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List of Major Norse Gods and Goddesses.

When we think of myth we usually think of the Greeks and there gods of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. With the Greeks there are only 12 main gods with a few added in later. Unlike the Greeks, the Norse has a lot more than 12 to 15 depending on how you look at it. In Norse mythology there are a lot of Gods and Goddesses that are included.

Just like Greek myth, the Norse broke their gods and goddesses abilities into two different associations. The Greeks broke theirs into the two different sexes of human kind and their traits associated with those sexes. An example of this is men with war and power with the gods of Zeus, Ares, and Hespephestus. Then the women with home and health with the gods of Hera and Hestia. The Norse gods were broke up into gods with the traits of war, combat, order, and sky. This group of gods were called The Aesir. The other group of gods were broken up into the other category with the traits of "earth, fertility, and prosperity".([|www.mythencyclopedia.com], Dec, 8) This group was called The Vanir.

Even though there are a handful of Norse gods, there a few that are important to the Norse myth followers. These gods had traits that were important to the common life of the Norse people. Some of these gods same the same traits as the Greek gods.

List of Gods and Goddesses

Gods

Odin- God of wisdom, war and poetry.

Thor- God of Lightning, oak trees, and strength.

Freyr- God of weather and farming.

Tyr- God of single combat and order.

Forseti- God of Law and Justice.

Ullr- God of the Hunt.

Goddesses

Freyja- Goddess of Fertility, Love, and Death

Idunna- Goddess of Youth and Beauty

Sif- Goddess of Harvest and Earth

Hel- Goddess of Death and precides over the underworld.

Frigg- Goddess of Prophecy and Queen of the Gods.

Refrences: [] Created on Septemeber 9, 1996. Last updated: March 23, 2010. December 7, 2010.

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