Aegir:
"Alebrewer" So called because Aegir loves to give feasts for the gods. A god of the sea. Saxon pirates gave to Aegir a tenth of their captives, who were thrown into the sea.
Angrboda:
The giantess who mated with Loki to create Hel, Fenrir and the Midgard Serpent.
Balder:
A hero god, the god who dies and rises again. Fair skinned, fair haired, wise and merciful, beloved of all. Loki
tricked Hoder into killing Balder, who had to be rescued from the underworld. According to the epic poem Voluska, Balder will come to rule again after Ragnarok.
Bragi:
God of poetry and eloquence, husband of Iduun. It is Bragi's duty to
prepare Valhalla for new arrivals.
Donar:
German god of thunder, forerunner of Thor. His
symbol is the swastika. Oak trees are sacred to Donar, as they are to Jove.
Fenrir:
Also Fenris Wolf. A monstrous wolf conceived by Loki. Fenrir was raised in Asgard, the home of the gods, until he became so immense and ferocious that only the god Tyr was brave enough to feed him. Tyr bound Fenrir until the day of Ragnarok, when Fenrir will break loose to slay Odin.
Forseti:
God of justice, the great arbiter, the god who "stills all strife"/ Forseti
dwells in a hall of gold and silver called Giltnir.
Freyr:
Son of Njord, husband of Freyja. God of
fertility, sunlight, rain, peace, joy and contentment. Freyr was worshipped with human sacrifices and a kind of religious play in which men dressed as women mimed and danced to the sound of chimes and bells. Freyr had some association with the horse cults as well, and horses sacred to his service were kept near his shrines. Freyr and his sister/wife Freyja were of the Vanir, a family or race of gods which originally competed with the Aesir and later became allies. The Vanir may have been the gods of an earlier Scandinavian race who were adopted in the pantheon of later cultures.
Freyja:
Goddess of magic and death, goddess of sex, daughter of Njord, a shape shifter who often took the form of a falcon. When her husband Od
disappeared she wept golden tears. Donning a magical garment, Freyja could fly long distances. Patroness of seithr, a practice in which a sorceress would enter a trance to foretell the future. The women who practiced
seithr, who were known as Wolwa, wandered freely about the country casting spells and foretelling the future.
Frigg:
Wife of Odin, mother of Balder, queen of Asgard. A fertility goddess.
Heimdall:
The god who guards the Bifrost Bridge which is the entrance to Asgard. Heimdall can see for immense distances, and his ear is so sensitive that he can hear the grass grow. On the day of Ragnarok, he with blow the great horn Gjallarhorn and in the ensuing battle he will slay Loki.
Hel:
Goddess of death. Daughter of Loki. Ruler of Niflheim, the land of the mists. Heroic souls go to Valhalla. Those who dies of disease of old age come to Niflheim. Surrounded by high walls and strong gates, Niflheim is impregnable, not even Balder could return
from here without Hel's permission.
Hermod:
A hero god. Hermod rode through the gates of Niflheim to rescue Balder and found him seated on the right hand of Hel. Hel agreed to release Balder on the
condition that all living things weep for him.
