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NORSE DEITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Norse deity" is a kind of...):
deity; divinity; god; immortal (any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force)
Domain category:
antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Norse deity"):
Vidar; Vithar; Vitharr ((Norse mythology) one of the Aesir; son of Odin; avenges his parent by slaying Fenrir at Ragnarok)
Vali ((Norse mythology) one of the Aesir and avenger of Balder; son of Odin)
Ull; Ullr ((Norse mythology) one of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis; son of Sif and stepson of Thor)
Sigyn ((Norse mythology) wife of Loki; held a cup over him during his punishment to spare him the pain of drops of poison)
Norn; weird sister ((Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae)
Nanna ((Norse mythology) wife of Balder)
Aesir ((Norse mythology) the chief of gods living at Asgard)
Vanir ((Norse mythology) group of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir)
Instance hyponyms:
Balder; Baldr ((Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna; killed by Hoth)
Tyr; Tyrr ((Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu)
Thor ((Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar)
Brage; Bragi ((Norse mythology) god of poetry and music; son of Odin)
Sif ((Norse mythology) wife of Thor and guardian of the home)
Odin ((Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan)
Elli ((Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match)
Njord; Njorth ((Norse mythology) chief of the Vanir; god of the sea and winds and prosperity; father of Frey and Freya; sometimes subsumes Teutonic Nerthus)
Forseti ((Norse mythology) god of justice; son of Balder and Nanna)
Loki ((Norse mythology) trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of Balder and was overcome by Thor)
Idun; Ithunn ((Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young)
Hoder; Hodr; Hodur; Hoth; Hothr ((Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe)
Hoenir ((Norse mythology) one of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind)
Hel; Hela ((Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld)
Heimdal; Heimdall; Heimdallr ((Norse mythology) god of dawn and light; guardian of Asgard)
Frigg; Frigga ((Norse mythology) goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin)
Freya; Freyja ((Norse mythology) goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey)
Frey; Freyr ((Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir)
