Norse Myths And Pantheon

by Joel Hendon⁽¹⁷⁰⁾ Red Star

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Pagan worship existed from early on, probably only a century or so after the flood. All nations were engulfed in them except for Israel who also found them enticing and dabbled (dabble: To undertake something superficially or without serious intent; play at; tinker) in them so much that God allowed their enemies to overrun them and scatter them abroad forever ending their recognition as a nation in His eyes.

It seems that all the populated areas of the world had their own array of gods and goddesses. We are all somewhat familiar with Greek mythology but not as much emphasis has seemingly been put on the Norse (Scandinavian) pantheon. It has much similarity to the Greek group yet is different. The Romans also had theirs.

If all the various gods and goddesses of all the medieval peoples were gathered together, it would fill volumes, I believe. The nomadic and located Arabs (precursors of Islam) had a god for each day of the year and a few others for good measure. It was from these and the Roman gods that "Christians" now celebrate (dabble with) Halloween, Christmas and Easter. Certainly not from the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

The current Norse religions are basically the same as the Teutons (continental Germanic tribes) and the Norse (Scandinavian and Gothic tribes). These peoples had basically the same gods but due to language differences, they were spelled and pronounced differently.

The top god or head knocker of the Teutons was called Odin but among the Norse tribes, he was Wotan or Wodan. He was called the Father of all the other gods in their pantheon.

Thor (Teutons) or Donnar (Norse) or otherwise known as the Thunderer, was considered to be the son of Odin but some considered him as the successor to Odin.

Freya, goddess of Love and Beauty and also a warrior of great wisdom and magic, had a twin brother named Freyr who was the horned god of fertility. These twins were of a different race to that of the other gods.

Additionally, they had Tyr, ancient god of war. Loki, the trickster or god of fire. Hiemdal, handsome gold toothed guardian of various things, one of which was the bridge between the gods and mankind.

At least 24 others are recorded, one of which was Eostre, goddess of Spring whose celebration finally grew into what is now known as Easter and celebrated as a day of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Many of these gods and goddesses are associated with the signs of the zodiac as follows;

. Scorpio: Hela (Holle); Goddess of Death and Rebirth

Sagittarius: Allfather Odin (mounted on Sleipnir)

Capricorn: Skadi; Goddess of Winter and the Hunt; also Ullr, Lord of the Hunt

Gemini: Both Freyr and Freyja as the Twins.

Cancer: Blissful mother Fricka (Frigg); also Manni; Lord of the Moon

Leo: Mighty Thor; also, Sunna (the Sun)

Virgo: Sif (Sifa), the wife of Thor and Frowe of the harvest

Libra: Tyr, the lawgiver of the Gods; also Forseti, the god of Justiceuarius:

Aquarius: Heimdall, Guardian of the Rainbow Bridge

Pisces: Both Njord and Nerthus; God and Goddess of Oceans and Rivers.

Aries: the fiery Loki, and Ostara, the goddess of Spring

Taurus: both the youthful Idunna and Weiland, smith of the Gods.

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