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DefineDeity("gullveig", { -- Source: Kevin Crossley-Holland, "The Norse Myths", 1980, p. 7; Source: Carolyne Larrington, "The Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes", 2017, pp. 81-82.

Name = "Gullveig",

Pantheon = "vanir",

Homeworld = "vanaheim",

Civilizations = {"elf", "norse"}, -- Alaric Hall proposes that the Vanir are more or less identical with the elves, so it makes sense to make Gullveig an elven deity as well; Source: Alaric Hall, "The Meanings of Elf and Elves in Medieval England", 2004, p. 135.

Religions = {"paganism"},

Gender = "female",

Domains = {"blood"},

Description = "A gold-loving goddess, Gullveig was burned alive during a visit to the Aesir for her greed. Three times she was burned, and three times she was reborn. The Asgardian treatment of the goddess caused the Aesir-Vanir War. Gullveig is feared for her work of dark magic."

})

DefineDeity("nerthus", { -- same etymological root as Njord, likely originally the same deity; Source: Carolyne Larrington, "The Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes", 2017, pp. 44, 47.

Name = "Nerthus",

Pantheon = "vanir", -- since Njord is a part of the Vanir

Homeworld = "vanaheim",

Civilizations = {"elf", "suebi", "teuton"}, -- worshipped by the Langobards

Religions = {"paganism"},

Gender = "female",

Domains = {"earth"}, -- earth goddess

Description = "Nerthus is an earth goddess."

})

DefineDeity("eloh", { -- from Under the Burning Suns (Battle for Wesnoth)

Name = "Eloh",

Pantheon = "vanir", -- since she is an elven deity

Homeworld = "vanaheim",

Civilizations = {"elf"},

Religions = {"paganism"},

Gender = "female",

Major = true

})