AESIR The collective name for the twelve great gods of Norse legend, they who lived in Asgard, and with the All-Father Odin, ruled the lives of mortal men. They were:- Thor, Balder, Freya, Tyr, Bragi, Hodur, Heimdall, Vithar, Vili, Ullr, Ve and Forseti. Their thrones were in Gladsheim, one of the two mansions of Asgard.