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Galatea
A minor sea goddess. Galatea was the daughter of Nereus and Doris. She resided somewhere around Sicily. Though, she had a lover named Acis, the Cyc...
By Jimmy Joe
Psamathe
Sea goddess. Psamathe was the daughter of Nereus and Doris. She was the sister of the other Nereïds. Psamathe was usually seen around her sister Th...
By Jimmy Joe
Nereids
The Nereïds (Nereids), or Νηρεΐδες, were sea nymphs, and were named after their father, Nereus. Their mother was the sea goddess Doris, who was an ...
By Jimmy Joe
Nymphs
The nymphs (Νύμφαι) were minor female deities or spirits who inhabited the mountains, woods, waters and seas. Like the gods, some were literally fo...
By Jimmy Joe
Fenia & Menia
Fenia and Menia were two giantesses who served as slaves to King Frodi of Denmark in the poem of Grottasong or the "Song of Hand-Mill" – a poem in ...
By Jimmy Joe
Gunnlod
A giantess. Gunnlod ("war-summon") was the daughter of the giant Suttung. Gunnlod was the Keeper of the Mead of Poetry. When her father gained the ...
By Jimmy Joe
Jarnsaxa
Giantess. Jarnsaxa or Iarnsaxa was the mother of Magni and Modi, by the Aesir Thor. Not much is known about Jarnsaxa, except that she was Sif's riv...
By Jimmy Joe
Gerd
Gerd was a giantess who became wife of the Vanir Freyr. Gerd was the daughter of the mountain giant Gymir and Aurboda. Gerd may have had an unnamed...
By Jimmy Joe
Grid
Frost-giantess. Grid ("peace") was the friendly giantess who warned Thor of Geirrod's treachery. Thor was going to the home of Geirrod unarmed, sin...
By Jimmy Joe
Skadi
A frost-giantess. Skadi was the beautiful daughter of the giant Thiassi (Thiazi), from the mountain of Thryheim. Skadi was about to go to war again...
By Jimmy Joe
Angerboda
Frost giantess. Through Loki, she was the mother of Hel the goddess of the dead, the Midgard Serpent (Jörmungand), and Fenrir the giant wolf.
By Jimmy Joe
Bestla
Giantess. Bestla ("wife" or "bark") was the daughter of the frost giant Bolthor. Bestla became the wife of the primeval god named Bor, the son of B...
By Jimmy Joe
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