Norse name: Baldr
Known for: being as sweet as he was handsome, being killed by his brother Hod
Lineage: son of Frigg and Odin
Married to: Nanna
Norse name: Fenrir
Known for: biting off the hand of Odin’s son Tyr, killing Odin at final battle of Ragnarok
Lineage: wolf son of Loki and the frost giantess Angrboda
Married to: unknown
Norse name: Brokk and Sindri
Known for: making Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir, and Odin’s ring, Draupnir
Lineage: dwarf brothers
Married to: unknown
Norse name: Frey
Known for: being god of fertility of the land
Lineage: son of Njord, twin of Freyja
Married to: Gerd
Norse name: Búri
Known for: being the first god, father of Bor, grandfather of Odin
Lineage: the cow Audhumla licked him free from the ice
Married to: unknown, but probably a frost giantess
Norse name: Freyja
Known for: beauty, wearing a falcon-feather cloak
Lineage: daughter of Njord, twin of Frey
Married to: Od, who disappeared
Norse name: Frigg
Known for: foreknowledge, being the mother of Balder and Hod
Lineage: Aesir goddess
Married to: Odin
Name: HEL
Norse name: Hel
Known for: presiding over those who die of sickness or old age
Lineage: daughter of Loki and the frost giantess Angrboda
Married to: never married
Name: HOD
Norse name: Höð
Known for: being blind, being tricked into killing his brother Balder
Lineage: son of Frigg and Odin
Married to: unknown
Norse name: Heimdall
Known for: guarding the entrance to Asgard and being progenitor of the classes of people
Lineage: son of Odin
Married to: unknown
Name: IDUNN
Norse name: Iðunn
Known for: apples that keep the gods young and strong
Lineage: Aesir goddess
Married to: Bragi
Norse name: Jörmungand
Known for: circling Midgard and killing Thor at final battle of Ragnarok
Lineage: serpent son of Loki and the frost giantess Angrboda
Married to: unknown
Name: MIMIR
Norse name: Mímir
Known for: wisdom and memory, having his head severed by the Vanir
Lineage: giant, perhaps the brother of Odin’s mother, Bestla
Married to: Sinmara
Name: KVASIR
Norse name: Kvasir
Known for: knowledge and poetry
Lineage: born from the spit of the Aesir and Vanir gods
Married to: unknown
Name: NJORD
Norse name: Njörð
Known for: wisdom, love of boats and harbors
Lineage: Vanir god, traded to the Aesir with twin son and daughter
Married to: Skadi
Name: LOKI
Norse name: Loki
Known for: shape-shifting, troublemaking
Lineage: son of the giant Farbauti and the goddess Laufey
Married to: at least three wives
Name: ODIN
Norse name: Óðinn
Known for: one eye, wisdom, ruling Asgard
Lineage: son of Bor and Bestla
Married to: Frigg
Norse name: Skaði
Known for: zipping over the frozen countryside on skis
Lineage: daughter of the giant Thjazi
Married to: Njord
Name: THOR
Norse name: Þórr
Known for: his hammer, Mjolnir; fierce fighting
Lineage: son of Odin and the earth
Married to: Sif
Name: SKIRNIR
Norse name: Skírnir
Known for: being the servant and messenger of Frey
Lineage: unknown
Married to: unknown
Norse name: Þrym
Known for: using Thor’s hammer as ransom to demand Freyja as his wife
Lineage: king of the frost giants
Married to: unknown
Norse name: Skrymir
Known for: his giant glove that Thor and his men slept in
Lineage: giant king of Jotunheim
Married to: unknown
