Thor Thor is the Norse God of Thunder and the son of Odin and Earth, the most beloved god of the Viking Age. He is best known for his ceaseless battle against the Giants and is the protector of the folk from Midgard and Asgard. Thors weapon is his hammer Mjollnir, which apart from being used for fighting giants was also used for hallowing brides and funeral pyres and according to several runic inscriptions from the late viking age in Denmark, to hallow the Runes. Thor is depicted as a big muscular man with red hair, beard and huge fiery eyes. He is able to summon up great strength and to raise great rages within himself. His transport is a wagon driven by two goats- Tanngrisnir ( Teeth Gnasher or Barer) and Tanngnjostr (Tooth-Gritter). When Thor travels to the south the god Loki often goes with him and has respect for him, Loki is one of the major deities in the Norse pantheon he is connected with fire and magic and can assume many different shapes. He is heroic but also crafty, malicious and is often known as Sly One, the Trickster, the Shape Changer, and the Sky Traveler.     Dionysus Dionysus or Dionysos ( also known as Bacchus in both Greek and Roman mythology) is the God of Wine and its intoxicating power and social influences, Agriculture and Fertlity of Nature and god of the Greek Stage. He is also seen as the god of Earthly delights and ecstacy and personal delivery from the daily world through physical, spiritual intoxication and initiation into secret rites.     Ra Ra or Ra the Sun God originally meant the heavenly body itself, he traveled across the sky in his sun-boat from sunrise untill the evening. He was accompanied by his Vizier Thoth and his daughter Ma at. When the sun set below the horizen, Ra was said to travel in the unerworld, untill he was reborn again in the Eastern sky.     Baphomet Baphomet is a another depiction of the Horned God of all nature a bit like the Greek deity Pan. Baphomet sports both human male and female attributes, plus animal characteristics. The Torch of Illumination blazes brightly above Baphomet's head, one hand stretches to the spiritual realm of the heavens while the other points to the ground, the link to the earthly realm, "As Above So Below". The fish-like scales on the torso connect with the element of water and emotional planes. The emblem of the Caduceus of Mercury/Hermes that arises from the sexual region depicts wisdom. He/She is both a male and female divinty or God and Goddess joined as one into a whole.     Zeus Zeus is the Greek divine king, leader of the gods and goddesses and god of governance and authority, he had supreme authority over the Greek Olympion Pantheon and on Earth and was seen as the embodiment of Greek religious beliefs and the archetypal Greek deity. He had many affairs even though he was married to Hera and fathered many children with other goddesses and Titans who became Heros and Heroines and he was often featured in their stories. Zeus was seen as the cloud gatherer and god of the Sky and Thunder and was usually depicted with a beard and carring a Thunderbolt. It is said that he exchanged a caduceus for the first flute with Hermes. The worshipping of Zeus sometimes includes the burning of oils.

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