Now for the girls

These poor goddesses. All the glory and good stuff is given to the gods and the goddesses have titles like "wife of" and "mother of". The following is a small list of goddesses, expecially compared to any listing of male gods in Norse Mythology. Once again there is great confusion as to who is who. Some of these girls are referenced as maybe really being another goddess...same goddess, different name. No wonder we are not sure who was married to who!



Frigg - main goddess, wife of Odin, goddess of marriage and motherhood

Freya - goddess of love, fertility and battle; may be another name for Frigg

Gefn - again, another name for Frigg, goddess of fertility

Hel - ruler of the world of the dead

Iounn - goddess of youth

Jord - Earth personified; mother of Thor; consort to Odin

Lofn - goddess of forbidden love; again, another name for Frigg

Nanna - wife of Baldr, may have been human

Nott - personification of night

Ran - personification of the sea, wife of Aegir

Sol - (or Sunna) sun personified

Var - goddess of contracts

Vor - goddess of wisdom