NORSE DEITY

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• NORSE DEITY (noun)
  The noun NORSE DEITY has 1 sense:

1. a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen

  Familiarity information: NORSE DEITY used as a noun is very rare.

• NORSE DEITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Norse deity" is a kind of...):

deity; divinity; god; immortal (any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force)

Domain category:

antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Norse deity"):

Vanir ((Norse mythology) group of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir)

Vidar; Vithar; Vitharr ((Norse mythology) one of the Aesir; son of Odin; avenges his parent by slaying Fenrir at Ragnarok)

Vali ((Norse mythology) one of the Aesir and avenger of Balder; son of Odin)

Ull; Ullr ((Norse mythology) one of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis; son of Sif and stepson of Thor)

Sigyn ((Norse mythology) wife of Loki; held a cup over him during his punishment to spare him the pain of drops of poison)

Norn; weird sister ((Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae)

Nanna ((Norse mythology) wife of Balder)

Aesir ((Norse mythology) the chief of gods living at Asgard)

Instance hyponyms:

Njord; Njorth ((Norse mythology) chief of the Vanir; god of the sea and winds and prosperity; father of Frey and Freya; sometimes subsumes Teutonic Nerthus)

Balder; Baldr ((Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna; killed by Hoth)

Brage; Bragi ((Norse mythology) god of poetry and music; son of Odin)

Tyr; Tyrr ((Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu)

Thor ((Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar)

Elli ((Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match)

Sif ((Norse mythology) wife of Thor and guardian of the home)

Odin ((Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan)

Forseti ((Norse mythology) god of justice; son of Balder and Nanna)

Freya; Freyja ((Norse mythology) goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey)

Frey; Freyr ((Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir)

Loki ((Norse mythology) trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of Balder and was overcome by Thor)

Idun; Ithunn ((Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young)

Hoder; Hodr; Hodur; Hoth; Hothr ((Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe)

Hoenir ((Norse mythology) one of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind)

Hel; Hela ((Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld)

Heimdal; Heimdall; Heimdallr ((Norse mythology) god of dawn and light; guardian of Asgard)

Frigg; Frigga ((Norse mythology) goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin)