Germanic goddesses

thumb|Frigg sits enthroned and facing the spear-wielding goddess Gná, flanked by two goddesses, one of whom ([[Fulla) carries her eski, a wooden box. Illustrated (1882) by Carl Emil Doepler.]] Frigg (, , , Old Swedish: Frigg, genitive: Friggiar, etc, Early Modern Swedish: etc; ; ; ; ; ) is a goddess, one of the Æsir, in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about her, she is associated with marriage, prophecy, clairvoyance and motherhood, and dwells in the wetland halls of Fensalir. The names ultimately stem from the Proto-Germanic theonym *Frijjō. Ne

Norse deity

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thumb|right|Ostara (1884) by Johannes Gehrts. The goddess flies through the heavens surrounded by Roman-inspired putti, beams of light, and animals. Germanic people look up at the goddess from the realm below.

thumb|300px|Nerthus is led along her procession in "Nerthus" by Emil Doepler, 1905 In Germanic paganism, Nerthus is a goddess associated with a ceremonial wagon procession. Nerthus is attested by first century A.D. Roman historian Tacitus in his ethnographic work Germania.

upright=1.2|thumbnail|Peruchty in , Kingdom of Bohemia, 1910 ' or ' ('Bertha'; ), also commonly known as '''''' () and other variations, was thought to be a goddess in Alpine paganism in the Upper German and also Austrian and Slovenian regions of the Alps. Her name may mean 'the bright one' or 'the bearer' (, from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz) and is probably related to the name , meaning 'the feast of the Epiphany'. Eugen Mogk provides an alternative etymology, attributing the origin of the name to the Old High German verb , meaning 'hidden' or 'covered'. The exact origin or time of origin is unkn

deities of fertility in Celtic and Germanic mythologies under Roman rule

thumb|250px|An altar for Nehalennia in Domburg, [[Netherlands. On her right is a dog and in her hands a basket of apples.]] Nehalennia (also Nehalenia, Nehalaenniae, Nehalaenia, Nehellenia) is a tutelary goddess who was worshipped in 2nd- and 3rd-century Gallia Belgica by travelers, especially sailors and traders, at the mouth of the Scheldt. Her origin is unclear, perhaps Germanic or Celtic. She is attested on and depicted upon numerous votive altars discovered around what is now the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands, where the Schelde River flowed into the North Sea. Worship of Nehalennia

thumb|Sacrificial altar of dea Vagdavercustis dedicated by Titus Flavius Constans in Cologne 165 AD Vagdavercustis is a Germanic goddess known from a dedicatory inscription on an altar found at Cologne (Köln), Germany. The stone dates from around the 2nd century CE and is now in a museum in Cologne.

venerated deities

German pagan goddess

thumb|upright=1.3|Arch sculptured in relief with figures of the war-god Týr|Mars Thincsus with a goose at his feet and two naked goddesses or cupids (maybe the ALaisiagae named Beda and Fimmelena), found near Hadrian's Wall in 1883, now in Chesters Museum. In Romano-British culture and Germanic polytheism, the Alaisiagae deae were Germanic goddesses who deified victory, or, in an alternative interpretation, embodied justice. Their names — possibly meaning the "all‑respected" or "all‑feared" (from Proto West-Germanic *all- + *aizō- "honour, fear") — were mentioned in connection with the syncret

thumb|right | Side of the altar of Sandraudiga from Zundert. Limestone altar, dedicated to the goddess Sandraudiga. Sides decorated with cornucopiae in relief. The left cornucopiae is wrapped in a bow. The top of the altar has a triangular facade at the front, decorated with a leaf motif. On the left and right is a roll scaled along the entire length with a rosette on the front, in the middle 3 large apples in a row, which are badly damaged. On the front only the inscription. Sandraudiga is a Germanic goddess, attested on a stone with a Latin inscription, found in North Brabant, the Netherland

thumb|300px|Tribes of ancient Germany Hludana (or Dea Hludana) is a Germanic goddess attested in five ancient Latin inscriptions from the Rhineland and Frisia, all dating from 197–235 AD.

In Germanic paganism, Baduhenna is a goddess. Baduhenna is solely attested in Tacitus's Annals where Tacitus records that a sacred grove in ancient Frisia was dedicated to her, and that near this grove 900 Roman soldiers were killed in 28 AD by the Frisii. Scholars have analyzed the name of the goddess and linked the figure to the Germanic Matres and Matronae.

In Germanic paganism, Tamfana is a goddess. The destruction of a temple dedicated to the goddess is recorded by Roman senator Tacitus to have occurred during a massacre of the Germanic Marsi by forces led by Roman general Germanicus. Scholars have analyzed the name of the goddess (without reaching consensus) and have advanced theories regarding her role in Germanic paganism.

300px|thumb|"Wodan Heals Balder's Horse" (1905) by Emil Doepler Sinthgunt is a figure in Germanic mythology, attested solely in the Old High German 9th- or 10th-century Second Merseburg Charm. In the verse charm, Sinthgunt is referred to as the sister of the personified sun, Sunna (whose name is alliterative to Sinthgunt), and the two sisters are cited as both producing incantations to heal the horse of Phol, another otherwise unattested figure but possibly the same as Balder, who is named elsewhere in the charm. The two are then followed by Friia and Uolla, also alliterative and stated as sis