Common Germanic deities

The article lists gods and goddesses (*Ansewez, *Wanizaz) that may be reconstructed for Proto-Germanic or Common Germanic Migration period paganism, or which figure in both West and North Germanic mythology; See Norse deities, Anglo-Saxon deities and German deities for deities particular to one of these traditions.

Deities:

*Wōdanaz, "lord of poetic/mantic inspiration", "Germanic Mercury", Norse Odin, West Germanic Woden, Saxon Wotan.
Frija, wife of Wodanaz, Norse Frigg
*Þunraz, "thunder", Norse Thor, West Germanic Donar, Saxon Thunor, East Germanic Thunrs, Germanic Hercules or Jupiter".
*Tiwaz, god of war, "Germanic Mars", Norse Tyr, West Germanic Tiw, continues Indo-European Dyeus.
*Lohho "trickster", Norse Loki
*Nerþuz, described by Tacitus
*Frījō, Norse Freyja, "Germanic Venus, ="wife", c.f. Sanskrit priyā "mistress, wife"
*Fullō goddess, or *Fullaz god of riches, plenty
*Ermunaz, Saxon war god
*Wulþuz, "glorious one", possibly originally an epitheton, mentioned on the Thorsberg chape, continued in Norse Ullr
*Wurdiz, destiny
*Sōwilō, the Sun

Semi-gods or mythical heroes:

Mythical races: *þurisaz (giants), *dwergaz (dwarfs), *albaz (elves), *nikwuz (water spirits).

Cosmology

*Medjanagardaz inhabited world
*erþo anþi uppahemenaz Germanic formula^{[citation needed]} for "heaven and earth", notably naming earth first (see Skarpåker Stone)
*Haljō Underworld
*Muþspell Disastrous world-ending (c.f. Ragnarok)