| The collective name for
the the principal race of Norse gods; they who lived in
Asgard, and with the All-Father
Odin, ruled the lives of mortal men, the other was the
Vanir. The Aesir gods under the leadership of Odin, included
Balder (god of beauty),
Bragi (god of eloquence),
Forseti (god of mediation),
Freyr (god of fertility, who originally was from the Vanir),
Heimdall (guardian of the bridge),
Hod (the blind god),
Loki (god of fire and ally of the frost giants),
Njord (the sea god, and another ex-Vanir),
Thor (god of thunder),
Tyr (god of war),
Vili (brother to Odin),
Ve (brother to Odin), and
Vidar (Odin's son). The goddesses included
Freya (the fertility goddess),
Frigg (Odin's wife),
Sif (Thor's wife), and
Idun (keeper of the apples of youth).
Aesir might be derived from the old-Teutonic word Ase, the common
word for "god". |
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