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
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