Poetic Edda: Sigrdrifumol (Full Text) - Mythopedia And twice shalt thou call on Tyr [7] Ale-runes learn, that with lies the wife Of another betray not thy trust; On the horn thou shalt write, and the backs of thy hands, And Need shalt mark on thy nails Thou shalt bless the draught, and danger escape, And cast a leek in the cup; (For so I know thou never shalt see Thy mead with evil mixed ) [8]
Thor – Mythopedia Thor was the fiercest of Norse deities, god of thunder and lightning and always raring for a fight Wielding his powerful hammer Mjölnir, he defeated many monsters and jötnar in service of the Aesir
Oreads – Mythopedia The Oreads were beautiful, youthful mountain nymphs These female divinities roamed the mountains and woodlands of Greece, accompanying other nature gods and presiding over various aspects of the natural world
Argus (son of Zeus) – Mythopedia Argus, son of Zeus and Niobe, was one of the first rulers of the Argive people, as well as the namesake (or “eponym”) of the city of Argos He was worshipped as a hero at his tomb in Argos
Olokun – Mythopedia Olokun is the Yoruba goddess of the primordial waters that existed before the creation of humanity She is worshipped as a goddess of the ocean, along with Yemọja
Achaeus – Mythopedia Achaeus, son of the Thessalian king Xuthus and the Athenian princess Creusa and thus the brother (or half brother) of Ion, ancestor of the Ionians Achaeus went to Thessaly to reclaim the lands once ruled by his father, which he renamed “Achaea” after himself In Homer, the name “Achaean” is sometimes used broadly to refer to all the Greeks who fought against Troy
Amphitrite – Mythopedia Amphitrite was an enchanting nymph from the depths of the sea An important goddess in her own right, she became the wife and queen of Poseidon, one of the greatest gods of the Greek pantheon
Atlas – Mythopedia Atlas was a Greek Titan famed for his prodigious strength and endurance, condemned to shoulder the heavens for eternity He once passed the burden of holding up the world to the hero Hercules, but was tricked into taking it back
Odin – Mythopedia Odin the “All-Father,” chief of the Norse gods and leader of the powerful Aesir was unmatched in magic, cunning, and battle prowess Attended by his raven familiars, he sacrificed his own eye in his quest for knowledge