Introduction to Norse Deities

The Norse gods and goddesses were completely unlike what most people thought of when they heard the word “god”. Most Jews, Christians, and Muslims refer to “God” with a capital “G” as being a very supreme being who created the entire world singlehandedly. This “God” typically is all-loving yet all-powerful. “He” usually has a plan that works for everyone’s benefit. The Norse gods and goddesses were none of those things. They were not supreme and most of them certainly were not beneficial to humanity. Instead, they had complicated personalities and none of them were simply referred to as “the god of something”. Throughout this blog, I will describe a different Norse god or goddess in detail and summarize some of the more famous stories about them.