Aesir

The collective name for the the principal race of Norse gods; they who lived in Asgard, and with the All-Father Odin, ruled the lives of mortal men, the other was the Vanir.

The Aesir gods under the leadership of Odin, included:

  • Balder (god of beauty)
  • Bragi (god of eloquence)
  • Forseti (god of mediation)
  • Freyr (god of fertility, who originally was from the Vanir)
  • Heimdall (guardian of the bridge)
  • Hod (the blind god)
  • Loki (the trickster of the gods)
  • Njord (the sea god, and another ex-Vanir)
  • Thor (god of thunder)
  • Tyr (god of war)
  • Vili (brother to Odin)
  • Ve (brother to Odin)
  • Vidar (Odin’s son)

The goddesses included:

  • Freya (the fertility goddess)
  • Frigga (Odin’s wife)
  • Sif (Thor’s wife)
  • Idun (keeper of the apples of youth)

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  1. Trevor Lee

    Jutland/Jotland/Gotland. It’s all Godi to me, “The-i” Gothi and Heimland aka “Ronon” N. American Wendot (Wyendot or Gwenedd/Cunedda/Canada), edd/a, dot means people of, Hu-ron[on]; Ronon means Homeland of a Wig (Wam) Tribe Wam, Tepee (Topee) a cover for the Head and the land it covers, that’s were I hang hat/Hut and Hu-ron where Ju, is Hu, is Dew of mount Ida aka Juda in the Taurus Mts of Beinns (Navis river) or Taurqui Mts, Tarhunaussi, Tarhuna the City. of Godland EuroAsia and North America aka Armorica and the At-Land/tic Coast, people of the Attacotte, people and tribes of the Coasts of Ireland, Scotland and Europe *

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