O
Odin — the Allfather.
One-eyed for wisdom, hanged nine nights for the runes: the god who pays for knowledge and expects his people to.
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T
Thor — the defender.
Thunder as protection: the common folk's god, whose hammer was worn against the new god's cross — and is worn again.
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F
Freyja — lady of seiðr.
Love and war in one figure: teacher of Odin's own magic, owed half the battle-dead, driven by cats and unbothered by opinion.
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The shared center — held across the tradition
The gods are kin, not kings.
Odin, Thor, Freyja and their kind are honored as elder family — gifted and toasted, not groveled to. A gift for a gift.
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Honor is the measure.
Right action is reckoned in courage, hospitality, truthfulness, and troth — the Nine Noble Virtues in some halls, plain decency in others.
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Held by most — broad, but not universal
The lore guides; it does not bind.
Eddas and sagas are the record of the old ways, read seriously — but Heathenry has no scripture and wants none.
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Cosmos & Afterlife
how reality is built, and what follows deathAfter death
Varied halls — Valhalla for some, the family mound for most; the lore holds many fates