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A page from Adam's famous book: "Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church" which starts the description of the geography of Denmark (red initial P).Adam of Bremen (born ~1050 to 1081/1085) was one of the foremost historians and early ethnographers of the medieval period. Adam is most famous for his chronicle Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum (Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church). In this he included a chapter mentioning the Norse outpost of Vinland, and was thus the first continental European to write about the New World.Photo online at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Utdrag_ur_Gesta_Hammaburgensis_ecclesiae_pontificum.jpg
Snorri Sturluson. The Prose Edda. Gylfaginning 22.
Other Aesir Deities
Other Aesir Deities
- Tyr (Old Norse Týr) is the Druid Akkadian phrase T.IR meaning "Astrology-magic.astrological-fate-powers" which translates to "Astrology-magic's astrological-fate-powers"
- Loki (Old Norse Loki) is the Druid Akkadian phrase L'.K which means "fate.Involvement" which translates to "fate's involvement." Because he represents the seemingly random chaotic forces of fate he is seen as a weak-willed trickster god.
- Baldur (Old Norse Baldr, Old English and Old High German Balder) is the Druid Akkadian phrase B.A.LD.UR meaning "Nourisher.Affecting.Fields.Dawn-light" meaning "Nourisher who affects the fields with dawn's light" The Prose Edda's Gylfaginning reports that Baldur glows in a representation of his dawn's light power. During the winter he resided in the underworld in the classic mythological representation about the lack of fertility during that time.
- Idun (Old Norse Iðunn) is the Druid Akkadian phrase ID.UN meaning "Channeler.Resistance" which translates as "Channeler of resistance." In the Prose Edda she is depicted as the owner and dispenser of a fruit that imparts immortality. So her resistance seems to be a resistance against fate.
References
Snorri Sturluson. The Prose Edda. Gylfaginning 22.References
The 3 Main Nordic Folk Deities Were Thor, Oden, and Frigg
The 3 Main Nordic Folk Deities Were Thor, Oden, and Frigg
(July 8, 2023, updated December 22, 2025) The main source for this is Adam of Bremen in Book 4 of his History of the Archbishops of Hamburg 1075-1080 CE. While Adam of Bremen took every opportunity to disrespect Paganism by exaggerating animal and human sacrifices, he still provides good information on the folk culture of the time. This culture was a mix of older Druid culture which is seen in the runic texts and the more recently arrived Indo-European culture. Adam of Bremen says this:
Chapter 26: Now we shall say a few words about the superstitions of the Swedes. That folk has a very famous temple called Uppsala, situated not far from the city of Sigtuna and Björkö. In this temple, entirely decked out in gold, the people worship the statues of three gods in such wise that the mightiest of them, Thor, occupies a throne in the middle of the chamber; Wotan (Odin) and Frikko (Frigg) have places on either side. The significance of these gods is as follows: Thor, they say, presides over the air, which governs the thunder and lightning, the winds and rains, fair weather and crops. The other, Wotan -that is, the Furious--carries on war and imparts to man strength against his enemies. The third is Frikko, who bestows peace and pleasure on mortals. His likeness, too, they fashion with an immense phallus. But Wotan they chisel armed, as our people are wont to represent Mars. Thor with his scepter apparently resembles Jove. The people also worship heroes made gods, whom they endow with immortality because of their remarkable exploits, as one reads in the Vita of Saint Ansgar they did in the case of King Eric.Chapter 27: For all their gods there are appointed priests to offer sacrifices for the people. If plague and famine threaten, a libation is poured to the idol Thor; if war, to Wotan; if marriages are to be celebrated, to Frikko. It is customary also to solemnize in Uppsala, at nine-year intervals, a general feast of all the provinces of Sweden. From attendance at this festival no one is exempted Kings and people all and singly send their gifts to Uppsala and, what is more distressing than any kind of punishment, those who have already adopted Christianity redeem themselves through these ceremonies. The sacrifice is of this nature: of every living thing that is male, they offer nine heads with the blood of which it is customary to placate gods of this sort. The bodies they hang in the sacred grove that adjoins the temple. Now this grove is so sacred in the eyes of the heathen that each and every tree in it is believed divine because of the death or putrefaction of the victims. Even dogs and horses hang there with men. A Christian told me that he had seen bodies suspended promiscuously. Furthermore, the incantations customarily chanted in the ritual of a sacrifice of this kind are manifold and unseemly; therefore, it is better to keep silent about them. (Then Breme adds this: Feasts and sacrifices of this kind are solemnized for nine days. On each day they offer a man along with other living beings in such a number that in the course of the nine days they will have made offerings of seventy-two creatures. This sacrifice takes place about the time of the vernal equinox.The Akkadian phrases behind the deity names are:
- "Thor" is Old Norse Þórr, Old English Đunor, and Old High German Donar. This variety of spellings makes its linguistic derivation uncertain but a possibility is that it is the Druid Akkadian phrase D.WN.AR meaning "Manifestor.Resistence.Control" which translates as "Manifestor of resistance to control." This god represents resistance to outside control.
- "Wotan" is Old Norse Óðinn, Old English and Old Saxon Woden, Old High German Wuotan, Wotan, or Wodan. Again this variety of spelling makes its linguistic derivation uncertain but a possibility is that it represents the Druid Akkadian phrase W'.D.AN meaning "Curser.Manifestations.Reassignments" which translates as "Curser of manifestations from reassignments" where reassignments are changes to the flow of life powers through the life network. So Odin is a god who does not like change.
- Frigg (Frikko in Bremen) is Old Norse Frigg. It derives from the Druid Akkadian phrase PR.IG.G meaning "Emotional-coercion.Eyes-of-fate.Energy" which translates to "The emotional-coercer of the "eyes-of-fate with energy" where the eye-of-fate are the astrological heavenly bodies. Consequently, she represents the power of astrology-magic which is used to shift fate.
So what Norse culture is doing at this time is honoring deities associated with preserving its Pagan culture.
Thor, Wotan/Odin, and Frigg belong to the class of deities known as the Aesir from Old Norse Æsir for multiple gods, Æsir is the Druid Akkadian phrase AS.IR meaning "Fate-shifters.Astrological-fate-powers." which translates to "The fate-shifters of astrological-fate-powers." Other Aesir are Tyr, Loki, Baldur, Heimdall, Idun, and Bragi.
References
Norse Mythology for Smart People: Online at https://norse-mythology.org/Document online at: http://germanicmythology.com/works/uppsalatemple.htmlReferences
“Freyr” by Johannes Gehrts (1901). He was associated with boars probably because their rapid reproduction rate represented animal fertility.
The Life-Power Deities Opposed to Astrology-Magic - The Vanir
The Life-Power Deities Opposed to Astrology-Magic - The Vanir
(December 23, 2025) Traditionally, a few other deities were classed into another group called the Vanir. (Old Norse Vanir). Vanir would be the Druid Akkadian phrase W'.N.IR meaning "Curser.Revelations.Astrological-fate-powers which translates to "Cursers of the revelations from astrological-fate." This class is opposed to astrology-magic.
Freyr (Old Norse Freyr) is the Druid Akkadian phrase PR.E.IR meaning "Emotional-coercer.Disabling.Astrological-fate-powers" which translates to "The emotional-coercer disabling the astrological-fate-powers." He is a life power and anti-astrology-magic god and as such is the opposite of Frigg.
Freyja is the feminine version of Freyr.
Njord is the Druid Akkadian phrase N.Y'.RD meaning "Revelations.Yahu.Herding" which translates as "The revealer of Yahu's herding." Yahu is the god who manifests life forms on earth.
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