Entities
Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb
- entity_id
- {'description': 'Stable identifier (e.g. ENT_GRK_ZEUS, ENT_EGY_OSIRIS, ENT_ISL_MUSA)'}
- canonical_name
- {'description': 'Primary English name used in the database'}
- greek_name
- {'description': 'Greek-script name, where applicable'}
- tradition
- {'description': 'Religious or cultural tradition of origin'}
- entity_class
- {'description': 'Controlled top-level kind (19 values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, ruler, prophet, sage, saint, scriptural-figure, abstraction, collective, realm, ritual, title, object) — recommended for filtering by kind'}
- entity_type
- {'description': 'Granular free-text type descriptor (894 distinct values; see entity_class for the controlled grouping)'}
- category
- {'description': 'Broader functional category (146 values — recommended for filtering)'}
- primary_domains
- {'description': 'Primary divine domains, comma-separated'}
- evidence_confidence
- {'description': 'Sourcing quality: A = direct primary-text attestation; B = strong secondary; C = inference; D = speculative'}
- chthonic_flag
- {'description': 'True if this entity has underworld or chthonic associations'}
- serpent_flag
- {'description': 'True if this entity has serpent or dragon associations'}
- short_note
- {'description': 'Scholarly description with source citations'}
123 rows where tradition = "Germanic/Norse"
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entity_class 6
- deity 51
- monster 27
- spirit 19
- realm 15
- collective 10
- abstraction 1
tradition 1
- Germanic/Norse · 123 ✖
| entity_id ▼ | canonical_name | greek_name | tradition | entity_type | category | primary_domains | tags | cult_scope | primary_period | evidence_confidence | review_status | inclusion_basis | earth_association_score | chthonic_flag | serpent_flag | short_note | entity_class |
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| ENT_NORF_DISIR | Disir | Germanic/Norse | Collective | Collective | female protective/ancestral spirits; fate; cult (disablot) | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Collective of female numinous beings (ancestral/tutelary goddesses of fate and protection) honoured at the disablot and the disting; overlapping with the norns, valkyrjur and the kynfylgja. Attested in eddic and skaldic verse and saga (e.g. the spadisir of Thidrandi). Added as collective; no disir entity previously existed. | collective | |||
| ENT_NORF_DRAUGR | Draugr | Germanic/Norse | Folkloric being | Folkloric being | undead; grave-dweller; barrow-revenant | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The animated, malevolent walking dead (aptrgangr, haugbui) of the Icelandic family sagas (e.g. Glamr in Grettis saga, Kar the Old, Thorolf in Eyrbyggja saga); a corporeal revenant guarding its barrow. Attested in saga literature; treated extensively by Simek and Lindow. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NORF_FOLK_BEINGS | Norse Folkloric Supernatural Beings | Germanic/Norse | Collective | Collective | folklore; vernacular religion; supernatural classes | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Editorial hub collective for the lesser supernatural classes of Norse/Scandinavian folklore (draugr, landvaettir, fylgja, disir, huldra, nisse/tomte, mara, nokk, troll), as distinct from the eddic gods and the jotnar/dvergar/valkyrjur of the high mythology. Attested across saga literature and later Scandinavian folk tradition. | collective | |||
| ENT_NORF_FYLGJA | Fylgja | Germanic/Norse | Folkloric being | Folkloric being | fetch; follower-spirit; personal guardian; soul-double | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The 'fetch' or following-spirit attached to a person or family, appearing in dreams as an animal (representing temperament) or as a tutelary woman (kynfylgja/dis); its appearance often portends death. Attested across the sagas (Njals saga, Gisla saga). Discussed by Simek and Lindow. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NORF_HULDRA | Huldra | Germanic/Norse | Folkloric being | Folkloric being | forest seductress; hidden-folk woman; alluring danger | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The beautiful forest-dwelling female being of later Norwegian/Swedish folklore (huldra/skogsra), recognizable by a cow's tail or hollow back, who lures herdsmen and woodsmen; one of the huldufolk ('hidden people'). Post-medieval folk tradition rather than eddic; documented by Simek. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NORF_LANDVAETTIR | Landvaettir | Germanic/Norse | Collective | Collective | land-spirits; guardians of place; luck of the land | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The protective spirits of the land, attested in Landnamabok and the Ulfljotr law (ships must remove dragon-heads on approach lest they frighten the landvaettir) and in Egils saga (the nidstong/scorn-pole). Tutelary guardians of districts and farms. | collective | |||
| ENT_NORF_MARA | Mara | Germanic/Norse | Folkloric being | Folkloric being | nightmare-spirit; sleep oppression; riding the sleeper | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The night-spirit that sits upon and 'rides' the sleeper, causing the oppressive nightmare (the word's root, ON mara > Eng. nightmare); blamed in Ynglinga saga for the death of King Vanlandi. Cross-links to the contemporary sleep-paralysis Old Hag tradition. Attested in saga and pan-Germanic folklore; treated by Simek. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NORF_NISSE | Nisse / Tomte | Germanic/Norse | Folkloric being | Folkloric being | farm-spirit; household guardian; luck of the homestead | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The small farm/household guardian spirit (Norwegian/Danish nisse, Swedish tomte/tomtenisse, gardvord), who protects and brings luck to the farmstead in exchange for offerings (porridge with butter) but turns spiteful if neglected; linked to the founding ancestor. Post-medieval Scandinavian folk belief; documented by Simek and Lindow. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NORF_NOKK | Nokk / Nacken | Germanic/Norse | Folkloric being | Folkloric being | water-spirit; rivers and lakes; drowning; musician | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The shape-shifting freshwater spirit (Norwegian nokk/nokken, Swedish nacken, Danish nokke) of rivers, lakes and waterfalls, often a fiddle-playing male who lures victims to drown; cognate with the Germanic nixe/Nix. Post-medieval Scandinavian folk tradition; documented by Simek. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NORF_TROLL | Troll (folklore class) | Germanic/Norse | Folkloric being | Folkloric being | wilderness monster; mountain/forest dweller; the menacing other | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The troll as a folklore CLASS of malevolent, often man-eating wilderness beings of later Scandinavian tradition (mountain- and forest-trolls, turned to stone by sunlight), distinct from but historically continuous with the eddic jotnar/thurses (the saga 'troll' sense). Listed as folklore class to avoid conflation with ENT_NOR_JOTNAR; documented by Simek and Lindow. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NORR_ALFHEIM | Alfheim (Álfheimr) | Germanic/Norse | Cosmological realm | elf-realm | cosmology|elves | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Home of the light-elves (ljósálfar), given to Freyr as a tooth-gift according to Grímnismál 5 and Gylfaginning. Lightly attested. | realm | |||
| ENT_NORR_ASGARD | Asgard (Ásgarðr) | Germanic/Norse | Cosmological realm | divine-realm | cosmology|divine abode | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stronghold of the Æsir, situated at the upper reaches of Yggdrasil and reached from Midgard by Bifröst; contains Valhalla. Gylfaginning attests its building and its halls. | realm | |||
| ENT_NORR_BIFROST | Bifröst (the rainbow bridge) | Germanic/Norse | Cosmological realm | liminal-structure | cosmology|liminal structure | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The burning rainbow bridge (Bilröst/Bifröst) joining Midgard and Asgard, guarded by Heimdall, destined to break under the Múspell host at Ragnarök. Gylfaginning. Modeled as a locale within the realm set. | realm | |||
| ENT_NORR_FOLKVANGR | Folkvangr | Germanic/Norse | Cosmological realm | afterlife-realm | afterlife|battle-dead | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Freyja's field where she receives half of the battle-slain, the other half going to Odin; her hall there is Sessrúmnir. Grímnismál 14 and Gylfaginning. | realm | |||
| ENT_NORR_GINNUNGAGAP | Ginnungagap | Germanic/Norse | Cosmological realm | primordial-void | cosmology|primordial void | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The yawning primordial void between Niflheim and Muspelheim, where their rime and heat met to generate Ymir and the cosmos. Gylfaginning; Völuspá 3 (gap var ginnunga). | realm | |||
| ENT_NORR_JOTUNHEIM | Jotunheim (Jötunheimr) / Útgarðr | Germanic/Norse | Cosmological realm | giant-realm | cosmology|giants | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Land of the jötnar, lying outside Midgard across rivers and forests; its citadel Útgarðr features in Gylfaginning's Útgarða-Loki episode. Jötunheimr and the outer Útgarðr are treated together here. | realm | |||
| ENT_NORR_MIDGARD | Midgard (Miðgarðr) | Germanic/Norse | Cosmological realm | human-realm | cosmology|human world | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The middle enclosure, the world of humankind, made by the sons of Borr from the brows of Ymir and encircled by Jörmungandr. Gylfaginning and Völuspá. | realm | |||
| ENT_NORR_MIMISBRUNNR | Well of Mimir (Mímisbrunnr) | Germanic/Norse | Cosmological realm | sacred-well | cosmology|wisdom|sacred water | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The Well of Wisdom beneath a root of Yggdrasil, kept by Mímir; Odin pledged his eye there for a draught. Völuspá 28 and Gylfaginning. Modeled as a sacred locale. | realm | |||
| ENT_NORR_MUSPELHEIM | Muspelheim (Múspellsheimr) | Germanic/Norse | Cosmological realm | primordial-realm | cosmology|primordial fire | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Realm of fire in the south, guarded by Surtr; its sparks helped form the cosmos and its hosts (Múspells synir) ride against the gods at Ragnarök. Gylfaginning; Völuspá names Múspell. | realm | |||
| ENT_NORR_NIFLHEIM | Niflheim (Niflheimr) | Germanic/Norse | Cosmological realm | primordial-realm | cosmology|primordial cold|underworld | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | World of mist and cold in the north, containing the spring Hvergelmir and the root gnawed by Níðhöggr; in Gylfaginning the primordial counterpart to fiery Múspell, and sometimes conflated with the realm of Hel. | realm | |||
| ENT_NORR_NINE_WORLDS | The Nine Worlds (Níu Heimar) | Germanic/Norse | Cosmological category | realm-collective | cosmology|cosmography | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hub collective for the nine cosmological worlds bound by Yggdrasil; Vafþrúðnismál 43 and Völuspá 2 attest 'nine worlds' (níu heimar / níu íviðjur) though no single source enumerates them identically. Standard reconstruction (Asgard, Vanaheim, Alfheim, Midgard, Jotunheim, Svartalfheim/Nidavellir, Niflheim, Muspelheim, Hel) is modern-scholarly synthesis of Eddic material. | abstraction | |||
| ENT_NORR_SVARTALFHEIM | Svartalfheim (Svartálfaheimr) / Nidavellir | Germanic/Norse | Cosmological realm | dwarf-realm | cosmology|dwarves|smithcraft | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Subterranean realm of the dark-elves/dwarves and their smithies; Gylfaginning sends Loki to Svartálfaheimr for the gods' treasures. Often equated with Niðavellir (Völuspá 37), the 'dark fields' of the dwarves; the equation is scholarly. | realm | |||
| ENT_NORR_URDARBRUNNR | Well of Urd (Urðarbrunnr) | Germanic/Norse | Cosmological realm | sacred-well | cosmology|fate|sacred water | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The Well of Fate beneath a root of Yggdrasil where the gods hold court and the Norns water the tree; Völuspá 19-20 and Gylfaginning. Modeled as a sacred locale. | realm | |||
| ENT_NORR_VALHALLA | Valhalla (Valhöll) | Germanic/Norse | Cosmological realm | afterlife-hall | afterlife|battle-dead | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Odin's hall of the slain within Asgard, where the Einherjar feast and prepare for Ragnarök, served by Valkyries. Grímnismál and Gylfaginning describe its 540 doors and Sæhrímnir. | realm | |||
| ENT_NORR_VANAHEIM | Vanaheim (Vanaheimr) | Germanic/Norse | Cosmological realm | divine-realm | cosmology|divine abode | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Home of the Vanir; named in Vafþrúðnismál 39 (Njörðr was reared in Vanaheim) and in Ynglinga saga. Sparsely described beyond its association with the Vanir. | realm | |||
| ENT_NOR_AEGIR | Aegir | Germanic/Norse | Sea god | Jötunn of the sea | the sea; the brewing of ale; the feast of the gods | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Sea-giant | 0 | 0 | 0 | The sea-giant who brews ale and hosts the gods' feasts; lord of the ocean. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_AESIR | Aesir | Germanic/Norse | Divine collective | Divine Collective | gods; sovereignty; war; divine society | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse divine collective | 1 | 0 | 0 | Major Norse divine family/collective. | collective | |||
| ENT_NOR_ALCIS | The Alcis | Germanic/Norse | God | Continental Germanic | divine twins; young brother-gods | regional | B | candidate_verified_name | Tacitus, Germania 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A pair of young brother-gods worshipped by the Nahanarvali (a Lugian tribe), whom Tacitus equates by Roman interpretation with Castor and Pollux; the Germanic reflex of the Indo-European Divine Twins. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_ALVISS | Alvíss | Germanic/Norse | Dwarf | Dwarves | wisdom; the cosmic name-lore | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Alvissmal | 0 | 0 | 0 | The all-wise dwarf who, claiming Thor's daughter, is kept talking until the sunrise turns him to stone. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NOR_ANDVARI | Andvari | Germanic/Norse | Dwarf | Dwarves | the cursed gold; the ring Andvaranaut | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Reginsmal; Voluspa | 2 | 0 | 0 | The dwarf who dwells as a pike under a waterfall, whose cursed gold and ring Andvaranaut Loki seizes. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NOR_ANGRBODA | Angrboða | Germanic/Norse | Jötunn | Jötnar | the mothering of monsters | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The giantess who bears Loki the three monsters Fenrir, Jormungandr and Hel. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_AUDHUMLA | Audhumla | Germanic/Norse | Primordial being | The primordial cow | nourishment; the primordial ice | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Primordial being | 1 | 0 | 0 | The primordial cow whose milk fed Ymir and who licked Buri free from the ice. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_BALDR | Baldr | Germanic/Norse | God | Dying God | light; beauty; death; return | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse core deity | 1 | 1 | 0 | God associated with beauty, death, and eschatological return. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_BESTLA | Bestla | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Giant progenitrix | the maternal line of Odin | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 6; Havamal 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A giantess, daughter of Bolthorn, mother of Odin, Vili and Ve by Borr. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_BORR | Borr | Germanic/Norse | God | Primeval god | the second generation; (father of Odin) | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Voluspa 4; Gylfaginning 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Son of Buri and father (by the giantess Bestla) of Odin, Vili and Ve. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_BRAGI | Bragi | Germanic/Norse | God | God of poetry | poetry; eloquence; skaldcraft | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Aesir god | 0 | 0 | 0 | The god of poetry and eloquence, husband of Idun. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_BROKKR | Brokkr | Germanic/Norse | Dwarf | Dwarves | smithing; the forging of the gods' treasures | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Skaldskaparmal | 2 | 0 | 0 | A dwarf smith who, with his brother Sindri/Eitri, forges Mjollnir, Draupnir and Gullinbursti in a wager with Loki. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NOR_BURI | Buri | Germanic/Norse | Primordial being | Ancestor of the Aesir | the first god; the ancestry of Odin | Norse | B | candidate_verified_name | Primordial ancestor | 0 | 0 | 0 | The first god, licked free from the ice by Audhumla, grandfather of Odin. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_DAGR | Dagr | Germanic/Norse | God | Celestial deity | the day | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Vafthrudnismal; Gylfaginning 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | The personified Day, son of Dellingr and Nott, who rides the bright horse across the sky. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_DELLINGR | Dellingr | Germanic/Norse | God | Celestial/dawn deity | the dawn | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Vafthrudnismal 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | An Aesir of the dawn, husband of Nott and father of Dagr. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_DURINN | Durinn | Germanic/Norse | Dwarf | Dwarves | the shaping of the dwarf-race | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Voluspa 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | The "second" dwarf, who with Motsognir shapes the race of dwarves from the earth. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NOR_DVALINN | Dvalinn | Germanic/Norse | Dwarf | Dwarves | smithing; runes | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Voluspa 14; Havamal 143 | 2 | 0 | 0 | A leading dwarf of the Dvergatal, associated with runes and the crafting of treasures. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NOR_DWARVES | Dwarves | Germanic/Norse | Craft being collective | Craft Deity | craft; metalwork; underground; magical objects | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse craft beings | 5 | 1 | 0 | Subterranean craft beings associated with metalwork and magical objects. | collective | |||
| ENT_NOR_EINHERJAR | Einherjar | Germanic/Norse | Collective | The honoured dead | the slain warriors of Valhalla; the host of Ragnarok | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Grimnismal; Gylfaginning | 0 | 0 | 0 | The chosen slain who feast and fight daily in Valhalla, kept by Odin to fight at Ragnarok. | collective | |||
| ENT_NOR_EIR | Eir | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Asynjur | healing; medicine | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A goddess called "the best of physicians," associated with healing. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_FARBAUTI | Fárbauti | Germanic/Norse | Jötunn | Jötnar | (father of Loki) | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The giant "cruel-striker," father of Loki by Laufey. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_FENRIR | Fenrir | Germanic/Norse | Wolf monster | Monster | wolf; chaos; binding; eschatology | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse monster | 4 | 1 | 0 | Monstrous wolf bound until Ragnarök. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_FJALAR_DWARF | Fjalar | Germanic/Norse | Dwarf | Dwarves | the brewing of the Mead of Poetry | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Skaldskaparmal | 0 | 0 | 0 | A dwarf who, with Galar, murders Kvasir and brews the Mead of Poetry from his blood. (Distinct from the giant and the cock of the same name.) | spirit | |||
| ENT_NOR_FORSETI | Forseti | Germanic/Norse | God | God of justice | justice; reconciliation; the assembly | Norse | B | candidate_verified_name | Aesir god | 0 | 0 | 0 | The god of justice and reconciliation who settles all disputes in his hall Glitnir. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_FREKI | Freki | Germanic/Norse | Mythical animal | Odin's wolves | the feast at Odin's table | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Grimnismal 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | "Greedy," one of the two wolves who eat at Odin's table. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_FREYJA | Freyja | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | War Deity | love; fertility; seidr; war; dead | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse core deity | 3 | 1 | 0 | Goddess associated with love, fertility, seidr, war, and the dead. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_FREYR | Freyr | Germanic/Norse | Fertility god | Fertility Deity | fertility; kingship; peace; prosperity; agriculture | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse core deity | 4 | 0 | 0 | God associated with fertility, prosperity, peace, and kingship. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_FRIGG | Frigg | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Mother Deity | marriage; motherhood; sovereignty; fate knowledge | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse core deity | 2 | 0 | 0 | Goddess associated with marriage, motherhood, and foreknowledge. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_FULLA | Fulla | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Asynjur | Frigg's confidante; the keeping of secrets | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frigg's handmaid who bears her casket and knows her secrets. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_GALAR | Galar | Germanic/Norse | Dwarf | Dwarves | the brewing of the Mead of Poetry | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Skaldskaparmal | 0 | 0 | 0 | The dwarf who, with Fjalar, kills Kvasir and brews the Mead of Poetry. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NOR_GARM | Garm | Germanic/Norse | Monster | Hound of Hel | the guarding of the underworld road; Ragnarök | Norse | B | candidate_verified_name | Hellhound | 0 | 1 | 0 | The blood-stained hound that guards the road to Hel and bays at Ragnarök. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_GEFJON | Gefjon | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Asynjur | ploughing; virginity; the founding of Zealand | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | A goddess who ploughed the island of Zealand out of Sweden with her ox-sons; virgins go to her after death. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_GEIRROD_GIANT | Geirröðr | Germanic/Norse | Jötunn | Jötnar | the duel with a weaponless Thor | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Skaldskaparmal (Thorsdrapa) | 0 | 0 | 0 | A giant who lures Thor weaponless to his hall; killed by a glowing iron Thor hurls back. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_GERI | Geri | Germanic/Norse | Mythical animal | Odin's wolves | the feast at Odin's table | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Grimnismal 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | "Ravenous," one of the two wolves Odin feeds at his table in Valhalla. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_GULLVEIG | Gullveig | Germanic/Norse | Vanir being | Witch of the Aesir-Vanir war | gold; witchcraft (seiðr); the first war | Norse | B | candidate_verified_name | Vanir-being | 0 | 0 | 0 | The thrice-burnt witch whose ill-treatment by the Aesir sparked the war with the Vanir. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_GUNNLOD | Gunnlöð | Germanic/Norse | Jötunn | Jötnar | the guarding of the Mead of Poetry | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Havamal 104-110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The giantess, daughter of Suttungr, who guards the Mead of Poetry and is seduced by Odin. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_HATI | Hati | Germanic/Norse | Mythical animal | Wolves of Ragnarok | the pursuit and swallowing of the moon | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Grimnismal 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The wolf who pursues Mani the moon and devours him at Ragnarok. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_HEIMDALL | Heimdall | Germanic/Norse | God | Watchman of the gods | the Bifröst watch; the Gjallarhorn; foreknowledge | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Aesir god | 0 | 0 | 0 | The ever-watchful warden of the gods at the rainbow bridge, who will sound the Gjallarhorn at Ragnarök. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_HEL | Hel | Germanic/Norse | Underworld ruler | Underworld Deity | underworld; dead; chthonic rule | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse underworld figure | 5 | 1 | 0 | Ruler of Hel/the underworld realm. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_HERMOD | Hermóðr | Germanic/Norse | God | Aesir | the ride to Hel; the ransom of Baldr | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | "Hermóðr the Bold," son of Odin, who rides Sleipnir down to Hel to seek Baldr's release. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_HODR | Hodr | Germanic/Norse | God | Blind god | blindness; the slaying of Baldr | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Aesir god | 0 | 0 | 0 | The blind god who, guided by Loki, slew his brother Baldr with the mistletoe. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_HOENIR | Hœnir | Germanic/Norse | God | Aesir | the giving of reason/sense; the hostage to the Vanir | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Voluspa; Gylfaginning | 0 | 0 | 0 | An Aesir god who, with Odin, gives sense/reason to the first humans; sent to the Vanir as a hostage after their war. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_HRUNGNIR | Hrungnir | Germanic/Norse | Giant | Jötunn | the duel with Thor; the stone heart | Norse | B | candidate_verified_name | Named jötunn | 0 | 0 | 0 | The strongest of the giants, of stone head and heart, slain by Thor in single combat. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_HUGINN | Huginn | Germanic/Norse | Mythical animal | Odin's ravens | thought; Odin's sight over the world | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Grimnismal 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | "Thought," one of the two ravens who fly the world each day and report to Odin. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_HYMIR | Hymir | Germanic/Norse | Jötunn | Jötnar | the great brewing-cauldron; the fishing of Jormungandr | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Hymiskvida | 1 | 0 | 0 | The giant owner of the mile-deep cauldron, in whose boat Thor hooks the World-Serpent. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_IDUN | Idun | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Goddess of youth | the apples of immortality; youth | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Aesir goddess | 1 | 0 | 0 | The keeper of the golden apples that preserve the gods' youth, wife of Bragi. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_JORMUNGANDR | Jörmungandr | Germanic/Norse | World serpent | Monster | serpent; sea; world-encircling; eschatology | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse serpent monster | 4 | 1 | 1 | World serpent and enemy of Thor. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_JOTNAR | Jötnar | Germanic/Norse | Giant/adversarial collective | Giant | giants; wilderness; chaos; primordial powers | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse giant collective | 4 | 1 | 0 | Giant/otherworldly beings often opposed to gods but also ancestrally linked. | collective | |||
| ENT_NOR_KVASIR | Kvasir | Germanic/Norse | Wisdom being | Origin of the mead of poetry | wisdom; the mead of poetry | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Wisdom-being | 0 | 0 | 0 | The wisest of beings, born of the gods' truce, from whose blood the mead of poetry was made. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NOR_LAUFEY | Laufey | Germanic/Norse | Jötunn | Jötnar | (mother of Loki) | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning; Lokasenna | 1 | 0 | 0 | Laufey (Nal), the mother of Loki, by whose name he is matronymically called Loki Laufeyjarson. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_LODURR | Lóðurr | Germanic/Norse | God | Aesir | the giving of blood/vital warmth to the first humans | mythological | C | candidate_verified_name | Voluspa 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | One of the three creator-gods (with Odin and Hœnir) who gave life to Ask and Embla; identity (perhaps Loki) unresolved. UNCERTAIN. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_LOKI | Loki | Germanic/Norse | Trickster/adversarial being | Trickster Figure | trickery; shapeshifting; disorder; liminality | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse core figure | 2 | 0 | 0 | Trickster and liminal/adversarial figure. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NOR_MAGNI | Magni | Germanic/Norse | God | Aesir | strength; (heir of Thor) | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Skaldskaparmal | 0 | 0 | 0 | "Strength," son of Thor by the giantess Jarnsaxa, who as a child lifts Hrungnir's leg off his father; survives Ragnarok. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_MANI | Máni | Germanic/Norse | God | Celestial deity | the moon; the moon-chariot | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Vafthrudnismal; Gylfaginning 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The personified Moon, who drives the moon-chariot pursued by the wolf Hati; son of Mundilfari, brother of Sol. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_MIMIR | Mimir | Germanic/Norse | Wisdom being | Guardian of the well of wisdom | wisdom; counsel; the well beneath Yggdrasil | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Wisdom-being | 0 | 0 | 0 | The wise being of the well beneath Yggdrasil, whose severed head still counsels Odin. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NOR_MODI | Móði | Germanic/Norse | God | Aesir | wrath; (heir of Thor) | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Vafthrudnismal 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | "Wrath," a son of Thor who, with his brother Magni, inherits the hammer Mjollnir and survives Ragnarok. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_MOTSOGNIR | Mótsognir | Germanic/Norse | Dwarf | Dwarves | the first and greatest of dwarves | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Voluspa 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | The first and greatest of the dwarves in the Dvergatal. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NOR_MUNDILFARI | Mundilfari | Germanic/Norse | Jötunn | Jötnar | (father of Sun and Moon) | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Vafthrudnismal 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The father of Sol and Mani, who named his children for the sun and moon and angered the gods. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_MUNINN | Muninn | Germanic/Norse | Mythical animal | Odin's ravens | memory; Odin's sight over the world | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Grimnismal 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | "Memory," one of the two ravens who report the world's tidings to Odin. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_NANNA | Nanna | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Goddess; wife of Baldr | devotion; grief | Norse | B | candidate_verified_name | Aesir goddess | 0 | 0 | 0 | The wife of Baldr, who died of grief and was laid on his pyre. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_NERTHUS | Nerthus | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Continental Germanic | the earth; fertility; peace; the wagon-procession | regional | A | candidate_verified_name | Tacitus, Germania 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | A continental Germanic earth-goddess worshipped by seven Suebian tribes with a wagon-procession rite on an ocean island; Tacitus glosses her explicitly as "Terra Mater." Etymological precursor of the later (masculine) Njord. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_NIDHOGG | Níðhöggr | Germanic/Norse | Dragon/serpent | Monster | dragon; serpent; underworld; world tree | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse dragon/serpent | 5 | 1 | 1 | Serpentine dragon associated with the roots of Yggdrasil. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_NJORD | Njord | Germanic/Norse | Sea/prosperity god | Sea Deity | sea; wealth; ships; prosperity | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse core deity | 2 | 0 | 0 | Vanir god associated with sea, ships, wealth, and prosperity. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_NORNS | Norns | Germanic/Norse | Fate collective | Fate Deity | fate; destiny; time; weaving | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse fate collective | 1 | 0 | 0 | Female fate beings associated with destiny. | collective | |||
| ENT_NOR_NOTT | Nótt | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Celestial deity | the night | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Vafthrudnismal; Gylfaginning 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | The personified Night, of giant descent (daughter of Norfi), mother of Dagr; rides the sky before the day. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_ODIN | Odin | Germanic/Norse | High god | High Deity | sovereignty; wisdom; war; poetry; death; magic | Norse/Germanic | A | candidate_verified_name | Norse core deity | 2 | 1 | 0 | Major Norse god associated with sovereignty, wisdom, war, poetry, death, and magic. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_RAN | Ran | Germanic/Norse | Sea goddess | Goddess of the drowned | the sea-net; the drowned dead | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Sea-goddess | 0 | 1 | 0 | The sea-goddess who draws the drowned into her net, wife of Aegir. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_RATATOSKR | Ratatoskr | Germanic/Norse | Mythical animal | Yggdrasil's creatures | strife-bearing between the eagle and the serpent | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Grimnismal 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | The squirrel who runs up and down Yggdrasil carrying spiteful words between the eagle above and Nidhogg below. | monster | |||
| ENT_NOR_SAGA | Sága | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Asynjur | wisdom; the drinking-hall Sokkvabekk | mythological | B | candidate_verified_name | Grimnismal 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A goddess who drinks daily with Odin at the hall Sokkvabekk; associated with memory/story. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_SIF | Sif | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Goddess of the harvest | golden hair; the grain harvest | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Aesir goddess | 2 | 0 | 0 | The golden-haired goddess, wife of Thor, whose hair the dwarves remade in gold. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_SIGYN | Sigyn | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Asynjur | wifely faithfulness; the venom-bowl | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The faithful wife of Loki, who holds a bowl to catch the serpent's venom dripping on the bound Loki. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_SINDRI | Sindri | Germanic/Norse | Dwarf | Dwarves | smithing; the forging of Mjollnir | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Skaldskaparmal | 2 | 0 | 0 | The dwarf smith (Eitri) who forges the gods' treasures while his brother Brokkr works the bellows. | spirit | |||
| ENT_NOR_SJOFN | Sjöfn | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Asynjur | love; turning hearts to affection | mythological | C | candidate_verified_name | Gylfaginning 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A goddess of the sixteen Asynjur who turns minds toward love. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_SKADI | Skadi | Germanic/Norse | Goddess | Goddess of winter and the hunt | winter; mountains; skiing; the hunt | Norse | A | candidate_verified_name | Jötunn-goddess | 2 | 0 | 0 | The giantess of winter and the hunt who joined the Aesir by marrying Njord. | deity | |||
| ENT_NOR_SKIRNIR | Skírnir | Germanic/Norse | God | Servant of Freyr | wooing; messages; the winning of Gerd | mythological | A | candidate_verified_name | Skirnismal | 0 | 0 | 0 | The servant and messenger of Freyr, who wins the giantess Gerd for him and obtains the fetter Gleipnir from the dwarves. | deity |
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[canonical_name] TEXT,
[greek_name] TEXT,
[tradition] TEXT,
[entity_type] TEXT,
[category] TEXT,
[primary_domains] TEXT,
[tags] TEXT,
[cult_scope] TEXT,
[primary_period] TEXT,
[evidence_confidence] TEXT,
[review_status] TEXT,
[inclusion_basis] TEXT,
[earth_association_score] INTEGER,
[chthonic_flag] INTEGER,
[serpent_flag] INTEGER,
[short_note] TEXT,
[entity_class] TEXT REFERENCES [entity_class]([class_id])
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