Alaisiagae: Nordic war goddesses (Valkyries).

Alfrodull: The sun.

Asgard: One of the nine worlds and the homeland of the Aesir, the race of warrior gods. Located on the highest level of the Norse universe, it is surrounded by a high wall of closely fitted stone blocks. Also found on this level are the worlds of Alfheim and Vanaheim as well as Valhalla, an immense hall where warriors slain in battle await the final conflict. In the middle of Asgard lies the plain of Idavoll (or Ida) where the Aesir meet to decide important issues. There the gods assemble in the hall of Gladsheim and the goddesses in the hall of Vingolf. The gods also meet daily at the Well of Urd, beneath the Asgard root of the ash tree Yggdrasil.

Asgardreid: "Asgard's Ride" or "Asgard's Chase". In Norse (Teutonic) mythology the wild ride of Odin and Frigg. It is still spoken of as being especially active during the dark, stormy Yule nights.

Askefruer: "Ash Maidens," is a northern variation on a common mythological theme: spirits, often depicted as human women, inhabiting trees. The ash tree was particularly important to ancient northerners: the World Tree, the axis about which the world revolved, was the ash tree Yggdrasil.

Astrild: The goddess of love.

Asynjur: The name of the Norse goddesses who belong to the Aesir. The goddess Frigg is the chief among them.

Atla: A water goddess, daughter of Ran.

Beyla: Servant of Freyr, wife of Byggvir. Her name is thought to be related to a word for "cow", and she the protectress of dairy work; the alternate suggestion is that "Beyla" is related to "bee", so that Beyla and Byggvir might be the givers of mead and ale.

Bylgia: Daughter of Aegir and Ran.

Disen: The name for a group of goddesses of fate and fertility in old-Scandinavian mythology. The female members of the Aesir and the Vanir, as well as the Valkyries, are often called Disen. The goddess Freya is referred to as the "Dis of the Vanir."

Einmyria: The daughter of Loki and Glut (Loki's first wife). Her sister is Eisa.

Eir: ("Mercy") A minor goddess of healing. She knew the secret powers of herbs, with which she could even resurrect the dead. She is the patroness of health care workers, called on against sickness or injury. She is one of the goddesses on the mountain called Lyfia ("to heal through magic"), and gives both physical and psychic means of healing; shamanic healing, especially, falls into her realm. Eir is a companion of the goddess Frigg.

Eisa: The daughter of Loki and Glut (Loki's first wife). Her sister is Einmyria.

Elli: Personified goddess of old age, who overcame the mighty Thor in a wrestling match.

Freya: A goddess of love and fertility, and the most beautiful and propitious of the goddesses. She is the patron goddess of crops and birth, the symbol of sensuality and was called upon in matters of love. She loves music, spring and flowers, and is particularly fond of the elves (fairies). Freya is one of the foremost goddesses of the Vanir. She is the daughter of the god Njord, and the sister of Freyr. Later she married the mysterious god Od (probably another form of Odin), who disappeared. When she mourned for her lost husband, her tears changed into gold.

Frigg: As the wife of Odin, Frigg is one of the foremost goddesses of Norse mythology. She is the patron of marriage and motherhood, and the goddess of love and fertility. In that aspect she shows many similarities with Freya, of whom she possibly is a different form. She has a reputation of knowing every person's destiny, but never unveils it. As the mother of Balder, she tried to prevent his death by extracting oaths from every object in nature, but forgot the mistletoe. And by a fig made from mistletoe Balder died. Her hall in Asgard is Fensalir ("water halls").

Gefion: ("Giver") is an old-Scandinavian vegetation and fertility goddess, especially connected with the plough. She was considered the patron of virgins and the bringer of good luck and prosperity.

Gerd: A beautiful giantess, the wife of Freyr and daughter of the giant Gymir. She is an earth goddess, the personification of the fertile soil. She was so beautiful that the brightness of her naked arms illuminated both air and sea.

Glúm: A minor goddess, an attendant of Frigg.

Glut: The first wife of Loki and by him the mother of Eisa and Einmyria.

Gna: A handmaiden and messenger of Frigg who sends her on errands. She has a swift horse named Hofvarpnir ("Hoof-thrower") which can run in the air and over water.

Hel: The ruler of Helheim, the realm of the dead. She is the youngest child of the evil god Loki and the giantess Angrboda. She is usually described as a horrible hag, half-alive and half-dead, with a gloomy and grim expression. Her face and body are those of a living woman, but her thighs and legs are those of a corpse, mottled and moldering.

Hlin: A goddess charged with protecting those men who Frigg wants kept safe. Called by others a goddess of consolation who was supposed to "kiss away the tears of mourners". In most sources, Hlin is just another name for Frigg.

Idun: The goddess of eternal youth, married to Bragi, the god of poetry. Idun is the custodian of the golden apples of youth. When the gods feel old age approaching, they only have to eat of the apples to become young again. As a goddess of fertility, youth and death, it is possible that she was originally one of the Vanir.

Jord: The personification of the primitive, unpopulated, and uncultivated Earth. She is one of the wives of the chief god Odin and the mother of the god Thor.

Jotunheim: One of the nine worlds, the homeland of the frost giants and rock giants. Situated in Midgard, on the middle level of the Norse universe, Jotunheim is separated from Asgard by the river Iving, which never freezes over. It lies in the snowy regions on the outermost shores of the ocean. Mimir's well of wisdom is in Jotunheim, beneath the Midgard root of the ash tree Yggdrasil. Jotunheim is ruled by Thrym ("uproar"), the feared king of the frost giants. The stronghold of Utgard, the chief city of Jotunheim and the abode of the giants, is ruled by the giant Utgard-Loki. Other strongholds include Gastropnir, home of the giantess Menglad, and Thrymheim (House of uproar"), mountain stronghold of the giant Thiazi.

Laga: The goddess of wells and springs. She is a friend of Odin.

Lofn: The goddess of forbidden love. She smiles upon illicit unions.

The Nine Worlds: The nine worlds of Norse mythology.

The first level: Asgard, world of the Aesir; Vanaheim, land of the Vanir; and Alfheim, land of the light elves.
The second level: Midgard, Land of humans (middle world/garden); Nidavellir, Land of the dwarfs; Jotunheim, Land of the giants (Jotuns); and Svartalfheim, Land of the dark elves.
The third level: Hel, Realm of the dead; and Niflheim, World of the dead.

If Hel and Niflheim comprised one world, as is suggested in some sources, the ninth may have been Muspelheim (Muspell), the land of the fire giants. This region had no place in the tricentric structure of the universe, and Snorri Sturluson wrote that is was the first world to exist and that is lies in the southern hemisphere. Also, the worlds of Svartalfheim and Nidavellir may have been the same. No valid distinction can be drawn between the dwarfs and dark elves; they appear to have been interchangeable.

Norns: The demi-goddesses of destiny. They control the destinies of both gods and men, as well as the unchanging laws of the cosmos. They are represented as three sisters: Urd ("fate"), Verdandi ("necessity"), and Skuld ("being"). They live at the base of the World Tree Yggdrasil in the realm of Asgard.

Nott: The personification of night, and the daughter of Narvi.

Ran: The goddess of storms, and the wife of the sea god Aegir. She rules over the realm of the dead, which is situated on the bottom of the ocean. She sinks ships and collects the drowned sailors in her nets and takes them to her hall where she tenderly ministers them (drowned persons go neither to Valhalla nor to Helheim). With Aegir she is the mother of nine daughters (the billows), who wore white robes and veils.

Saga: The goddess of poetry, poetic arts and history. Everyday she drinks with with her father Odin from golden goblets in her hall Sokkuabekk. She is identified with Frigg.

Sif: The golden-haired wife of the god Thor. Not much is known about her, except that she could originally have been a fertility goddess.

Sjofn: The goddess who inspired human passion, she was also a goddess concerned with causing men and women to think of love. It was her duty to stop fights between married couples.

Skadi: A giantess called the "snowshoe goddess," and the embodiment of winter. She is the wife of the god Njord.

Snotra: A wise and gentle goddess. The goddess of virtue and master of all knowledge. She knew the value of self-discipline.

Sol: The sun goddess, daughter of Mundilfari. She is married to Glen. Sol rides through the sky in a chariot pulled by the horses Alsvid ("all swift") and Arvak ("early riser"). Below their shoulder blades the gods inserted iron-cold bellows to keep them cool. She is chased during the daytime by the wolf Skoll who tries to devour her, just like the wolf Hati chases her brother Mani at night.

Syn: A goddess invoked by defendants on trial. She was an attendant of Frigg and guarded the door of her palace.

Thrud: Daughter of the mighty god Thor.

Var: The goddess of contracts and marriage agreements, one of the principal goddesses. She listens to the vows and compacts made by men and woman with each other (those agreements were called varar). She takes vengeance on those who break their vows.

Vor: The goddess of marriage and contracts from whom nothing could be hidden because she was so wise. She was the goddess of faithfulness between man and woman.

Yggdrasil: ("The Terrible One's Horse"), also called the World Tree, is the giant ash tree that links and shelters all the worlds. Beneath the three roots are the realms of Asgard, Jotunheim, and Niflheim. Three wells lie at its base: the Well of Wisdom (Mímisbrunnr), guarded by Mimir; the Well of Fate (Urdarbrunnr), guarded by the Norns; and the Hvergelmir (Roaring Kettle), the source of many rivers. Four deer run across the branches of the tree and eat the buds; they represent the four winds. There are other inhabitants of the tree, such as the squirrel Ratatosk ("swift teeth"), a notorious gossip, and Vidofnir ("tree snake"), the golden cock that perches on the topmost bough. Nidhogg and other serpents gnaw upon the roots. On the day of Ragnarok, the fire giant Surt will set the tree on fire. Other names for the tree include Ask Yggdrasil, Hoddmimir's Wood, Laerad and Odin's Horse.