Ęsir;
The collective name for the
the principal race of Norse gods; they who lived in Asgard, and with the
All-Father Odin, ruled the lives of mortal men, the other was the Vanir. The
Aesir gods under the leadership of Odin, included Balder (god of beauty), Bragi
(god of eloquence), Forseti (god of mediation), Freyr (god of fertility, who
originally was from the Vanir), Heimdall (guardian of the bridge), Hod (the
blind god), Loki (god of fire and ally of the frost giants), Njord (the sea god,
and another ex-Vanir), Thor (god of thunder), Tyr (god of war), Vili (brother to
Odin), Ve (brother to Odin), and Vidar (Odin's son). The goddesses included
Freya (the fertility goddess), Frigg (Odin's wife), Sif (Thor's wife), and Idun
(keeper of the apples of youth).
Aesir might be derived from the old-Teutonic word Ase, the common word for
"god". Encyclopedia Mythica.