Religion I

Norse Religion
Most people are familiar with the pantheon of Norse deities. Although there are many gods and godlike beings, the Norse trinity consisted of Þór, to most Icelanders the kong of the gods; Óðinn, the god of war and poetry; and Freyr, the god of fertility and sensuous pleasure.
Óðinn was the patron god of the Viking hordes and the skáld (court poet). He was traditionally depicted as a brooding and intimidating presence, the one who doled out both victory in battle and literary talent.
On the Scandinavian mainland, Óðinn was the highest-ranking deity, but in Iceland, Greenland and the Faroes - which were less concerned with war and raiding - Þór took precedence.
This rowdy and rather slow-minded god of the common people controlled thunder, wind, storm, and natural disaster, and fended off malevolent outsiders. He was depicted as a burly, red-haired, red-bearded dolt who rumbled through the heavens in a goat-drawn chariot.
Freyr and his twin sister Freyja, the children of the sea god Njörður, served as the god and goddess of fertility and sexuality. Freyr was the one who brought springtime with its romantic implications to both the human and animal world and was in charge of the perpetuation of all species.