Thor – Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · Thor’s popularity surged in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries with the emergence of the Marvel comic book franchise and the ensuing Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Marvel works took certain liberties in adapting the thunder god to their fictional worlds. Thor, for example, was always noted to have red hair and a red beard in Norse ...
Loki - Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · The gods agreed that Thor’s hammer was the finest of all the creations, but when Brokkr went to claim Loki’s head, he found that the god had fled using on speedy shoes. Thor helped find him, but Brokkr was still unable to claim Loki’s head, as the trickster god riddled his way out of trouble. Loki, the Joker
Taranis - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Taranis was a Celtic god described in several Roman sources, including Pharsalia by the poet, Lucan, though this may have been a creative invocation. Sacred sites found around Europe illustrated his widespread worship (though no evidence of human sacrifice was directed at him), with statues or wheels located in Ireland, Britain, Gaul, Spain ...
Thoth – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Thoth was the vitally important Egyptian god of the moon, medicine, science, wisdom, and magic. Depicted with the head of an ibis, he invented writing, was the divine healer, and acted as advisor to the rest of the pantheon.
Norse Gods – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · The Norse gods and goddesses are the array of deities honored by ancient Nordic worshipers. They primarily came from two different tribes, the Aesir and the Vanir, but were united in their efforts to fight the jötnar, a tribe of giants dwelling in …
Heimdall - Mythopedia
2022年12月8日 · Heimdall the watcher was a Norse deity of the Aesir tribe, a god of keen eyesight and hearing who stood ready to sound the Gjallarhorn at the beginning of Ragnarök. From what little evidence has survived, Heimdall appears to have been a protector of the deities and a guardian of the passages to and from the Nine Realms .
Tyr – Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · The name “Tyr,” meaning “a god” or even “the god,” stemmed from the Proto Indo-European *dyeus-, by way of the Proto Germanic *Tiwaz, meaning “god or deity.” This was the same root used in the names of Zeus, king of the Greek gods, and Jupiter, king of the Roman gods. Because this word was reserved for the most powerful of ...
Odin – Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · According to most traditions, Odin fathered children with many other women. With the jötunn Jord, Odin had Thor, the hammer-wielding god who commanded thunder, lightning, and storms. With Gridr, another of the jötnar, he had the vengeful Vidarr, who according to prophecy was to rescue Odin from the brink of death during Ragnarök.
Freya – Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · Freya was the daughter of Njord (also Njordr), a god of the Vanir associated with the sea, sailing, fishing, wealth, and the fertility of crops. While her mother’s identity was ultimately unknown, some speculated that Freya was the daughter of Nerthus, an old Germanic deity known as a goddess of “peace and plenty."
Freyr - Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · Freyr, of the Vanir tribe, was a Norse god of peace and prosperity. Among other things, he was associated with male virility, sunshine, and fair weather. Often depicted with an enormous phallus, Freyr was worshiped across Scandinavia (particularly in Sweden), where he was celebrated at weddings and harvest feasts.