Norse Gods
The Norse Pantheon
Where the land plummets from the snowy hills into the icy fjords below, where the longboats draw up on to the beach, where the glaciers flow forward and retreat with every fall and spring—this is the land of the Vikings, the home of The Norse Pantheon. It’s a brutal clime, and one that calls for brutal living. The warriors of the land have had to adapt to the harsh Conditions in order to survive, but they haven’t been too twisted by the needs of their Environment. Given the necessity of raiding for food and Wealth, it’s surprising the mortals turned out as well as they did. Their powers reflect the need these warriors had for strong leadership and decisive action. Thus, they see their deities in every bend of a river, hear them in the crash of the thunder and the booming of the glaciers, and smell them in the smoke of a burning longhouse. The Norse Pantheon includes two main families, the Aesir (deities of war and destiny) and the Vanir (gods of fertility and prosperity). Once enemies, these two families are now closely allied against their Common enemies, the Giants (including the gods Surtur and Thrym). Norse Deities Deity Alignment Suggested Domains Symbol Odin, god of knowledge and war NG Knowledge, War Watching blue eye Aegir, god of the sea and storms NE Tempest Rough ocean waves Balder, god of beauty and poetry NG Life, Light Gem-encrusted silver chalice Forseti, god of justice and law N Light Head of a bearded man Frey, god of fertility and the sun NG Life, Light Ice-blue Greatsword Freya, goddess of fertility and love NG Life Falcon Frigga, goddess of birth and fertility N Life, Light Cat Heimdall, god of watchfulness and loyalty LG Light, War Curling musical horn Hel, goddess of The Underworld NE Death Woman’s face, rotting on one side Hermod, god of luck CN Trickery Winged scroll Loki, god of thieves and trickery CE Trickery Flame Njord, god of sea and wind NG Nature, Tempest Gold coin Odur, god of light and the sun CG Light Solar disk Sif, goddess of war CG War Upraised sword Skadi, god of earth and mountains N Nature Mountain peak Surtur, god of Fire Giants and war LE War Flaming sword Thor, god of storms and thunder CG Tempest, War Hammer Thrym, god of Frost Giants and cold CE War White double-bladed axe Tyr, god of courage and strategy LN Knowledge, War Sword Uller, god of hunting and winter CN Nature Longbow
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