Norse/Germanic Deities From Druid Akkadian Phrases

(July 9, 2023) Vikings (793–1066 CE) were a genetically diverse group coming from all over Europe. Culturally they were long term river and sea traders who took to raiding when the opportunity presented itself. This close connection with Europe indicates that they were a part of the broad Druid Civilization. Textual evidence indicates that the Nordic pantheon only developed after 900 CE out of the earlier Druid pantheon and under pressure from Christianity.

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• Aesir: Old Norse Æsir: Druid Akkadian word A.Su  with the Indo-European -R ending which means "those Su power makers" where Su is the Druid dark new moon who is the source of all emotion/motion powers. He is also represented by the pupil of the eye. The sources of motion on earth were thought to be both the moving heavenly bodies and inner emotions.  Su is also "father time" who defines the monthly time period. The Indo-European -R indicates the word is an actor (compare words "walking" to walker"). It also indicates that the deity power has been personified.  The motion source powers could also be a form of healing because they defined fate as the motion of all things. The Akkadian word ASu as one word means "Celestial-Healing" as opposed to emotional (Akkadian MG) and physical healing (Akkadian ḪL) although that is probably not what is meant for the dieities classified as Aesir.

For more information on how the individual deities appear in the Eddas see: https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-aesir-gods-and-goddesses/

Druid/Nordic Motion Power Deities Classified as Aesir Powers

1. Odin: Old Norse Óðinn: Akkadian '.ṬeN or A.ṬeN with Akkadian -N word ending meaning "Those grinder powers" which is an epithet for war and conflict. The -N ending means "powers" as does the grammatical construction of putting the word "that" before a deity. Consequently, Odin was never meant to be perceived as a personified god but only as the powers of war. The Norse letter ð is the Alphabetic Akkadian letter Ṭ with both having the /th/ sound. The glottal stop letter ayin (') is usually written as /o/ in Indo-European languages which don't have that sound. This time component is why Odin is associated with wisdom and the powers of life and death because time  kills all things. All Ancient Druid Akkadian texts love to use word epithets for deities, a practice which seems to have carried over into Norse texts.

2. Odr: Old Norse Óðr: Akkadian 'D or AD with Indo-European -R ending meaning "Observer." This is an epithet for the dark new moon god Su who is the masculine source of motion powers. The dark pupil of the eye is a correspondence for Su.

3. Njord and Frigg: These tend to be conflated by later Nordic religious culture. 

Old Norse Njörðr: Akkadian N.IR.Ṭ with Indo-European -R ending means "Revealer.Astrological-power.Thu or in other words the "Revealer of the astrological-powers of Thu" where Thu is the hermaphrodite connective motion power deity who often represents the power of raw sexuality. Thu is the spouse of Skadi (whose gender is mixed in the archaeological and textual record). Astrological powers are the powers of fate. The Nordic Prose Edda (section 23) says this about Njörðr (Nyorthr or Njordr): XXIII. "The third among the Æsir is he that is called Njördr: he dwells in heaven, in the abode called Nóatún. He rules the course of the wind, and stills sea and fire; on him shall men call for voyages and for hunting. He is so prosperous and abounding in wealth, that he may give them great plenty of lands or of gear; and him shall men invoke for such things. Njördr is not of the race of the Æsir: he was reared in the land of the Vanir, but the Vanir delivered him as hostage to the gods, and took for hostage in exchange him that men call HÅnir; he became an atonement between the gods and the Vanir. Njördr has to wife the woman called Skadi, daughter of Thjazi the giant. 

Old Norse Frigg: Akkadian UR.IG.G meaning Dawn/Birth.Eye-of-Fate's.Energy or "Birth of Su's energy." This is a reference to Su's feminine companion Selu/Selene as the celestial light goddess. Su is the dark moon god and source of motion/emotion power. Selene allocates or gives birth to that power. 

Near the end of Nordic Pagan culture they were mixing together the connective and manifesting levels of the Ancient Pagan Paradigm. This conflation is also seen with the life powers represented by Thor. Selu (Selene = "powers of Selu") is the magical motion source goddess who represents celestial light of the moon. Frigg was a völva (astrology magic crafter) who practices a form of magic known as Seider (Old Norse seiðr). 

The Rest of the Aesir

1. Baldur: Old Norse Baldr: Akkadian BaL.Du with Indo-European -R ending so it means "Constrainer of life." Such constrainers are lords, laws, and fate defined by astrological powers

2. Bragi: Old Norse Bragi: Akkadian BR.G meaning " Seer's energy." Bragi was a bard in the Eddas. The word for "Bard" itself from the Akkadian phrase BaR.Du meaning Seer.life or "Seer of life."

3. Forseti: Old Norse Forseti : First word from Indo-European fore (Old High German fora, German vor) which could connect it to Akkadian VRu/Uru meaning "dawn." The second word in the phrase is Akkadian  SeTu meaning "portion." Together these mean "prior-portions" and in a person who allocates resources. In the Poetic Edda he is described as settling disputes.

4. Gerdr: Old Norse Gerðr: Akkadian G.RD with Indo-European -R ending meaning energy.driver.

5. Hodr: Old Norse Höðr: Akkadian ḪaṬu with Indo-European -R ending.  meaning "Alarmer" as in one who causes alarm from fear and shock.

6. Idun: Old Norse Iðunn: Akkadian IṬ.NuN meaning tar's chaos. Tar is produced by Su and gives the name to Seiðr magic (Su's tar). So this is the power which randomizes the effects of that magic or even counters its. The skaldic poem Haustlöng and the Prose Edda have Idun providing a fruit that imparts immortality. 

7. Loki: Old Norse Loki: Akkadian LaKu meaning "weak-willed." So not really a trickster god, just one who is weak willed.

8. Tyr: Old Norse Týr: Akkadian T.Y with Indo-European -R word ending meaning "Astrology-magic negator. The astrological powers defined fate.

9.  Ullr: Old Norse Uller: Akkadian WL.LL  with Indo-European -R word ending meaning "Walu/Alu's  guaranteer." Alu (also spelled Walu) was the life source god of the Druid pantheon who creates the fertility fluids which are diverted by the life network to the appropriate life forms by other divine powers.

10. Vidar: Old Norse Víðarr: Akkadian Wa.ṬaR with Indo-European -R word ending meaning "Fate-Curse.Writer. This would be someone who puts a curse on some object.

11. Váli, Vili: Old Norse Váli: Akkadian Wa.Lu meaning "Fate-Curse lack." This is also a dwarf name

12. Ve: Akkadian Wa meaning "Fate-Curse." The Prose Edda tells us that Odin, Vili, and Ve were the first true Aesir gods to exist. Curses involving fate were produced by the astrological motion powers represented by the dark new moon god Su (Odin).

(August 3, 2023)  This "other" group is mostly the life class of powers of the Ancient Pagan Paradigm but because dualism has entered European culture it also represents the "evil" deities. 

The word "Vanir" seems to be a pure Indo-European word based upon the word "Van. " which derives from "caravan" as a traveling group of outsiders which in turn came  Old French carvane, carevane "(12o0's CE), or Medieval Latin caravana, both words picked up during the Crusades, via Arabic qairawan  or from Persian karwan "group of desert travelers."  

Consequently, "Van" means something like "That other group." The Vanir deities make their home in Vanaheim meaning "Realm of the Others."

Norse religion is heavily biased towards the motion powers to such a degree that the original life power deities are now merged powers between life and motion such as Freyr and Freya below.

The "Other Power" List

1. Freyr: Old Norse Freyr: Akkadian UR.Y with Indo-European -R word ending meaning "Dawn's negator" or "Birth's negator" (male). Freyr is the sun which chases away the morning and the moon and as such is the Norse style male connective life power (sun, rain storm) and one of the most popular gods. Dawn is an epithet for birth as in the birth of the sun. Dawn was the time when astrological motion powers and life powers met not only because sun and moon are on opposite sides of the sky but because birth involves pushing (moving) the sun or baby out into the world. Astrological powers defined fate so that was always somewhat feared.

2. Freya: Old Norse Freyja: Akkadian UR.YY meaning "Dawn's pain" or "Birth pain" (female) as a reference to giving birth. She is almost equivalent to the Druid connective life power Ayu (life network control) but with added motion powers. She was a mother goddess who as a Norse goddess combined the powers of life and motion. She was also very popular. Freya was also a völva (magic crafter) as described well in the  Ynglinga Saga. 

3. Norn: Old Norse Nornir: Akkadian NaR.N plus Indo-European -R endings meaning Culling.Revealer. In other word these are the powers which bring and reveal death. In various texts Norns are described as casting wooden lots, weaving a piece of cloth, and carving symbols likely runes into wood. In the Völuspá, the Norns are 3 types: 

   1. Urd: Old Norse Urðr: Akkadian UR.ṬR meaning  Dawn.Writer or Birth.Witer. She wrote down a person's fate at birth.
   2. Verdandi: Old Norse Verðandi: Akkadian UR.ṬeN.D meaning Dawn.Grinding.Manifestation where "grinding" is an epithet for time including its random events.
   3. Skuld: Old Norse Skuld: Akkadian SK.LD meaning  Weave.Irrigated-field where "irrigated field" is an epithet for the life network. Cutting a person's thread in this network kills them.

4. Skadi: Old Norse Skaði (Indo-European Skathi) or skaþi (Akadian skadi). An Indo-European war god meaning "harm." Yet this word also exists in Akkadian as SK.D meaning "weaver or pounder of life" which is the Druid female goddess Ayu. In Europe the meanings seem to be as interchangeable and the spelling. As a Norse goddess based on Druid Ayu she is Skadi the "Weaver of life" who lives in the high mountains. She’s an avid huntress, and her bow, snowshoes, and skis are her most often-mentioned attributes. In contrast a male Skathi is seen on an Etruscan pot as a harmful character forshadowing death.

5. Thor: Old Norse Þórr: Akkadian DR with Indo-European -R word ending  meaning "Former" or Form-Maker."  Forms were the invisible "platonic" forms which had to be filled with amorphous matter to be manifested on earth. 

References

Online at: https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/pre/pre04.htm

Norse Mythology for Smart People. Online at: https://norse-mythology.org/

 https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-vanir-gods-and-goddesses/

Skathi or Skadi seems to be an Indo-European word with a transitioning last consonant between a /d/ and a /th/. It means "to harm" as in the phrase: "he made a scathing remark." Yet it is also found on an Eturscan pot. It is found in these northern languages (from https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ska%C3%BE%C3%B4)

1. Icelandic: skaði
2. Faroese: skaði
3. Norwegian: skade
4. Old Swedish: skaþi
5. Swedish: skada, skade
6. Old Danish: skathi
7. Danish: skade
8. Middle English: scathe, skathe
9. Scots: scath, scaith, skaith, schath, schaith
10. English: scath, scathe

Reference

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1. Asgard: Old Norse Ásgarðr: Akkadian AS.G.RṬ plus the Indo-European -R ending meaning "Those-Su-powered.energy. channelers." This is the community for all motion powers which bring such powers to earth. It is not a guardhouse (Indo-European word) as previously thought because its -R ending indicates it is an actor.  

2. Fylgja: Old Norse Fylgja: Akkadian UY.LG.Y meaning fate-curse.attunement.not or in other words " Nullifier of fate-curse's attunements." This is a guardian spirit which helps protect the user from fate-curses.

3. Gyðja: Old Norse Gyðja: Akkadian G.IṬ.Ya meaning Energy.Tar.Not or in other words "Energy's tar nullification." where tar is any spiritual power which slows down the motion powers put out by the dark new moon Su. It gives the name to Seiðr  (Su's tar) magic.

4. Hamr: Old Norse Hamr: Akkadian Ḫ.M  having an Indo-European -R ending meaning "Hu's fertility-fluid maker"  as a reference to the life creator god Alu/Walu. Hu is the connective life god represented by the sun and rain storm.

5. Heimdallr:  Old Norse Heimdallr  having an Indo-European -R ending. "Heim" is Indo-European for "realm." The Akkadian part is DaLu" meaning "water-transport." So this means the "realm of the rain-bringers." As a realm it had to be guarded. When intruders were detected the resounding horn of thunder (Gjallarhorn) was sounded.

6. Hugr: Old Norse Huger: Indo-European HuG having an Indo-European -R ending meaning "mood-maker." This word is found in English as "Hug." Similar to Old Norse hugga meaning "to comfort." This word may derive from Akkadian Ḫ..G meaning "Hu's energy." Within emotion magic context it can act at a distance via emotional propagation.

7. Mjöllnir: Old Norse Mjöllnir which is the name given to Thor's hammer. It is Akkadian M. IL.N plus Indo-European -R meaning "Fertility-Fluids.High-Powers.Revealer" or the "Revealer of the high-powers fertility-fluids." Fertility fluids trigger the manifestation of invisible forms so the hammer with its shaping ability reveals those manifested forms.  

8. Níu Heimar : Old Norse Níu Heimar: Indo-European meaning "Nine Realms." The existence of Nine-Realms” is mentioned in passing in one poem in the Poetic Edda. Six worlds are known as indicated by their Indo-European "heim" ending meaning realm. 

1. Vanaheim: Realm of the Vanir (The other powers)
2. Jotunheim: Realm of the Jotun (Akkadian IT.N = Omen.Revealers).
3. Niflheim: Realm of the Niphl (Akkadian N.PḪ.L = "Revealer.Transformations. Lacking" or in other words "Revealers of Partial Transformations." Transformations are the process which change spiritual things into physical things like fertility-fluids into light and heat rays. This group represented imperfections in that process such as when water freezes up or dries up.
4. Muspelheim: Realm of the night-rulers (Akkadian MS.PL = night.rulers"). These are the powers of the astrological night sky.
5. Alfheim: Realm of the elves (Elf = Akkadian AL.F + AL.PḪ = "Alu's.Transformations.") In other words Elf's are magical life source transformers who can shape and heal life.
6. Svartalfheim: Realm of the dwarves (Akkadian S.UR.TL.PḪ = "Su.Birth.Mound.Transformation.") In other words dwarves are transformers of the motion powers involved in giving motion to new life or to the newly dead.

9. Ragnarok: Old Norse Ragnarök and Ragnarøkkr: Akkadian RaG.N.RaK with an optional Indo-European -R ending.  This means Falseness.Revealed.Raking and Falseness.Revealer.Raker. This is the Norse version of the Christian end-times apocalypse in which all the false powers are raked off the earth. This was probably put into the Bardic tales to mollify the Christian church authorities.

10. Seider: Old Norse seiðr: Akkadian S.IṬ meaning Su's tar. Su was the dark new moon god (Odin) and motion power source. Tar is black and sticky indicating it inhibits the magical motion powers sourced from inner emotions and heavenly body motion. Archaeologist Neil Price has provided an good summary of the known uses of seidr magic: "There were seiðr rituals for divination and clairvoyance; for seeking out the hidden, both in the secrets of the mind and in physical locations; for healing the sick; for bringing good luck; for controlling the weather; for calling game animals and fish. Importantly, it could also be used for the opposite of these things – to curse an individual or an enterprise; to blight the land and make it barren; to induce illness; to tell false futures and thus to set their recipients on a road to disaster; to injure, maim and kill, in domestic disputes and especially in battle."

11. Völva: Old Norse Völva: Akkadian WaLu.WA meaning "Alu's Fate-curser," in other words a magic-crafter who works with life powers, that is, a person who does seider magic. This crossing of power classes is generally considered to be dangerous in Non-Norse Druid texts. A source text is called the Völuspá which as Walu.Sapu is Akkadian for "Alu's Connection." Alu is the life source god and source of Arabic's Allah (power of Alu) and Hebrew 'elohum/Alohim (powers of Alu). 

12. Urðarbrunnr:  Old Norse Urðarbrunnr; Akkadian UR.ṬR. meaning "Birth.Writer (Urd)" plus Indo-European brunnr meaning well or spring so "spring of fate." This was a spring beneath Yggdrasil.

13. Yggdrasil: Old Norse Yggdrasill: Akkadian IG.DR.SL meaning "Selu's-eye.water-bringing.Selu (Selene)." Yggdrasill was the tree of life holding together the  e Nine Worlds. Some Norse texts claim it was an ash tree but usually these trees of life are oak because of their wide spreading branches although they are not as tall as ash.

References

Price, Neil S. (2002) The Viking Way: Religion and War in Late Iron Age Scandinavia. p. 64.

Atlakviða (These weak-willed Thu-powers being done by Thu)

• Atlakviða: Akkadian A.T.LK.U.Ṭ meaning "Those.Thu-powers.weak-wills.Being-Done.Thu" or in other words "These weak-willed Thu-powers being done by Thu." Weak will defines the name of Loki. Thu is the hermaphrodite connective motion power deity in the Druid pantheon.

Atli, king of the Huns, sends a messenger to Gunnarr, king of the Burgundians, and his younger brother Högni. The messenger says that Atli is inviting the brothers to his court and offering them great riches. The brothers are skeptical of the offer since they already have an exceedingly great treasure of gold. Confirming their suspicions is a ring sent by their sister Guðrún, Atli's wife, with a wolf's hair wrapped onto it. Atli obviously plans treachery but Gunnarr still decides to take up the offer, vowing that if he doesn't return no-one will benefit from his riches.

As Gunnarr and Högni arrive at Atli's court they meet Guðrún who tells them that they should not have come. Gunnarr is seized by Atli's men while Högni fights and kills eight men before he is subdued. The Huns ask Gunnarr if he wants to ransom his life by telling them where he has hidden his gold. He tells them that he wants to see Högni's heart. They first cut out the heart of a cowardly man named Hjalli and bring it to Gunnarr but he sees from the cowardly trembling of the heart who its owner was. Then they cut out Högni's heart and he dies laughing. Gunnarr recognizes the heart of his brave brother but tells the Huns that now that he alone knows the location of the gold he can be certain that it will never be disclosed. The Huns then throw him into a snake pit where he dies playing a harp.

Guðrún prepares a banquet for Atli and his court. When the feast is well underway she tells Atli that he is actually eating the flesh of their two sons. Guðrún later kills the unattentive Atli in his bed, sets loose the hounds and awakens the housecarls she has bribed. Guðrún throws a burning twig into the hall and eventually Atli's entire estate is set ablaze. All the people in the hall, Atli's temple, the "dwelling of the Buthlungs" as well as shield-maidens are consumed by the fire. 

Hamðismal (Hamðismal)

• Hamðismal: Akkadian ḪM.Ṭ.SM.L meaning "Paralysis.Thu.Undecided.Lack" or in other words "Stopping Thu's lack of indecision."

Gudrun had been the wife of the hero Sigurd, whom her brothers had killed. With Sigurd she had had the daughter Svanhild, who had married to the Goth king Ermanaric (Jörmunrekkr). Ermanaric had Svanhild trampled to death by horses, due to which Gudrun wants vengeance, and she agitates her sons (see Jonakr's sons) from a later marriage to kill Ermanaric, cf. Guðrúnarhvöt.

The poem is considered to belong to the oldest of the heroic poems, probably from the 9th century. It makes an archaic impression with its bitter and laconic language. Howling with wrath, the brothers Hamdir and Sörli ride over a misty mountain. The last lines are likewise illustrated on the Gotland runestone:

1. Þar fell Sa/rli
2. at salar gafli,
3. enn Hamþir hne
4. at hvsbaki.

1. At the hall's gable-end
2. Fell Sorli to earth,
3. But Hamdir lay low
4. At the back of the houses

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlakvi%C3%B0a

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham%C3%B0ism%C3%A1l