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A scene from one of the Merseburg Incantations: gods Wodan and Balder stand before the goddesses Sunna, Sinthgunt, Volla, and Friia (Emil Doepler, 1905). In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples who inhabit Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and goddesses.
A number of Germanic gods are mentioned in Old Norse literature and they are divided into the Æsir and the Vanir. The Æsir are primarily gods of war and dominate the latter, who are gods of fertility and wealth. [1] The chief god of the Æsir is Odin, a god associated with war, seiðr (witchcraft), and wisdom. He was probably worshipped ...
This category includes goddesses attested among the North Germanic peoples. ... Germanic gods. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of ...
This category includes the most important and best-known gods of the Germanic world. For more, see the categories Anglo-Saxon gods , Æsir and Vanir . See also Category:Germanic goddesses .
The Germanic peoples believed in a multitude of gods, and in other supernatural beings such as jötnar (often glossed as giants), dwarfs, elves, and dragons. Roman-era sources, using Roman names, mention several important male gods, as well as several goddesses such as Nerthus and the matronae.
This list may not reflect recent changes. B. List of Beowulf characters; D. List of Germanic deities; F. List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, A; Fróði's Peace;
Germanic gods (5 C, 14 P) Germanic goddesses (2 C, 24 P) N. ... Pages in category "Germanic deities" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Germanic deities (6 C, 13 P) E. English legendary creatures (13 C, 63 P) English mythology (2 C, 14 P) G. Germanic paganism and mythology lists (13 P) L.