Goddesses

Baduhenna - Frisian goddess of war and the dead.

Bertha - goddess of the art of spinning.

Bestlo - Odin's mother, daughter of the giant Boltron.

Edda - goddess, protector of myths, oral traditions and inspiration.

Eir - goddess of healing and physicians.

Fjorgyn - goddess of earth and atmosphere. Mother of Frigg.

Freyja, Freja, Freya - "The Lady"; goddess of love, beauty, fertility, as well as sexual life and debauchery from the Vanir dynasty. Daughter of Njörd, sister of the god Freyr. Considered the patron deity of vegetation. After the war with the Æsir, her father, she, and her brother journeyed to Asgard, where Freyja became one of the most important goddesses. Freyja ardently desired the necklace Brisingamen, for which she spent four consecutive nights with the dwarves Alfrigg, Dwalin, Berling, and Grer to obtain it. When she returned to Asgard, Odin accused her of defiling her divinity for agreeing to such a price for the necklace. As punishment, he forced her to unleash war on Midgard. Freyja and Odin later divided the battlefield dead between them. She often took the form of a falcon.

Incorrectly identified with Frigg. Freja is the Germanic form of the Norse name Freya.

Freya.

Frigg, Frija, Fricka - from the Aesir line, daughter of Fjorgyn, goddess of the earth, atmosphere, love, wealth, and also goddess of fertility, who "did not prophesy but knew the future well." Protector of marriage and family. Wife of the chief god of the pantheon, Odin, mother of Baldr. When Baldr dreamed of his death, it was Frigg who compelled all beings and things, except mistletoe, not to harm her son. Frigg has much in common with Freyja. Although she was Odin's devoted wife and a devoted mother, she also had a falcon's skin and was a lover of gold. Perhaps both goddesses were once one earth-mother. The day dedicated to Frigg was Friday (Freitag in German), the day of marriages.

Frigg is the Norse form of the Germanic name Frija.

Gefion was a fertility goddess, like Freyja and Frigg. Her name, appropriate for a goddess of agriculture, is associated with the concept of giving. She was usually depicted as a virgin, the protector of deceased virgins. However, Loki accused Gefion of selling herself, as did Freyja, for a necklace. The myth of the goddess is connected to plowing and undoubtedly alludes to the ancient ritual of plowing a symbolic strip of land each spring. Gefion, disguised as an old beggar woman, managed to deceive the Swedish king Gylfi and take from him a considerable tract of land. In exchange for her hospitality, the king offered Gefion as much land from his kingdom as she could plow with four oxen in one day and one night. With the help of her four giant sons transformed into oxen, the goddess plowed all of Zealand, part of present-day Denmark.

Gejfon, Gejfun - a goddess who knows the future.

Gna - goddess riding the steed of death

Hel – goddess of death and the underworld, daughter of Loki and the giantess Angrboda. She ruled the Germanic world of the dead (Hel), to which Odin had cast her. Once there, she gained greater power than Odin, for when his son, Baldr, was killed, Hel refused to return him to his parents. Her brothers, the wolf Fenrir and the serpent Jormundgand, were equally terrifying creatures, yet it was Hel and her ghostly abode that gave the name hell, the realm of the eternally damned, to many languages (e.g., the English hell or the German Holle). The kingdom of Hel was the opposite of Valhalla. Those who inhabited the kingdom of Hel were more than just subjects of the decaying queen. Moreover, Hel only partially decomposed, retaining the face and body of a living woman, but her thighs and legs were skeletal. Hel's throne was called the "Sickbed," and her subjects were "all who died of disease and old age."

Idunn, Idun – the goddess who guarded the apples of youth. Wife of Bragi, the god of poetry. When the frost giant Thiassi captured Loki, he was forced to promise that in exchange for his freedom, he would steal Idun's apples. Upon returning to Asgard, he told Idun that he had found much better apples growing nearby. The goddess believed him and went with him to the forest, where Thiassi was already waiting in the form of an eagle. He snatched Idun and the apple in his talons and flew away to Jotunheim. The loss of the apples caused the gods to grow old and weak. Then their minds weakened, and the fear of death set in in Asgard. Finally, Odin gathered his remaining strength and found Loki. Threatening him with spells, he ordered him to bring Idun back with the apples. Loki flew to the land of the giants in the form of a hawk, transformed Idun into a walnut, and took her to Asgard. The giant gave chase, disguised as an eagle, but was burned to death by the fires burning atop Asgard's walls. Loki then restored Idun to her former form, and the goddess gave the magic apples to the suffering gods.

Marsha, Masha - goddess of cows, giver of milk and calves, patroness of the earth.

Matres, Matronae – these were chthonic deities, bestowing fertility, harvest, and prosperity. They were also associated with death and the world of the dead. They were depicted as three women with baskets full of fruit.

Nanna – goddess of goodness, beauty, justice, and spring. Wife of Baldur, mother of Forseti. When Baldr died, Nanna died of grief. She was burned along with her husband on his funeral pyre.

Nehalennia - goddess of life, protector of sailors and merchants.