Norse Goddesses |
Alaisiagae - Scandinavian war goddess. Eir - Scandinavian goddess of healing with herbs. She was a handmaid to Frigg and taught the art of healing with herbs only to women. Elli - Scandinavian goddess of old age who beat Thor in a wreastling match. Freya - Scandinavian goddess of sex, senusality, passion, fertiltiy, and love who was the most beautiful of the goddesses. Her symbol was the cat and she also is associated with magick and divination. Freya spends much of her time with faeries and is the parton goddess of birth and crops. She also presides over childbrith, fertilty, war, the moon, maternity, child blessing, and poetry. Frigg - Scandinavian goddess of marriage, love, motherhood, and fertility. Also known as Frigga she is said to know the destiny of everyone, but never gives up her secrets. Frigg symbolises fertility, foresight, physical love, the moon, cunning, and wisdom. Gefion - Scandinavian goddess of fertility and vegetation. Gefion is a shapeshifter and her symbol is plough. There is a beliefe that maidens who die virgins become her servats and she is associated with virginity, luck, prosperity, fertility, magical arts, growth, and agriculture. Gerd - Scandinavian Earth goddess who was a giantess and very beautiful. She was the wife of Freyr. Gullveig - Scandinavian goddess of sorcery who symbolises magick, healing, prophecy, and foresight. Hel - Scandinavian goddess of the underworld and death, and her underworld for the wicked was cold, dark, and damp; not hot and fiery like the Christian hell. Iduna - Scandinavian goddess of enternal youth who symbolises youth, longevity, fetility, and death. Jord - Scandinavian primal mother earth goddess, the mother of Thor and wife of Odin. Nanna - Scandinavian mother goddess, symbolises the moon and fertility. Nerthus - Scandinavian earth mother goddess of fertility, the sea, peace, white witchcraft, purity, and magick. Ran - Scandinavian goddess of stroms. Ran is vicious and destructive and ruled the realm of the dead. Saga - Scandinavian goddess of the past and good memories and the daughter of Odin. Saga can be invoked for rememberance. Sif - Scandinavian goddess of corn, fertility, crops, and summer and is also associated with domestic matters, peace, friends, and fidelity. Sjofna - Scandinavian goddess of love. Skadi - Scandinavian goddess of black magick, hunting, winter, and darkness. Var - Scandinavian goddess of contracts and agreements who gets revenge against those who break oaths and is also associated with love. |