Norse Mythology
- Freyja, goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, gold,music, seiðr, war, and death
- Odin, god associated with wisdom, war, battle, and death, and also magic, poetry, prophecy, victory, the hunt, and music
- Thor, god associated with thunder, strength, defense, oaks, goats, lightning, storms, weather, crops, trading voyages, courage, trust, revenge, protection, warfare and battles
- Týr, god associated with honor, law (the "Allthing"), justice in battle, victory, and heroic glory
- Ullr, god associated with archery, male beauty, skiing, winter sports, single combat, and war
- Valkyries, goddesses who decide who will die in battle and bring the dead to Valhalla, the afterlife hall of the slain
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