Aesirs Family Tree
Odin AKA Óðinn (Old Norse), Woden (Old English), Wodan or Wotan (Old High German), and Godan (Lombardic) is considered the Chief God of Norse Mythology.
From Wikipedia. "His name is related to óðr, meaning "excitation," "fury" or "poetry," and his role, like many of the Norse pantheon, is complex: he is god of wisdom, war, battle, and death. He is also attested as being a god of magic, poetry, prophecy, victory, and the hunt."
He is part of the Æsir's, which are the second generation of Norse Gods. They deposed the Vanirs, which were elemental deities.
Those slain gloriously in battle go to his hall Valhalla (Old Norse Valhöll), "Hall of the slain".
The following appears in Anthony Faulkes' translation. The list is all the more valuable in that it represents an independent tradition. The text is about the sons of Odin and reads:
| Sons of Odin | | Baldur and Meili |
| Vidar and Nep | | Váli, Ali |
| Thor and Hildolf | | Hermod, Sigi |
| Skjöld, Yngvi-Freyr | | and Itreksjod |
| Heimdall, Sæming | | |
Búri - The First God
- Borr or Burr (sometimes anglicized Bor or Bur)
- Consort: Giantess Bestla
- Odin
- Consort: Frigg - Goddess of marriage and motherhood.(1st Wife) She is the Goddess of the sky. She is a goddess of marriage, motherhood, fertility, love, household management, and domestic arts. Her primary functions in the Norse mythological stories are as wife and mother, but these are not her only functions. She has the power of prophecy although she does not tell what she knows, and is the only one other than Odin who is permitted to sit on his high seat Hlidskjalf and look out over the universe.
- Balder Baldr (Phol) - God of beauty, innocence, peace, and rebirth.
- Consort: Nanna
- Forseti (Forasizo) - God of justice, peace and truth.
- Hod is the blind brother of Baldr in Norse mythology. Guided by Loki he shot the mistletoe missile which was to slay the otherwise invulnerable Baldr. "battle", and mean something like "killer". This would seem to fit with the god's mythological role. AKA Hod, Hoder, Hodur, Hodr, Hödr, Höd or Hoth or less commonly as Hödur, Hödhr, Höder, Hothr, Hodhr, Hodh, Hother, Höthr, Höth or Hödh.
Frigg's Step Children
- Hermóðr (Hermut) - Hermóðr rode Odin's horse Sleipnir for nine nights though deep and dark valleys to the Gjöll bridge covered with shining gold, the bridge being guarded by the maiden Móðguðr 'Battle-frenzy' or 'Battle-tired'. Móðguðr told Hermóðr that Baldr had already crossed the bridge and that Hermóðr should ride downwards and northwards. Upon coming to Hel's gate, Hermóðr dismounted, tightened Sleipnir's girth, mounted again, and spurred Sleipnir so that Sleipnir leapt entirely over the gate. So at last Hermóðr came to Hel's hall and saw Baldr seated in the most honorable seat. Hermóðr begged Hel to release Baldr, citing the great weeping for Baldr among the Æsir. Thereupon Hel announced that Baldr would only be released if all things, dead and alive, wept for him. Baldr gave Hermóðr the ring Draupnir which had been burned with him on his pyre, to take back to Odin. Nanna gave a linen robe for Frigg along with other gifts and a finger-ring for Fulla. Thereupon Hermóðr returned to the upper world with his message.
- Týr (Modern Icelandic and Faroese), Tyz (Gothic), Ty (Old Norwegian), Ti (Old Swedish), Tiw, Tiu, Tio, and Tig (Old English) Týr (), Ziu and Zio (Old High German), and possibly, even Teiw in Proto-Germanic, - God of war and justice. He is the god of single combat and heroic glory. According to the Edda, at one stage the gods decided to shackle the wolf Fenrisulfr (Fenris), but the beast broke every chain they put upon him. Eventually they had the dwarves make them a magical ribbon called Gleipnir from such items as a woman's beard and a mountain's roots. But Fenrir sensed the gods' deceit and refused to be bound with it unless one of them put his hand in the wolf's mouth. Tyr, known for his great courage, agreed, and the other gods bound the wolf. Fenrir sensed that he had been tricked and bit off the god's hand. Fenrir will remain bound until the day of Ragnarök. According to the Prose version of Ragnarok, Tyr is destined to kill and be killed by Garm, the guard dog of Hel. He is often associated with ultimate justice and sacrifice.
- Vídar
- Skjoldr.
- Thor is either her brother or a stepson.
- Mother: Jord AKA Fjorgin - She is the Earth Goddess sometimes Anglicized Jord) and the personification of the Earth. She is daughter of Annar and Nótt and sister of Auð and Dagr.
- Thor the Thunderer, Thor, Þunraz (Proto-Germanic), Þórr (Old Norse), Þunor (Old English), Donar (Old Dutch and Old High German) - God of thunder and battle. He spends most of his time Hammering the Giants. He is the red-haired and bearded god of thunder in Norse Mythology and more generally Germanic mythology. Thor travels in a chariot drawn by the goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr and with his servant and messenger Þjálfi and his sister Röskva. During Ragnarök, Thor will kill and be killed by Jörmungandr.
- Consort: Sif "relative", goddess of the home, of field and of the crop and she had some power on destiny. She has hair of gold which grows just like natural hair, made by the dwarves called "sons of Ivaldi" (Dvalin). Her hair's color may have represented ripe wheat. Loki cut off Sif's hair as a prank, but when Thor found this out he forced Loki to promise to have golden hair made by the Dwarves. Loki uses this event to taunt Sif and, indirectly, Thor in Lokasenna. Loki succeeded in having such hair made, as well as Freyr's ship Skíðblaðnir and Odin's (Óðinn's) spear Gungnir, all made by the same dwarf, Dvalin. After Freyja, Sif is the most beautiful of the goddesses. Snorri calls her the Sybill. Gold was called 'hair of Sif'. Hilda R. Ellis Davidson tells us that her braids of hair was offered to mother earth.
- Þrúðr, Her name means "strength", "power"
- Móði, "Angry"
- Magni, "Strong"
Thor's Stepson
- Ullr (Wulder) AKA Swipdag - God of ski, bow, hunting and shield. In the Gylfaginning "Ull, Sif's son and Thór's stepson, is one [too]. He is such a good archer and ski-runner that no one can rival him. He is beautiful to look at as well and he has all the characteristics of a warrior. It is also good to call on him in duels." — Young's translation. His dwelling is Ydalir. He was the son of Orendil AKA Aurvandil.
- Consort: Giantess Grid
- Consort: Rind AKA Rinda or Giantess Gríðr- Daughter of the King of the Ruthenians.
- Váli AKA Bous - the avenger of Baldur. He was birthed for the sole purpose of killing Höðr as revenge for Höðr's accidental murder of his half-brother, Baldr. He grew to full adulthood within one day of his birth, and slew Höðr. Váli is fated to survive Ragnarök.
- Víðarr or Viðarr (often Anglicised Vidar). He is the god of the primeval forest. He avenges his father's death. In the reborn world that arises after Ragnarök, Víðarr is preordained to return with his brother Váli.
- Consort: Unknown
- Bragi - wisdom, and most of all for fluency of speech and skill with words. He knows most of skaldship.
- Consort: Iðunn - Goddess of youth. AKA Idun, Idunn, Iduna, Idunna, Ithun or Ithunn - Custodian of apples which allowed the Æsir to maintain their eternal youthfulness.
- Mother: Unknown
- King Skjöld, son of Óðinn (Odin). Many legendary Danish kings claimed to be descended from her.
- Consort: Gefjun - Goddess of fertility and plough. All women who die virgin are sent to her hall, and thus she is characterised as a goddess of virtue, yet she was also a fertility goddess. She was associated with the plow, virgins and good luck. Girls who died as virgins became her servants in the afterlife.
- Ve AKA Lóðurr, (Odin's Brother). He was known for having given humanity the powers of speech and their external senses.
- Vili (Odin's Brother) He helped in killing the first giant, Ymir. He was known for having given humanity emotion and intelligence.
- Eir - Goddess of healing.
Unknown Parents
- Fulla (Volla) - Frigg´s handmaid. "She is/ a may, she wears her hair flowing and has a golden ribbon about her head; she carries Frigg's chest, takes care of her shoes and knows her secrets." By Snorri Sturluson in Gylfaginning.
- Gná - Frigg´s handmaid.
- Hlín - Frigg´s handmaid. Her name means "protector", and Frigg gave her the duty to protect men and to console grieving mortals.
Nine different mothers (possibly the nine daughters of Ægir, called billow maidens)
- Heimdall - One of the Æsir and guardian of Ásgarð, their realm. He is the guardian of the gods who will blow the Gjallarhorn if danger approaches Asgard. His senses are so acute that he can hear the grass grow and he can see to the end of the world; he also requires no sleep at all. He is moreover the guardian of the Bifrost Bridge. He was called the White God. His hall was called Himinbjörg (Sky Mountain) and his horse was Gulltoppr (Gold-top). AKA Iring, Rigr, Heimdall's nicknames include Hallinskíði ("Bent Stick"), Gullintanni ("Golden-Toothed"), Vindhlér ("Wind Shelter")
Mother and Father Unknown
- Hœnir - The silent god. Along with Mímir, he went to the Vanir as a hostage to seal a truce. The Vanir made Hœnir one of their members, but he was indecisive and relied on Mímir for all of his decisions, grunting noncommital answers when Mímir was absent.
Mother and Father Unknown
- Lofn - Goddess of love. She is mentioned briefly in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda. "The eighth is Lofn; she is so gentle and good to invoke that she has permission from All-father and Frigg to bring together men and women for whom marriage was forbidden or banned. From her name comes the word "permission", also what is much praised by men." It is unclear whether Lofn was ever a major goddess. It is possible that, unknown to Snorri, she was simply another name for Freyja.
- Sága - An obscure goddess, possibly another name for Frigg. The name could mean "seeing one" or (less probable) "announcer".
- Sjöfn - From Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda. "The seventh [of the Ásynjur] is Sjöfn. She endeavours to turn the minds of people to love, both those of women and men, and from her name a lover is called sjafni."
- Snotra - Goddess of prudence. Her name is clearly derived from the adjective snotr meaning "wise" or "graceful". This might be an alternative name for another goddess, perhaps Frigg, and taken by Snorri to be a separate goddess. Having nothing else to go by Snorri then informs his readers that Snotra is "wise and graceful", based simply on her name.
- Vár - She is the one who listens to oaths and agreements between men and women, and she takes vengeance on those who break them.
- Vör - Goddess of wisdom. In the Prose Edda. "The tenth is Vör: she is wise and of searching spirit, so that none can conceal anything from her; it is a saying, that a woman becomes 'ware' of that of which she is informed.".
- Andhrímnir - Cook of the gods. Every day, he killed Sæhrímnir, the cosmic boar, and cooked it in Eldhrímnir, his cauldron with magical powers. That night, the boar was restored to life to be eaten again the next day. He makes the Æsir's mead from the milk of Heiðrún, a goat.
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