|
Germanic
Deity |
Roman
Deities
Sharing Aspects |
| Tiwaz |
Mars: battlefield |
| |
Jupiter: sky god; law
and order |
| Wodan |
Mercury: psychopompos
(leader of souls to underworld) |
| |
Jupiter: storm, wind |
| |
Mars: war |
| Odin<Tiwaz<Wodan |
Mercury: trade,
commerce, writing, psychopompos
|
| |
Dis: god of the dead |
| Perkuno |
Jupiter: lightning, oak
tree |
| Donar |
Hercules:
club (hammer); strength; battles
against savagery and monsters; constant journeys to
find the monsters
|
| |
Jupiter: association
with oak trees |
| Thor<Donar |
|
| The Alci
(Twins of Naharnavali) |
Castor and Pollux (Dioscuri) |
| |
Romulus and Remus: culture heroes on white horses
|
| Raos and
Raptos (Twins of Vandal Hasdings |
same |
| Ambri and
Assi (Twins of the Vandals) |
same |
| Aio and
Ibor (Twins of the Lombards) |
same |
| Alrik and
Erick (Twins of the Suavi/Swedes) |
same |
| Nerthus |
Cybele (Phrygian):
fertility |
| |
Tellus/Terra Mater:
"Mother Earth" |
| |
Magna Mater: The Great
Mother |
| |
Isis: all aspects of
feminine power and some masculine power (Egyptian) |
| |
Juno and variants:
feminine power; marriage |
| |
Ceres: fertility of
earth, esp. grain crops |
| |
Cybele: fertility |
| Baduhenna
(Frisii) |
Ops: plenty, harvest |
| Tamfana |
Dionysus: sky,
fertility, shield/boat |
| Ull
(Swedes and Norwegians) |
Apollo: sky,
shield/boat |
| Freyr and
Freya |
Consus and Ops: plenty,
harvest |
| |
Apollo and Diana:
welfare of men and women; human sacrifice |
| |
Liber and Libera:
welfare of men and women |
| |
Dioscuri: horses |
| |
Mars: boar |
| Freyr |
Saturnus: peace and
plenty |
| |
Venus
Erycina: mating of humans or animals,
attraction, necklace or belt
|
| Freya |
Proserpina: human bonds
in death |
| Norns |
Parcae: three women who
give destiny |
| Loki |
Mercury: the Trickster |
| Balder |
Dionysus: the dying god |
| Aegir |
Neptune: the sea,
trident |
