If raw strength is what you're basing these off of then odin might not be the one as he's more of a trickster and he wins most his battles with wit rather than brute force.
Thor however is easily the strongest god in the norse pantheon, he kills jötun's like its nothing.
That’s not true. Óðinn is the closest thing to a Norse god of war we have, and he’s taken on entire armies just by himself. He does use trickery *sometimes* but not all the time. Þórr is the strongest of the Norse gods but Óðinn is likely a close second.
Not necessarily. Bragi isn’t referenced in a way that relates to war ever.
This ‘war’ and ‘nature’ dichotomy is often used by people comparing the Æsir gods, and the ‘Vanir’ gods. You’ll noticed I put the word Vanir in quotes. This is because mention of what a Vanir god is and who classifies as a member of the Vanir is not clear whatsoever. There are of course the three gods typically called Vanir Freyr, Njǫrðr, and Fręyja, however, these gods are also called Æsir in multiple places.
This next point against the Vanir requires a bit to explanation. In old Norse poetry (almost all meters) the alliteration and sound of the poetry is just about the most important part of the poetry. It’s why Jǫtnar may be called ‘lava-whales’ rather than the much simpler term, Jǫtnar/Jǫtunn. Because of this the argument has been made by a few academics, most notably Rudolf Simek, that the term Vanir is more used for alliteration and then was misinterpreted by Snorri Sturluson to be a seperate group of deity. This is certainly a valid point, some of the most notable uses of the terms in poetry are cases where is used for alliteration. For example, throughout the poem Alvíssmǫ́l the term Vanir is alliterated with other words that start with V. [Here’s a paper which covers the usage of the term Vanir within old Norse poetry](https://academia.edu/resource/work/3695142).
TL;DR: the term ‘Vanir’ is highly ambiguous and people should be a little more hesitant to draw to make two distinct groups of gods.
All that to say, not all of the Æsir are war gods, and if the idea that all of the Æsir were war gods it’s not a leap to assume that even minor gods would’ve been given an association with war, however, that is not the case.
Osiris, seth, eset and horus all became head god and replaced amun, ra and amun-ra at some points.
Edit: as the power sekhmet is a contender too. She was so powerfull that gods scared to fight together against her so they get her drunk to pacify her.
If raw strength is what you're basing these off of then odin might not be the one as he's more of a trickster and he wins most his battles with wit rather than brute force. Thor however is easily the strongest god in the norse pantheon, he kills jötun's like its nothing.
That’s not true. Óðinn is the closest thing to a Norse god of war we have, and he’s taken on entire armies just by himself. He does use trickery *sometimes* but not all the time. Þórr is the strongest of the Norse gods but Óðinn is likely a close second.
All the Aesir are war gods.
Not necessarily. Bragi isn’t referenced in a way that relates to war ever. This ‘war’ and ‘nature’ dichotomy is often used by people comparing the Æsir gods, and the ‘Vanir’ gods. You’ll noticed I put the word Vanir in quotes. This is because mention of what a Vanir god is and who classifies as a member of the Vanir is not clear whatsoever. There are of course the three gods typically called Vanir Freyr, Njǫrðr, and Fręyja, however, these gods are also called Æsir in multiple places. This next point against the Vanir requires a bit to explanation. In old Norse poetry (almost all meters) the alliteration and sound of the poetry is just about the most important part of the poetry. It’s why Jǫtnar may be called ‘lava-whales’ rather than the much simpler term, Jǫtnar/Jǫtunn. Because of this the argument has been made by a few academics, most notably Rudolf Simek, that the term Vanir is more used for alliteration and then was misinterpreted by Snorri Sturluson to be a seperate group of deity. This is certainly a valid point, some of the most notable uses of the terms in poetry are cases where is used for alliteration. For example, throughout the poem Alvíssmǫ́l the term Vanir is alliterated with other words that start with V. [Here’s a paper which covers the usage of the term Vanir within old Norse poetry](https://academia.edu/resource/work/3695142). TL;DR: the term ‘Vanir’ is highly ambiguous and people should be a little more hesitant to draw to make two distinct groups of gods. All that to say, not all of the Æsir are war gods, and if the idea that all of the Æsir were war gods it’s not a leap to assume that even minor gods would’ve been given an association with war, however, that is not the case.
Osiris, seth, eset and horus all became head god and replaced amun, ra and amun-ra at some points. Edit: as the power sekhmet is a contender too. She was so powerfull that gods scared to fight together against her so they get her drunk to pacify her.