Common Germanic deities

Short description: List article

This article lists gods and goddesses that may be reconstructed for Proto-Germanic or Common Germanic Migration period paganism, or which figure in both West and North Germanic mythology. See list of Germanic deities for a complete list of Germanic gods and goddesses, including those for whom there is insufficient attestation to produce Common Germanic reconstructions.[citation needed]

## Contents

* 1 Deities
* 2 Semi-gods or mythical heroes
* 3 Mythical races
* 4 Cosmology
* 5 See also
* 6 References

## Deities

Proto-Germanic reconstructions marked with an asterisk.

Goddesses

* *Nerþuz, described by Tacitus as Mother Earth, possibly continued in Old Norse: Njǫrðr (Njord, Njorth).
* *Frijjō, "wife" (specifically here the wife of Wōdanaz), Old English: Frige, Old Norse: Frigg, Gothic: Fráujō, cf. Sanskrit priyā[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}] "mistress, wife".
* *Wurdiz, "fate", Old Norse: Urðr (Urd, Urth), Old English: Wyrd.
* *Sōwilō, the Sun, Old Norse: Sól, Old English Sunne, Old High German: Sunna.
* *Austrǭ, Dawn goddess Easter, Old English: Ēostre, Old Saxon: *Ōstara, Old Frisian: Āsteron.

Gods

* *Wōdanaz, "lord of poetic/mantic inspiration", "Germanic Mercury", Old Norse: Óðinn (often Anglicized Odin or, especially in older texts, Othin), Old English: Wōden, Old High German Wuotan, Gothic: Gaut.
* *Þunraz, "thunder", "Germanic Jupiter", Old Norse: Þórr (Thor), West Germanic: Donar, Old English: Þunor, Gothic: Þunar.
* *Teiwaz, god of war and possibly early sky god, "Germanic Mars", Old Norse: Týr, Old English:Tiw, Old High German: Ziu, Gothic: Teiws, continues Indo-European *Dyeus.
* *Wulþuz, "glorious one", possibly originally an epithet, mentioned on the Thorsberg chape, continued in Old Norse: Ullr, Old English: Wuldor, Gothic: Wulþus.
* *Ingwaz or Inguz, identified with the god addressed as Fraujaz "lord"; Old High German Frô, Gothic: Frauja, Old English: Frēa, Old Norse: Freyr.

## Semi-gods or mythical heroes

*     * Auzawandilaz, Old English: Ēarendel; Old Norse: Aurvandil; Lombardic: Auriwandalo; Old High German: Orentil, Erentil; Medieval Latin: Horuuendillus, the morning star(?), Gothic: Auzandil.
* Gautaz, Old English: Geat; Old Norse: Gautr, mythical ancestor of royal houses.
* Wēlanduz, Old English: Wēland; Old Norse: Völundr or Velentr; Template:Lang-goh; from *Wēla-nandaz, literally "battle-brave",[1] a mythical smith.
* Agilaz, Old English: Ægil, Alamannic: Aigil, Old Norse: Egil, a mythical archer.
* Wadą, Old English: Wada, Old Norse: Vaði, Middle High German: Wate, associated with bodies of water, the father of Wayland the Smith.

## Mythical races

*     * þurisaz (giants)
* dwergaz (dwarfs)
* albaz (elves)
* nikwuz (water spirits)
* wihtiz (land spirits)

## Cosmology

* *Medjanagardaz inhabited world
* erþo anþi uppahemenaz Germanic formula[citation needed] for "heaven and earth", notably naming earth first. Mentioned in the Norse Edda, Skarpåker Stone and Old High German Wessobrunner Gebet etc.
* Haljō Underworld
* Muþspell (see Muspilli and Muspelheim) Disastrous world-ending (c.f. Ragnarok)

## See also

* List of Germanic deities
* Germanic mythology
* Germanic paganism
* Vanir

## References

1. ↑ see Hellmut Rosenfeld, Der Name Wieland, Beiträge zur Namenforschung (1969).

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