Forsite:


Forsite, by Nick Beale

Names: Proto-Germanic: *Furasatijan ("For-Sitter" = Chairman)
Western Germanic: Forsite, Forsizo, Forsyte (Anglo-Saxon), Fosite
Northern Germanic: Forseti
God of: Justice and Conciliation
Appearance: Forseti was depicted as a friendly man with blond hair.

Not much is known about Forseti, he lives in Asgard in his palace Glitnir where he settles disputes between people, he is very good at reasoning and can even reconcile sworn enemies.
Forseti received his greatest worship on the isle of Helgoland (which was originally called "Fositesland") and the Frisians were known to have trees and altars dedicated to him, later Forseti was also worshipped by the Saxons and he was even known in Sweden, near Oslo in Norway is an island called Onsøy, which was originally named Forsetlund ("Forseti's grove").
Forseti and his father Baldr were originally Frisian gods (where Forseti was called "Fosite"), from Frisia Forseti's worship was spread to Scandinavia and other areas, the name Forseti/Fosite literally means "For-sitter", which means "Chairman" (German: vorsitzender, Dutch: voorzitter).

During the early Middle Ages the Christian missionary Willibrod travelled to the island of Fositesland where he found temples and holy cattle dedicated to Fosite, nothing was allowed to be touched on the island except the water from a well, which had to be drank in silence.
Like a real Christian missionary Willibrord did not allow the people to worship any other god than his so he immediately destroyed the temples the people had built for Fosite and killed the holy cattle, after that he managed to "convince" no less than 3 people to be baptized by him.
As one can expect the Frisians were furious about this sacrilege and the heathen king Radboud took revenge by killing one of Willibrord's helpers, but to no effect; in 785AD all the temples at Fositesland were destroyed and the only reminder of Fosite was the name of the island, which fanatical Christians later also changed into Helgoland ("Holy-land").

On the Frisian island of Ameland Fosite was worshipped under the name "Foste", in 325BC the island is already mentioned by the Greek explorer Pytheas of Massalia who mentions the Germanic tribe of the Guionians using the island for trading amber with the Teutons, he calls the island "Abalus", though the original Germanic name of the island is believed to have been "Fostaland", later sources also mention a temple on the island that was dedicated to Fosite, though it was later destroyed and changed into a church.