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forseti
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Forsetinoun
(Norse mythology) god of justice; son of Balder and Nanna
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Forseti
Forseti (Old Norse "the presiding one", "president" in modern Icelandic and Faroese) is the god of justice and reconciliation in Norse mythology. He is generally identified with Fosite, a god of the Frisians.
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forseti
In Norse mythology, Forseti is the god of justice, law, and reconciliation. He is the son of the god Baldur and his mother Nanna. His dwelling place is said to be a splendid palace called Glitnir where he settles all disputes and legal conflicts. The name Forseti means "presiding one" or "president" in Old Norse.
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Forseti
Forseti is an Æsir god of justice and reconciliation in Norse mythology. He is generally identified with Fosite, a god of the Frisians. Jacob Grimm noted that if, as Adam of Bremen states, Fosite's sacred island was Heligoland, that would make him an ideal candidate for a deity known to both Frisians and Scandinavians, but that it is surprising he is never mentioned by Saxo Grammaticus. Grimm took Forseti, "praeses", to be the older form of the name, first postulating an unattested Old High German equivalent *forasizo. but later preferring a derivation from fors, a "whirling stream" or "cataract", connected to the spring and the god's veneration by seagoing peoples. However, in other Old Norse words, for example forboð, "forbidding, ban", the prefix for- has a pejorative sense. So it is more plausible that Fosite is the older name and Forseti a folk etymology.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of forseti in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of forseti in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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