Interpretatio germanica is the practice by the Germanic peoples of identifying Greco-Roman gods with the names of Germanic deities. According to Rudolf Simek , this occurred around the 1st century of the common era, when both cultures came into closer contact. Some evidence for interpretatio germanica exists in the Germanic translations of the Roman names for the days of the week. Rudolf Simek emphasizes the paucity of evidence and notes that comparison with Roman gods is insufficient to reconstruct ancient Germanic gods and equate them definitively with those of later Norse mythology .
Basic abbreviations:
OE = Old English
NHG = New High German
Du. = Dutch
OS = Old Saxon For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Offshortenings
On Gods [ ]
Fremmed
Class
Anglish (Attested)
Anglish (Unattested)
Æsir
pn
-
Eese (<OE ōs , cf. Oswald )
Anhangá
pn
-
Rudlandish Hell
Anubis
pn
-
Egiptish Balday
Aphrodite
pn
Greekish Fry
-
Apollo
pn
-
Roomanish/Greekish Balday
Aurora
pn
Roomanish Easter
-
Bacchus
pn
Roomannish Ingwine
-
Baldr
pn
Balday (<OE Bældæg )
-
Bastet
pn
-
Egiptish Gevion
Bragi
pn
Bray
-
Ceuci
pn
-
Rudlandish Lady Mary
Dionysus
pn
Greekish Ingwine
-
Eos
pn
Greekish Easter
-
Forseti
pn
Vorset, Foresitter
-
Frejya
pn
Frey
-
Freyr
pn
Frea
-
Frigga
pn
Fry
-
Guaraci
pn
-
Rudlandish Sun
Hades
pn
Greekish Hell
-
Hathor
pn
-
Egiptish Frey
Helios
pn
Greekish Sun
-
Heimdallr
pn
Hamdal
-
Hera
pn
Greekish Frey
-
Hermóðr
pn
Hermod
-
Horus
pn
-
Egiptish Thunder, Thur
Höðr
pn
Hod
-
Hœnir
pn
Honner
-
Huitzilopochtli
pn
-
Moonsnavelish Sun
Isis
pn
-
Egiptish Wooden/Weeden
Jaci
pn
-
Rudlandish Moon
Juno
pn
Roomanish Frey
-
Jupiter
pn
Roomanish Thunder, Thur
-
Logi
pn
-
Loy
Loki
pn
-
Loke
Luna
pn
Roomanish Moon
-
Mars
pn
Roomanish Tue
-
Magni
pn
Main
-
Máni
pn
Moon
-
Mercury
pn
Roomanish Wooden/Weeden
-
Metztli
pn
-
Moonsnavelish Moon
Mixcoatl
pn
-
Moonsnavelish Tue
Móði
pn
Mode
-
Nephthys
pn
-
Egiptish Hell
Neptune
pn
Roomanish Nearth, Wade
-
Nike
pn
Greekish Reth
-
Njörðr
pn
Nord
-
Osiris
pn
-
Egiptish Hilder
Óðinn
pn
Wooden/Weeden
-
Olympians
pn
The Twelve Greekish/Roomanish Gods
-
Pluto
pn
Roomanish Hell
-
Quetzalcoatl
pn
-
Moonsnavelish Nord
Ra
pn
-
Egiptish Sun
Saturn
pn
Roomanish Sib
-
Sekhmet
pn
-
Egiptish Tue
Selene
pn
Greekish Moon
-
Set
pn
-
Egiptish Loke
Sol
pn
Roomanish Sun
-
Sumé
pn
-
Rudlandish Fry, Frey
Tezcatlipoca
pn
-
Moonsnavelish Wooden/Weeden
Thoth
pn
-
Egiptish Moon
Tlaloc
pn
-
Moonsnavelish Thunder, Thur
Tupã
pn
-
Rudlandish Thunder, Rudlandish Thur
Týr
pn
Tue
-
Ullr
pn
Wulder
-
Uranus
pn
Roomanish Ing
-
Váli
pn
Wole, Wool
-
Vanir
pn
-
Wanes
Vé
pn
Wee
-
Venus
pn
Roomanish Fry
-
Victoria
pn
Roomanish Reth
-
Vili
pn
Will
-
Víðarr
pn
Widder
-
Volcan
pn
Roomanish Loy
-
Zeus
pn
Greekish Thunder, Greekish Thur
-
On Happenings [ ]
English
Class
Anglish (Attested)
Anglish (Unattested)
Fimbulvetr
n
-
-
Hjaðningavíg
n
-
-
Ragnarök
n
-
Reinrake (<OE regn, + OE racu)
On Ords [ ]
English
Class
Anglish (Attested)
Anglish (Unattested)
Alfheim
n
-
Elfland, Elfham
Bifröst
n
-
Bive-rest, Biverest, Bivrest
Folkvangr
n
-
Folkswong
Ginnungagap
n
-
-
Hel
n
underworld, hell
-
Hvergelmir
n
-
-
Jötunheimr
n
-
Ettinham
Ljosalfheim
n
-
Light-Elf Land, Lightelfham
Midgard
n
Middle-earth
Midyard
Mímisbrunnr
n
-
-
Múspellsheimr
n
-
-
Niðavellir
n
-
-
Niflheim
n
-
-
Thrudvang
n
-
Thrithwong
Urðarbrunnr
n
-
-
Valhalla
n
-
Walhall (<ME wal, + hall)
Vanaheimr
n
-
Waneham
Vígríðr
n
-
Wyeride
Ydalir
n
Yewdale, Udale
-
Yggdrasil
n
World Tree
Eytreesile (<ON Yggdrasil)
On Things [ ]
English
Class
Anglish (Attested)
Anglish (Unattested)
Gjallarhorn
n
Yellinghorn
-
On Wights [ ] List of Misthy Wights
English
Class
Anglish (Attested)
Anglish (Unattested)
Draugr
n
-
Drog (cf. OS gidrog )
Valkyrie
n
-
Walkirry (<ME walkyrie )
