Names in Norse Sacred Stories
1. Aegir – Aegir was the ocean god. He was the father of the nine daughters (the nine waves), and grandfather of
Heimdall. He was married to Ran.
2. Aesir – Aesir: plural form. Áss: singular form. The Aesir were the dominating gods in Norse mythology. In Old
Norse: Æsir.
3. Alfheim – Alfheim was one of the nine worlds in Norse Mythology. It was the home of the light elves. It was also
the home of the god Freyr.
4. Alvis – Alvis was a dark dwarf. He wanted to marry Thrud, the daughter of Sif and Thor. Thor kept him up all night
asking questions. Alvis turned into stone when he was exposed to the morning sunlight.
5. Angrboda – Angrboda is a giantess. She is the mother of three monstrous children by Loki. Their children are the
Fenrir wolf, Jormungand (Midgard Serpent) and Hel (ruler of the Underworld). Angrboda means “The one who
brings sorrow”.
6. Asgard – Home of the Aesir, the ruling gods in Norse mythology.
7. Ask – Ask was the name of the first human man. He was created out of wood from the Ash tree by Odin, Vili and
Ve.
8. Áss – singular form of Aesir. Aesir were the main group of gods.
9. Audhumla – This was the name of the primal cow.
10. Balder - He was the son of Odin and Frigg. His brother was Hod. Balder was accidentally killed by Hod from an
arrow made from mistletoe. Loki tricked Hod to use this arrow.
11. Baugi – Baugi was a giant. He was the brother of Suttung. Odin went to work for him in disguise when he was on
a mission to get back the Kvasir mixture.
12. Bergelmir – Jotuns. Bergelmir and his wife were the couple who survived by fleeing into the land of mist. All the
other Jotuns drowned in the blood from Ymir.
13. Bestla – The mother of Odin and the sister of Mimir. Bestla was a Jotun. She married Bor, who was an Áss.
14. Bifrost – Bifrost was the colorful bridge (rainbow) leading to Asgard, the home of the gods. Bifrost was guarded by
the god Heimdall. Bifrost linked Midgard (home of the humans) and Asgard (home of the gods).
15. Bor – He was the father of Odin, Vili and Ve. Bor was the husband of Bestla. He was the son of the first of the
Aesir, Buri.
16. Bragi – Bragi was an Aesir. He was the god of poetry. Bragi was married to Idunn.
17. Breidablik – It was the name of the home belonging to the god Balder. Nothing bad could happen inside
Breidablik. Balder was the son of Odin and Frigg.
18. Brisingamen – It was the name of the exquisite necklace made by four dwarfs. Freyja was given the necklace in
return for spending one night with each of the four dwarfs.
19. Brokk – Brokk was one of the two dwarfs who made Draupnir, the magical gold ring. Draupnir reproduced eight
new rings every nine days. The name of the other dwarf was Sindri.
20. Buri – He was the first god. He grew from a salty stone that the cow named Audhumla licked. Buri was the
grandfather of Odin.
21. Dagr – God of the day, also the personified day. His mother was Nótt (Night), and Delling (Dawn) was his father.
22. Delling – He was an Aesir. Delling was considered the personified dawn. He was the third husband of Nótt (Night)
and the father of Dagr (Day). He was also the protector of Breidablik, the home of Balder.
23. Draupnir – This was a gold ring belonging to Odin. Draupnir produced eight new rings every ninth day. Brokk and
Sindri (two dwarfs) made this magical ring.
24. Eldir – Eldir was one of the two servants of Aegir. The other servant was named Fimafeng.
25. Embla – Embla was the name of the first human woman. She was created out of wood from the Elm tree by Odin,
Vili and Ve.
26. Farbauti – He is a giant and the father of Loki. Farbauti is married to Laufey.
27. Fenrir wolf – The Fenrir wolf was one of the three monstrous children of Loki and Angrboda. During Ragnarok the
Fenrir wolf killed Odin. Vidar then killed the Fenrir wolf.
28. Fensalir – Fensalir was where Frigg lived. The name means “marsh hall”. Frigg was the queen of the Aesir. She
was married to Odin.
29. Fimafeng – Fimafeng was one of the two servants of Aegir. The other servant was named Eldir. Loki murdered
Fimafeng in a jealous rage.
30. Fjalar – Fjalar was one of the two dwarfs who killed the god Kvasir. The name of the other dwarf was Galar.
31. Fjorgyn – Fjorgyn was the daughter of Nótt (the night) and mother of Thor. Fjorgyn means earth.
32. Folkvangr – Folkvangr was the name of the mansion belonging to the goddess Freyja. Inside Folkvangr was the
hall named Sessrumnir. Half of all the brave Vikings who died in battle were sent to Sessrumnir in their afterlife.
33. Forseti – He was the son of Balder and Nanna. He was the grandson of Odin and Frigg. Forseti was the god of
justice.
34. Freki – Freki was the name of one of the two wolves belonging to Odin. The name of the other wolf was Geri.
35. Freyja – Daughter of the sea god Njord. She was the twin sister of Freyr. Njord, Freyr and Freyja were Vanir who
came to live with the Aesir. She was the goddess of love, lust, beauty, witchcraft, and death.
36. Freyr – Son of the sea god Njord. He was the twin brother of Freyja. Njord, Freyr and Freyja were Vanir who
came to live with the Aesir.
37. Frigg – Frigg was an Aesir, goddess of fertility and marriage. She was married to Odin. Frigg was the queen
goddess. She was the mother of Balder and Hod. Frigg has given her name to Friday.
38. Fulla – Fulla was Frigg’s maid. She was the guardian of boxes and shoes belonging to Frigg. Frigg shared all her
secrets with Fulla. Fulla always wore a gold headband.
39. Galar – Galar was one of the two dwarfs who killed the god Kvasir. The other dwarf was named Fjalar.
40. Garm – Garm was the frightful dog which guarded the land of the dead. Hel ruled the underworld. It was a sad
and gloomy place.
41. Gerd – Gerd was the gorgeous giantess who Freyr fell madly in love with and eventually married.
42. Geri – Geri was the name of one of the two wolves belonging to Odin. The other wolf was named Freki.
43. Gersemi – She was the beautiful daughter of Freyja. Her name means gem. She was the sister of Hnoss.
44. Gilling – Gilling was the giant who was murdered by the two dwarfs; Galar and Fjalar.
45. Ginnungagap – The great void between Niflheim and Muspelheim.
46. Gjallarhorn – Gjallarhorn was the name of the horn belonging to Heimdall. The sound of the horn could be heard
in all the nine worlds.
47. Gladsheim – Gladsheim was the name of the house belonging to Odin. It was the largest house in Asgard.
Gladsheim was covered with gold.
48. Gleipnir – Gleipnir was the name of the leash on the Fenrir Wolf, son of Loki. Gleipnir consisted of the sound of a
cat’s walk, the beard of a woman, the roots of a mountain, the sinews of a bear, the breath of a fish and the spit of
a bird.
49. Glitnir – Glitnir was the name of the home belonging to Forseti, the god of justice and son of Nanna and Balder. It
had a roof made of silver and gold pillars.
50. Grid – Grid is the mother of Vidar. The father of Vidar is Odin. Grid is a Jotun woman.
51. Gullinbursti – Gullinbursti was the name of the boar belonging to Freyr.
52. Gulltopp – Gulltopp was the name of the horse belonging to Heimdall. The name means gold-top.
53. Gungnir – Gungnir was the name of the magical spear belonging to Odin.
54. Gunnlod – Gunnlod was a giantess. She was the sister of Suttung and Baugi. She guarded the Kvasir mixture
inside a mountain. She permitted Odin to sip the mixture after three nights of lovemaking.
55. Gymir – He was a Jotun (giant) and the father of the beautiful giantess named Gerd.
56. Hati – Hati was the wolf that pursues Máni, the moon.
57. Heimdall – He was the god who guarded the Bifrost Bridge (rainbow) that linked heaven and earth.
58. Hel – Hel was one of the three gruesome children of Loki and Angrboda. She became the ruler of the Underworld,
land of the dead. Anyone who died of illness or old age was sent to Hel.
59. Hermod – Hermod was the brave messenger god who traveled to the Underworld. His mission was to ask that
Balder be returned to the land of the living. Balder is the son of Odin.
60. Hildisvini – Hildisvini was the name of the boar belonging to Freyja.
61. Hod – He was the son of Odin and Frigg. Balder was his brother. Hod was blind. He unintentionally killed his
brother.
62. Honir - Honir was one of the Aesir. The Aesir sent Honir and Mimir to the competing gods, the Vanir, to seal the
truce after their fight with each other. In return the Vanir sent Njord, Freyr and Freyja to the Aesir. Honir will
survive Ragnarok.
63. Hnoss – She was the beautiful daughter of Freyja. Her name means treasure or jewel. She was the sister of
Gersemi.
64. Huginn – Huginn was one of the two ravens belonging to Odin. Huginn means thought. The other raven was
named Muninn.
65. Hvergelmir –Hvergelmir was the name of the well under one of the three roots of Yggdrasil, the cosmic tree. The
serpent named Nidhogg resided here, gnawing on the root. It led to a sinister Underworld ruled by Hel.
66. Hymir – Hymir was the giant who went fishing with Thor. When Thor caught the Midgard Serpent, Hymir cut off
the fishing line.
67. Idunn – She was the goddess who guarded the famous life-giving apples. Whenever the gods felt they were
growing old, they took a bite of one of the apples and miraculously they were young again or stopped aging.
Idunn was married to Bragi, the god of poetry.
68. Jarnsaxa – She was Thor’s mistress. Jarnsaxa was a Jotun woman. Jarnsaxa and Thor had a son named Magni.
69. Jormungand – Jormungand was known as the Midgard Serpent. Jormungand was one of the children of Loki and
Angrboda. Odin threw the serpent into the ocean surrounding Midgard (home of the humans).
70. Jotun – a giant or troll. Most of the Jotuns were gruesome, but not all. Actually some of them were quite beautiful.
71. Jotunheim – Jotunheim was the home of the Jotuns, the giants and trolls. In Norway Jotunheimen is the name of
a huge mountain range. In Jotunheim the highest mountain in Scandinavia is to be found. The name of the
mountain is Galdhøpiggen, 2469 meters (8,100ft) over sea level.
72. Kvasir – Kvasir was the god created from saliva of all the gods of the Vanir and Aesir combined. He was
murdered by the two dwarfs; Galar and Fjalar.
73. Laufey – Laufey is a giant and the mother of Loki. She is married to Farbauti.
74. Loki – He exemplifies mischief and many times is quite evil. He was a Jotun, but Odin had made him a blood
brother. He lived most of the time in Asgard with the gods. Loki was the father of the three monstrous children:
Hel, the Fenrir wolf and the Midgard Serpent named Jormungand. He was also the father of Vali and Narvi.
75. Magni – He was the son of Thor and Jarnsaxa (a Jotun woman). His name means “strong”.
76. Máni – Máni is the moon as a male deity.
77. Midgard – Midgard was where the humans resided.
78. Mimir – Brother of Bestla. He was the uncle of Odin. Mimir was the wisest of them all. Odin paid the price of an
eye just to drink from the well belonging to Mimir and gain its wisdom.
79. Mjolnir – Mjolnir was the name of the magic hammer belonging to Thor.
80. Modi – He was the son of Thor and Sif. His name means “brave”.
81. Muninn – Muninn was one of the two ravens belonging to Odin. Muninn means memory. The other raven was
named Huginn.
82. Muspelheim – This was the land of fire. It existed long before the world was created. The place was ruled by the
giant Surt.
83. Nanna – She was the wife of Balder. When Balder was killed, she too was burned on the fire and followed her
husband to Hel, the Underworld. Balder and Nanna had a son named Forseti, the god of justice.
84. Narvi – He was the son of Loki and Sigyn. He was the brother of Vali.
85. Nidhogg – Nidhogg was the serpent which resided under Yggdrasil, the cosmic tree. Nidhogg spent his time
chewing on one of the three roots of the tree or chewing on corpses and sucking the blood out of the dead.
86. Niflheim – It was the world of mist. A cold and foggy place that existed before the world was created.
87. Njord – He was a sea god. He was a Vanir who came to live with the gods at Asgard after the war of the gods. He
was the father of Freyr and Freyja. He married Skadi, the daughter of a frost giant. Their marriage failed.
88. Noatun – Noatun was the name of the home belonging to Njord, the sea god.
89. Norns – The three Norns were the goddesses of fate. Their names were Verdani, Skuld and Urd. They resided by
Urd’s Well, under Yggdrasil.
90. Norve – He was a Jotun and the father of Nótt. Nótt was the goddess of the night.
91. Nótt – She was the Jotun/goddess of the night, also she was the personified day. Her son was Dagr, the god and
personified day. She was also the mother of Fjorgyn (the earth) and grandmother of Thor.
92. Od – The husband of Freyja. He disappeared never to return. No one knew where he went off to.
93. Odin – Odin was the chief god. He was married to Frigg. Odin had many children, among them were: Balder,
Hod, Thor and Vidar. Odin was the son of Bor and Bestla and the grandson of the very first of the Aesir. Odin had
two brothers: Vili and Ve.
94. Ragnarok – the doom of the gods. Ragnarok was the end of the world. Some survive Ragnarok and a new world
would emerge.
95. Ratatosk – Ratatosk was the name of the squirrel which resided in Yggdrasil, the cosmic tree. Ratatosk loved to
gossip.
96. Saehrimnir – Saehrimnir was the boar that was slaughtered every day in Valhalla. Every evening the boar came
back to life, ready to be slaughtered and eaten again the next day.
97. Seid – Seid was the Old Norse term for witchcraft or sorcery. Freyja was the master of seid.
98. Sessrumnir – This was the name of a hall inside Folkvangr. This was the home belonging to Freyja. Half of all the
worthy slain Vikings were sent to Freyja in their afterlife and the other half were sent to Odin.
99. Sif – Sif was married to Thor, the thunder god. She was the mother of Thrud, Modi and Ull. Sif was famous for her
beautiful golden hair.
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Sigyn - She was married to Loki. This was his second marriage. Sigyn and Loki are the parents of Vali
and Narvi.
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Sindri – Sindri was one of the two dwarfs who made the magical gold ring named Draupnir. This ring
reproduced eight new rings every nine days. The name of the other dwarf was Brokk.
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Skadi – She was the daughter of the frost giant named Thiassi and the wife of the sea god named Njord.
Skadi loved the mountains. Njord loved the ocean. They broke up. The name Skadi means “destruction”.
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Skidbladnir – This is the name of the magic ship belonging to Freyr and made by the dwarfs. It was
extremely large, but could also to folded and fit into a pocket.
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Skirnir – He is a servant of Freyr. He traveled to the land of the giants to request that the beautiful
giantess named Gerd would agree to marry Freyr.
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Skoll – Skoll is the name of the wolf that consistently pursued Sol, the sun.
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Skuld – Skuld (future) was one of the three Norns, goddesses of fate. The three Norns resided by Urd’s
Well under Yggdrasil.
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Sleipnir – Sleipnir was the eight-legged horse belonging to Odin, the chief god.
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Sol – Sol is the sun as a female deity.
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Surt – Surt was the giant who ruled Muspelheim; the land of fire.
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Suttung – Suttung was the son of the giant Gilling. Gilling was murdered by two dwarfs and Suttung
sought revenge. That was how he got hold of the Kvasir mixture.
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Svaldilfari – Svaldilfari was the name of the super strong stallion belonging to the Jotun who tried to build
the wall around Asgard. Loki transformed himself into a mare to distract the stallion. Sleipnir is the offspring of
Svaldilfari and Loki.
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Thiassi – He was the frost giant (Jotun) who kidnapped Idunn and her apples. He was later killed by the
gods. He was the father of Skadi.
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Thokk – Thokk was the old woman who refused to cry for Balder. Thokk was actually Loki in disguise. As
a result, Balder had to stay in the Underworld where Hel ruled.
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Thor – Thor was the thunder god. He was the son of Odin and Fjorgyn. He was married to Sif.
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Thrud – Thrud is the daughter of Thor and Sif. Her name means strength.
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Thrudvang – Thrudvang was where Thor and Sif lived. The meaning of the name is “field of strength”.
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Trym – Trym was the name of the Jotun (giant) who stole the hammer belonging to Thor. He demanded
to have goddess Freyja for his bride in return for Mjolnir (the hammer). Thor dresses up as Freyja, got Mjolnir
back and killed Trym.
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Ull – Ull was the son of Sif, father unknown. Thor was the stepfather of Ull. Ull was the snow and winter
god and of god of skiing. He was a master of the bow and arrow.
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Urd – Urd (fate) was one of the three Norns, goddesses of fate. The three Norns resided by Urd’s Well
under Yggdrasil.
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Urd’s Well – One of the three wells connected to Yggdrasil, the cosmic tree. This well was in Asgard, the
home of the gods.
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Utgard – The names means out-yard. This is where Jotuns, trolls and giants live. This is the home of all
the enemies of the gods and the humans.
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Valhalla – Valhalla was an enormous place belonging to Odin. Half of all the brave Vikings who had died
in battle spent their afterlife in Valhalla. The other half of the slain Vikings were sent to Folkvang, the hall
belonging to Freyja.
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Vali – Vali is the son Loki and Sigyn. He is the brother of Narvi.
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Valkyries – The Valkyries were battle maidens. They were choosers of the slain. The Valkyries brought
the dead Viking heroes to Valhalla.
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Vanaheim – Vanaheim was the home of the Vanir. The Vanir were the other group of gods.
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Vanir – the older of the two branches of gods in Norse mythology. The Vanir were famous for their
mastery of magic. They lived in Vanaheim. The newer and dominating gods were the Aesir. They lived in Asgard.
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Ve – Son of Bor and Bestla. He was the brother of Odin and Vili.
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Verdani – Verdani (present) was one of the three Norns, goddesses of fate. The Norns resided by Urd’s
Well, under Yggdrasil.
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Vili – Son of Bor and Bestla. He was the brother of Odin and Ve.
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Vidar – Vidar was the son of Odin and Grid. He was known as the “silent one”. After the Fenrir wolf killed
Odin, it is Vidar who took revenge and killed the monstrous Fenrir wolf. Vidar had super strong shoes.
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Ymir – The first giant also called Jotun. Ymir was killed by Odin and his brothers. From the corpse of Ymir
they created the world.
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