It’s almost impossible to put an exact number on the individuals in the pantheon of Norse gods and goddesses.
Some sources claim that the Norse worshipped as many as 66 gods and goddesses, although others claim that only around 12 of that number could be classed as “main” deities. And, of course, such figures say nothing of the innumerable giants (known as “jötnar”), trolls, dwarves, draugrs and other creatures that inhabit the world of Norse mythology.
The 12th century Icelandic poet and historian Snorri Sturluson lists 12 Æsir gods and 12 Asynjur goddesses in his Prose Edda (a major source of Norse mythology), although he later changed these numbers to 14 Æsir gods and up to 28 Asynjur goddesses!
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