Name | Genealogy | Realm | Characteristics and Associations | Day of week |
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Odin (Woden) | Frigga's spouse, | Allfather, skyfather Ruler of the gods (the Aesir) |
Had only one eye, Two ravens - Thought (Hugin) and Memory (Munin), Horse - Sleipnir, Runes and Skaldic mead (poetry), Gladsheim (his palace), With his brothers (Vili and Ve) created the earth out of the Frost Giant Ymir's body in Ginnungagap (the void) |
Wednesday |
Frigga (Frigg) | Odin's spouse | Wisdom/silence Mother goddess |
Spinning wheel | (Friday) |
Balder | son of Odin | Gentle, best loved | Killed by Hoder, Balder's blind brother, through Loki's treachery using mistletoe | No info |
Thor | son of Odin | Thunder | Mjollnir - Thor's hammer | Thursday |
Freya | No info | Love and Beauty | Claimed share of the dead | Friday |
Loki | Sigyn's spouse | Trickster Evil, mischief |
son of two of the Frost Giants (who live in Jotunheim) sworn brotherhood to Odin |
No info |
Hel (Hela) | Daughter of Loki | Death, Afterlife |
Ruler of the dead in frozen Niflheim | No info |
Tyr | No info | War and Bravery | No info | Tuesday |
Heimdall | No info | Fire | Warder of Bifrost, the rainbow bridge joining Midgard (Middle Earth) to Asgard | No info |
Freyr | No info | Fertility, fruits of earth | No info | No info |
Hoenir | brother of Odin | Intelligence Emotion |
Brother of Odin Ruler of the surviving gods after Ragnarok |
No info |
Valkyries | Odin's attendants | No info | Bring heroes to Valhalla, the Hall of Heroes | No info |