Goddess of harvest.
* **Sjöfn** - Goddess of love.
* **Skadi** - Goddess of winter; Njord's wife.
* **Snotra** - Goddess of prudence.
* **Sól** (Sunna) - Goddess of Sun. Swallowed by Skoll.
* **Thor** - son of Óðinn God of thunder and battle. Consort: Sif.
* **Thrud** - daughter of Thor and Sif.
* **Tyr** - God of war. Also the god of the skies.
* **Ull** - God of ski/winter, hunt, and duel. Son of Sif.
* **Váli** - God of revenge.
* **Vár** - Goddess of contract.
* **Vé** - One of the three gods of creation. Brother of Óðinn and Vili.
* **Vidar** - God of the forest, revenge and silence.
* **Vör** - Goddess of wisdom.
* **Yggdrasil** - Tree of life. Connects the 9 worlds.

### Lesser figures

* Ægir - Ruler of the sea. Consort: Rán.
* Andhrímnir - Cook of the gods.
* Aurvandil - A minor character in the Skáldskaparmál with cognates in other Germanic tales.