ISˇKUR

ORIGIN Mesopotamian (Sumerian) [Iraq]. Storm god.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 3500 BC, and probably earlier, until circa 1750 BC.

SYNONYMS ADAD (Akkadian).

CENTER(S) OF CULT Karkara.

FREYJA (lady)

ORIGIN Nordic (Icelandic) or Germanic. Fertility and vegetation goddess.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP Viking period (circa AD 700) and earlier, until after Christianization (circa AD 1100).

SYNONYMS Gefn (giver); Mardoll; Syr (sow); Horn; Skialf; possibly Thorgerda in some parts of the north.