Talk:Fyrnsid (Pagan World)

All the names are my theorizations as to what modern English names of the Germanic gods would be. Many are taken from how modern English names of days or places which involve the gods have changed. Weden is adopted from Wednesday and Wednesbury, on the assumption that Wedn could be an abbreviation for Weden which is similar to Odin. Thur is from Thursday and Thurstable. Frie is sort of a combination from Freefolk and Friday. Tue is from Tuesday and Tuesley. Easter is the modern form of Eostre, a goddess who was popular in the southern Germanic places. As Freya was only worshipped in the northern places, it seemed easy to combine the two and say that they are two different names. Ingfrea is an adoption of Ing-Freyr but in an attempt to make a more English-looking name. Od is straight up taken from the Norse source, and Narld, who as far as I know wasn't worshipped in England, was simply something which sounded more English than Njord but was still similar. I'm not going to list all of the gods, that would be excessive (this isn't the mythology wiki!), 4 for each group is enough. LurkerLordB (Talk) 01:59, April 28, 2012 (UTC)