Greek Goddesses. The Greek GoddessesEvery Greek Goddess You've Heard Of - And A Bunch You Haven't Aceso Aceso was a goddess personifying the healing process. She was the daughter of Epione and Asclepius (the main healer dude) and sister to Aegle, Hygeia, Panaceia, and Iaso. Like the other members of her family, she was a Goddess of Healing. She shared an altar with her sisters and Aphrodite and Athena at Epidauros. Achelois Achelois means "she who drives away pain". Achlys She was the personification of Eternal Night, what was believed to have presaged Chaos. Adicia Adicia was the female personification of injustice. Adrastea The name means something like, "unyielding," and is a surname of Nemesis. Aedos She was the personification of Modesty or Shame.
Aega Aega was a lot of people. Aegle One of the daughters of Aesclepius and Lampetia, or, more commonly, Epione. Aergia Aergia is the personification of laziness. Aesa Aesa was a (not the) personification of destiny. Aetae See the Litae. Aetna Agdistis Aglaia Alala Algea. Timeless Myths: Norse Mythology. The Children of Odin: Part I. The Dwellers in Asgard: 5. How Brock Brought Judgment on Loki. Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas Iceland Index Previous Next Buy this Book at Amazon.com The Children of Odin, by Padraic Colum, [1920], at sacred-texts.com p. 34 IT was then that Loki, with the wish of making the Æsir and the Vanir friendly to him once more, brought out the wonderful things he had gained from the Dwarfs--the spear Gungnir and the boat Skidbladnir. The Æsir and the Vanir marveled at things so wonderful.
All Asgard rejoiced that things so wonderful and so helpful had been brought to them. "None but the Dwarfs who work for me could make such things. P. 35 servants are the only ones who can make such wonders. " "Ha, Loki, you boaster," he roared, "you lie in your words. The Æsir and the Vanir laughed to see Loki outfaced by Brock the Dwarf in the middle of his boastfulness.
"Be silent, Dwarf," he said, "your brother will know about smith's work when he goes to the Dwarfs who are my friends, and learns something from them. " "He learn from the Dwarfs who are your friends! P. 36 p. 37. The Goddess Freyja - Norse Deity. ***According to Norse Mythology - The Myths and Legends of the Nordic Gods by Arthur Cotterell, Freyja is the daughter of the sea god Njord and sister of Freyr.
She is an important fertility goddess and a member of the Vanir, one of the 2 branches into which the Germanic gods were divided. After a war the Vanir seem to have been supplanted by the younger Aesir, who were led by Odin. When peace was agreed between the two sides, Njord went with Freyr and Freyja to Asgard, where they lived with the Aesir as a token of friendship. Both Odin and Freyja took an interest in the heroic dead, dividing the slain between them at the end of every battle. Odin's share went to live in Valhalla, while Freyja's lived in her hall, Sessrumnir. Freyja flew over the earth, sprinkling morning dew and summer sunlight behind her. She shook spring flowers from her golden hair and wept tears which turned to gold or to amber at sea.
Freyja's greatest treasure was the Brisings' necklace. Thor, God of Thunder: Viking Norse Myth Legend :Norse Mythology, Lady Gryphon's Mythical Realm. The son of Odin and Jord, the earth goddess. Thor was the strongest of the Aesir, 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. Known as the god of thunder, his hall is Bilskirnir, which is located in the region Thrudheim ("place of might"). Thor married the golden-haired Sif, a Goddess of fertility.
He kept a mistress named Jarnsaxa (the "iron cutlass"), with whom he had two sons, Magni and Modi and his daughter is Thrud. Thor was usually portrayed as a large, powerful man with a red beard, flowing hair, hearty enjoyment of food and drink and eyes of lighting. The Norse believed that during a thunderstorm, Thor rode through the heavens on his chariot pulled by the goats Tanngrisni ("gap-tooth") and Tanngnost ("tooth grinder"). Thor was very well-known for his quick and hot temper.
Thor has lived on, not as a part of any religion, but on our weekly calendar. THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY, Exploring Mythology & the Greek Gods in Classical Literature & Art.