Alternate Names: Tiw, Tir, Tyr, Saxnot, Sēaxneat, Cheru Iconography: The Eagle, Tir Rune, Sword/Seax, Spear Domains: War, Sea, Hunting, Rulership Historical Attestation Coming to a lore-based understanding of this once renowned deity is quite difficult, and sadly requires a great deal of conjecture. The name of Seaxneat, (Old Saxon ‘Saxnot’) is attested […]
Sunuxsalis
Alternate Names: Sunuxsal, Sunuchsalis Iconography: Cup, Temple, Dog Domains: Harvest, Hearth, Prophesy, Textile Crafts, Rulership, Magic, Winter Historical Attestation Sunuxsalis is a Germanic or Celtic goddess whose name appears in a number of inscriptions from Roman Germania Inferior. These inscriptions, which date from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, were […]
Tanfana
Alternate Names: Tamfana Iconography: Fir Tree, Cat, Cup Domains: Harvest, Hearth, Prophesy, Textile Crafts, Rulership, Magic, Winter Historical Attestation Tamfana or Tanfana, is a goddess of the Germanic people, mentioned in the works of Tacitus and in the Germanic mythology collected by Jacob Grimm. Little is known about her from […]
Thunor
Alternate names: Þunor, Þunor, Þor, þúr, Þonar, Thunaer, Donar Iconography: Goats, Chariot, Hammer, Fiery Axe, Thunderbolt, Oak Tree Domains: Protection, Courage, Physical strength, Rain, Agriculture, Sanctity, Healing Historical Attestation Þunor, often normalized as Thunor, is the West Germanic God of Thunder. Indeed, his name is derived from the Proto-Germanic *þonaroz or *þunraz, meaning […]
Woden
Alternate names: Wodan, UUoden, Godan, Weda Iconography: Eye Motif, Man with Horned Helmet, Man with hounds, Ravens Domains: War, Healing, Sex, Magic, Abundance (Harvest), Death Woden historically held a place of honor among the gods of the West Germanic peoples, particularly the Saxons. This continues to be the case in […]
