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Last Updated: Sunday, March 19, 2001

Cross Reference:

Gods with Multiple Functions	Artisans	Creator
Death/Underword/Destruction	Earth/Fertility	Evil
Hearth/Fire	Healing	Justice
Protective	Sky	Storms
Sun/Moon/Stars	Supreme	Trees/Forests
Tricksters	War/Peace	Water
Contracts	...	The End

Artisans

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Bragi	Poetry and Eloquence
Kvasir	Wisdom and Poetic inspiration
Wayland,Volund, Weland, Wieland (German)	Smiths

Creator

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Fornjotr,Fornjot (German)	Father of the Elements
Lodur,Lodurr	with Odin and Hoenir created humans
Manu (Indian, Iranian & German)	Humans
Mundilferi,Mundilfari	Sun and Moon
Vili and Ve	Created the world

Death/Underworld

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Elli	Old Age
Gefjon, Gefjun, Gefion	Virgins went to her after death
Gymir	Underworld
Hel	Dead
Picullus (Prussian)	Underworld

Destiny

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Norns	Fate (Three of them: Skuld, Urd and, Verdandi)

Earth/Fertility

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Elben (German)	Nature spirits
Freyja	Lust and Fertility (early German: moon)
Freyr	Fertility
Frigg,Frija, Frea	Fertility (after Freyja)
Hlodyn,Hlodin (Old Icelandic)	Earth and Fertility
Jord (German)	Earth
Nerthus,Hertha (German)	Fertility

Evil/Illness/Destruction

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Druden (German)	Female demon
Jotun,Joten (German)	Demons
Perchten,Berchten (German)	Demons
Puck,Pukje,Pukis (German)	Evil sprite
Troll (Scandinavian)	Night demon
Werewolf (German)	Wolf-like demon

Hearth/Fire

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Alruna-wife	Household spirits
Kobold (German)	Mischievous household spirit
Logi	Fire
Surt,Surtr (German)	Fire

Healing

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Eir	Minor healing

Justice

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Forseti	Justice
Kadi	Justice of the Der

Multiple Functions

God Name(s)	Responsibilities
Balder,Old Icelandic: Baldr, Baldur	Light or Vegetation
Bilwis,Pilwiz (German)	Nature spirit, later malevolent spirit
Curche (German)	Fertility and Agricultural abundance
Disir	Fertility and Destiny
Eostre,Ostara (German)	Spring and the Dawn
Thor,Donar, Thunor	War and of the Sky

Protective

God Name(s)	Responsibilities
Heimdall	Guardian of the bridge Bifrost
Idun, Iduna, Idunn	Guarded the golden apples of youth
Landvaettir (German)	Guardians of a Place or Country
Mimir	Guarded the Well of Wisdom under the world tree Yggdrasill
Modgud	Guardian of entrance to Hel
Thorgerd Holgabrud (German)	Guardian of northern Norway

Sea

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Aegir sea	Sea
Midgard	World-ocean demon serpent
Nehalennia (German)	Sea
Ran	Sea

Sky

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Nott	Night

Storms

God Name(s)	Tribe/Region
Donar, Thunar, Thunor (German)	Thunder
Perkuno (Prussian)	Thunder

Sun/Moon/Stars

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Alfrodull	Sun
Mani	Moon
Sol	Sun
Suaixtix (Prussian)	Sun

Supreme

God Name(s)

Alfadir, Bolverk, Gollveig, Gullveig, Grimnir, Odin. Othinn, Wodan, Woden, Wotan, Woten

Trees/Forests

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Miming	Forest

Trickster

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Loki	Trickster

War/Peace

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Alaisiagae (Zuni)	War
Tiwaz,Tyr (German)	Battle, originally a sky god
Tyr,Tiwaz, Tiw, Ziu	Battle
Valkyries	Selected brave dying warriors off battlefields for Vahalla
Vidar (Zuni)	War for Vengeance

Water/Lake/Rain/River

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Bergelmi,Ymir	Frost-giant
Nixe (German)	Water-sprite
Njord,Niordhr, Njorthr, Niord	(Vanir) Seafarers

Contracts

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Vor,Vara	Contracts and Marriage Agreements