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| 76 | Freia | Named after the Norse goddess of love and beauty. (AN 59, 16 (1862)) |
| 77 | Frigga | Named after the Norse goddess and queen of all the gods. Frigga is the wife of Odin {see planet (39 |
| 92 | Undina | Named for the heroine of the early 19th century novel Undine by the German romantic writer F. H. K. |
| 116 | Sirona | Named after the Celtic mother goddess of Belgian and Roman Gaul, whose worship was in connection wit |
| 122 | Gerda | Named for the wife of Freyr in Norse mythology. (H 16) |
| 123 | Brunhild | Named for a character of the Nibelungenlied, the Volsung Cycle, and the Thidrek Saga. Brunhild was a |
| 131 | Vala | Named for a prophetess in Scandinavian mythology. (AN 82, 130 (1873)) |
| 165 | Loreley | Named after a siren of Germanic legend who by her songs lures Rhine river boatmen to destruction on |
| 167 | Urda | Named for one of the three Norns in Norse mythology. Urda stands for the Past. (H 21) The other Norn |
| 176 | Iduna | Named by the discoverer after a club in Stockholm, Sweden on the occasion of a meeting of the Astron |
| 178 | Belisana | Named for Belisana, the name of Athene or Minerva {see planets (881) and (93)} among the Gauls, si |
| 191 | Kolga | Named for the daughter of Aeger in Norse mythology. All names of his daughters are personifications |
| 240 | Vanadis | Named for Freya {see planet (76)}, the Norse goddess of love and beauty. Vanadis is one of the name |
| 242 | Kriemhild | Named probably after the sister of Gunther in the medieval German Nibelungenlied who married the her |
| 256 | Walpurga | Named after St. Walpurga {710?–777}, princess of Wessex, England who with her brothers went to Germa |
| 260 | Huberta | Named for St. Hubertus (656?–727) of Liège, patron of the hunters. (A. Schnell) The ‘Beilage zum (Wi |
| 299 | Thora | Named for the Norse god of thunder, weather and crops. (A. Schnell) Named by Geheimrat Prof. Scheibl |
| 328 | Gudrun | Named for the wife of Sigurd and later of Atli in the Gudrun Saga in Norse mythology. (I. van Houten |
| 343 | Ostara | Named after the early Norse goddess of Spring. The Easter rabbit was the escort of Ostara who thus c |
| 373 | Melusina | Named probably for the legendary ancestress of the noble family of Lusignan of the 10th century, a h |
| 394 | Arduina | Named probably for Arduenna, goddess of hunting among the Gauls. Silva Arduenna was the vast Ardenne |
| 456 | Abnoba | This name was used by the Roman troops in southern Germany for the mountainous region of the Black F |
| 500 | Selinur | Named after a character in the novel Auch Einer (1879) by the German writer Friedrich Theodor Vische |
| 601 | Nerthus | Named for the Nordic goddess, wife of the Heaven’s god. (H 63) |
| 613 | Ginevra | Named very probably after Guinevere, wife of King Arthur {see planet (2597)}. In the novel Le morte |
| 621 | Werdandi | Named for one of the three Norns in Norse mythology. Werdandi stands for the Present. (H 21) The oth |
| 657 | Gunlod | Named after the daughter of the giant Sutung who took care of the Scandinavian hydromel. Odin {see p |
| 673 | Edda | Independently discovered 1908 Sept. 21 by A. Kopff at Heidelberg. Named for the Norse Edda which is |
| 877 | Walkure | he heroes to be slain in battle and conduct them to Valhalla {see planet (1260)}. It is also the ti |
| 894 | Erda | Named for the Norse goddess, incarnation of the nature, a seer who knows the origin and the destinat |
| 919 | Ilsebill | Named for the famous character appearing in the German fairy tale Von den Fischer un sijne Fru (The |
| 949 | Hel | Named for the Norse goddess of the dead and the queen of the underworld. (LDS) Name proposed by Mrs. |
| 962 | Aslog | This is a Christian name from Norse mythology. Aslög followed her foster-father hidden in his harp. |
| 1003 | Lilofee | Named by the discoverer (RI 402) for a legendary character which is the title figure in an old Germa |
| 1130 | Skuld | Named for one of the three Norns in Norse mythology. Skuld stands for the Future. (H 106) The other |
| 1260 | Walhalla | Named for the memorial hall near Regensburg, Germany. In Norse mythology it was the hall of Odin {se |
| 1272 | Gefion | Named for a figure in Norse mythology and for the Gefion spring in Copenhagen. (H 117) |
| 2041 | Lancelot | Named for one of the knights of the round table. (M 6421) |
| 2054 | Gawain | Named for one of the knights of the round table. (M 6421) |
| 2082 | Galahad | Named for one of the knights of the round table. (M 6421) |
| 2095 | Parsifal | Named for one of the knights of the round table. (M 6421) |
| 2155 | Wodan | Named for the chief god of Teutonic mythology, also honored in some languages by the fourth day of t |
| 2176 | Donar | Named for the god of thunderstorms in Teutonic mythology, also honored in some languages by the fift |
| 2462 | Nehalennia | Named for a Roman goddess of fortune, worshiped mainly in the region that is now the Netherlands. (M |
| 2521 | Heidi | Named for the heroine of a still highly popular, deeply moving children’s tale from the Swiss Alps, |
| 2597 | Arthur | Named for the central figure of the Arthurian legends of medieval England. In his youth, Arthur pull |
| 2598 | Merlin | Named for the sage and sorcerer of the Arthurian legends. Merlin’s magic enabled Arthur {see planet |
| 2630 | Hermod | Named for a son of Odin and Frigga {see planets (3989) and (77)} in Scandinavian mythology. He ent |
| 2881 | Meiden | Named for the hare-god of ancient Lithuanian mythology, Meiden was also deity of animals and forests |
| 3838 | Epona | Named for the Gaulish goddess of horses and horseriders, specifically with respect to those on Palom |
| 3989 | Odin | Named after the first and mightiest god in Norse mythology, who is the god of battle and victory, bu |
| 3990 | Heimdal | Named after the god of dawn and light in Norse mythology, son of Odin {see planet (3989)}, born of |
| 4059 | Balder | Named after the kindest Norse god, handsome and wise, son of Odin {see planet (3989)}, peacemaker a |
| 4092 | Tyr | Named after one of the bravest gods in Norse mythology and a great warrior. It is unclear whether he |
| 4179 | Toutatis | Named after the Gaulish god, protector of the tribe. This totemic deity is well known because of the |
| 4213 | Njord | Named after the god of winds, navigation and prosperity in Norse mythology. He belongs to the race o |
| 4484 | Sif | Named after Tor’s wife, who after Odin’s {see planet (3989)} wife, is the highest ranked of the Asy |
| 4572 | Brage | Named after the god of poetry and music in Norse mythology, husband of Idun {see planet (176)} and |
| 4669 | Hoder | Named after the blind god in Norse mythology, son of Odin {see planet (3989)} and brother of Balder |
| 4862 | Loke | Named after the strangest character in Norse mythology. Loke is one of the giants, but he lives amon |
| 4894 | Ask | Named after the first man, who, according to Norse mythology, was made from an ash tree by Odin {see |
| 4895 | Embla | Named after the first woman, who, according to Norse mythology, was made from an ash tree by Odin {s |
| 5164 | Mullo | Named for a Celtic divinity venerated in western France, especially in Mayenne, where the discoverer |
| 5370 | Taranis | Named after the Gaulish god of thunder (Irish “torann” and Gallic “Taran”). His symbols are the whee |
| 6666 | Fro | Frö, son of Njord {see planet (4213)}, was the fertility god in the old Nordic religion. He was als |