Norse mythology is one of the richest literary imagination written and printed of the North Germanic Tribes that flourished during the 13th century. It is also known as the Scandinavian mythology. They have 13 Major Deities that believed to be the protector of the world that inhabits in the realm of Yggdrassil - the world tree. Odin is the Father of all gods; Thor the god of thunder; Balder The god of Light and Purity; Frey the god of Fertility; Njord god that guides the winds and governs sea and fire; Tyre the god of war; Heimdall the watchman of the Gods; Bragi the god of eloquence and the art if poetry; Forseti the god of justice and reconciliation; Hod the God that brings the death of Balder; Vali the bold warrior and good archer; Vidar the second strongest god and the god of few words; and Ull the mighty brow man and ski runner.

1. Norse Mythology
Major Deities
By: Arnaldo G. Legaspi Jr & Irene Convocar

2. ODIN
• The King of the Aiser
Gods
Odin by 000Fesbra000 (DeviantArt)
• All Father of the
Gods
• Ravens: Hugin and Munin
• Traded an Eye for
Wisdom
• The Bringer of Rain

3. • Also known as wooden
• Traded an eye for wisdom
• Draw wisdom from the well of the giant Mimir
• Gave Runes (symbolic writing) to men
• Sleipner - his eight-footed horse which he rode
wherever he wished.
• His spear Gaugner would strike whatsoever aimed at.

4. • Draupner – his precious ring that from it drop
every ninth night eight other rings as splendid as
itself
• Vili and Ve is his brothers
• Odin and his brothers created the first human
pair on earth.
• Odin gave them breath
• Vili gave them soul
• Ve gave them warmth and color

5. • Jord and Frig were the wives of Odin
• His concubines were the giantess Grid and Rind
• His sons were: Thor; Balder; Vidar; Vali; Heimdal;
Hod and Bragi
• Other sons are Tyr, Meili and Hermod
• He was hang upon a gallows and wounded himself
with the thrust of spear.

6. Thor riding his chariot drawn by two
giant goats. Source: Norse-
Mythology.net (link)
Thor
• Loyal Defender of Asgard
• God of Thunder
• Magic Hammer (Mjolnr)
• Bilskirnir – the largest
hall in the world with
540 rooms.
• 2 goats: Tanngnjost and
Tanngrisni

7. • God of war.
• Wears magic girdle to doubled his strength.
• His wife is Sif of the golden hair.
• The Giants are his mortal enemies
• His realm is known as Thrudvancy
• He has a Chariot drawn by two goats Tanngnjost and
Tanngrisnni.
• He is called as a riding Thor.
• Thor had three object of price: the hammer Mjolnir , Iron
gauntless and belt of strength .

8. • Wedded to beautiful Sif of Golden Hair
• Their children were Modi and thrud with the Giantess
Jarnsaxa.
• He had a Son called Magris.

9. “Balder’s Death” by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
(1817)
BALDER
• The God of Light and
Purity
• The most beloved of all
the Gods
• Son of Odin and Frigg
• Faithful wife Nana
• Killed by his brother
Hod

10. • His death is caused through the tick of Loki.
• His death is one of the great Norse tragedies.
• The God of innocence and pity.
• He is wise, eloquent, gentle, lament and righteous.
• He is the son Odin and Frigg.
• His wife is the faithful Nana.
• He was killed by his brother Hod but after the destruction of
the universe he will return again.
His great sanctuary is the Baldershagi.

11. FREY
• The God of Fertility
Source: Nordic Wiccan (link)
• The son of Njord
• Has a Ship
Skidbladnir
• Has a boar named
Gullinbusti or

12. • He governs weather and tillage on his hand lie
prosperity , joy and peace.
• He was weeded to Gerd the daughter of the giant
Gymir

13. NJORD
• Guides the winds and
governs sea and fire
• Noatun is his dwelling place
• Frey ang Freyja are his children
• His wife is Skadi, the giantess and
a stepmother of his children

14. Source: Mystic
Convergence
TYRE
• The God of War
• Lost one hand through Fenrir
• Odin’s son
• Captains and princesses are
designated after him, kinsmen
of tyre

15. Heimdall by ChrisAppel
(DeviantArt)
HEIMDALL
• The Vigilant Guardian
of Asgard
• Watchman of the Gods
• Guard of Bifrost
• Hiss horn is the Gjallar
horn

16. • He was considered great and holy
• By some he was called Odin’s son.
• His teeth were made of gold.
• By night or day his visions spans a hundred
miles of space
• He is able to hear the growing of grass upon
the ground.
• Gullintanni is his other name because of his
golden teeth

17. BRAGI
• The Bard God
Source: Norskk
• Son of Odin
• God of Eloquence and the
art of poetry
• Idun is his wife
• Belongs to her wife is the
apples that restore youth to
the gods when the old age
comes upon them

18. FORSETI
• The son of Balder and Nanna
• The god of justice and
reconciliation
• Glitnir – hall of judgement
• The Glitnirs’s pillars are made
of gold and roof of silver

19. HOD
• Son of Odin
• Brings the death of Balder
• Killed by Vali

20. VALI
• The son of Odin and Rind
• Bold warrior and good
archer

21. VIDAR
• Son of Odin and Giantess Grid
• Second strongest god
• God of few words

22. ULL
• Mighty brow man and ski-
runner
• Son of Siff and stepson of
Thor
• Ydalir is his dwelling place

23. Thank You.