Gods & Goddesses Cheat Sheet
Norse Gods & Goddesses
- Baldr — God of Light & Purity
- Symbols: The sun, fire, & the mistletoe
Similar Deities: Apollo (Greek/Roman)
- Bragi — God of Poetry & Eloquence
- Symbols: Runes, the Cup of Bragi (which is used to swear oaths & honor dead kings), mead, & a quill pen
Similar Deities: Apollo (Greek/Roman)
- Forseti — God of Justice
- Symbols: The scales of justice & silver & gold
Similar Deities: Ma'at (Egyptian)
- Freyja — Goddess of Love, Beauty, Fertility, & Female Sexuality
- Symbols: Hearts, gold, jewelry, the domestic cat (she has a chariot drawn by two of them), the boar, & feathers (she possesses a cloak of them which can change its wearer into a falcon)
Similar Deities: Aphrodite (Greek), Venus (Roman), & Hathor (Egyptian)
- Freyr — God of the Sun, Fertility, & Male Sexuality
- Symbols: The sun, a sword that can fight by itself, a phallus, & the boar
Similar Deities: Apollo (Greek/Roman), Amun (Egyptian), Horus (Egyptian), & Ra (Egyptian)
- Frigg — Goddess of Marriage, Motherhood, & Fertility
- Symbols: The mistletoe
Similar Deities: Hera (Greek), Juno (Roman), Isis (Egyptian), Hathor (Egyptian), & Danu (Celtic)
- Heimdallr — God of Light & Guardian of Bifrost Bridge
- Symbols: The rainbow
Similar Deities: Baldr (Norse) & Apollo (Greek/Roman)
- Hel — Goddess of Death & the Underworld
- Symbols: Skulls, skeletons, & the Grim Reaper's scythe
Similar Deities: Hades (Greek), Thanatos (Greek), Pluto (Roman), Mors (Roman), Osiris (Egyptian), Anubis (Egyptian), & Yama (Chinese/Japanese)
- Loki — God of Fire, Trickery, & Chaos
- Symbols: The sea serpent Jormungandr, the monstrous wolf Fenrir, & the eight-legged horse Sleipnir
Similar Deities: Seth (Egyptian), Coyote (Native American), & Anansi (African)
- Njordr — God of the Sea, the Winds, Wealth, & Fertility
- Symbols: The sea, the fish, a fishing pole, gold, & jewels
Similar Deities: Poseidon (Greek) & Neptune (Roman)
- Odinn — King of the Gods & God of War, Wisdom, Poetry, Magic/Shamanism, & Prophecy
- Symbols: An eye, Yggdrasil, a spear, the eight-legged horse Sleipnir, the raven, the wolf, & mead
Similar Deities: Bragi (Norse), Zeus (Greek), Athena (Greek), Apollo (Greek/Roman), Jupiter (Roman), Minerva (Roman), Bellona (Roman), Amon (Egyptian), & Neith (Egyptian)
- Sif — Goddess of the Harvest & Fertility
- Symbols: Wheat/grains
Similar Deities: Demeter (Greek) & Ceres (Roman)
- Thor — God of Thunder
- Symbols: Mjollnir (Thor's hammer), the goat, & lightning bolts
Similar Deities: Zeus (Greek), Heracles (Greek), Jupiter (Roman), & Hercules (Roman)
- Tyr — God of War, Justice, & Honor/Oaths
- Symbols: A hand (having lost one of his to Fenrir), a spear, & the monstrous wolf Fenrir
Similar Deities: Odinn (Norse), Forseti (Norse), Ares (Greek), Mars (Roman), & Ma'at (Egyptian)
SOURCES: Wikipedia, Encyclopedia Mythica, & The Ultimate Online Resource for Norse Mythology and Religion
