The Aesir are the Norse pantheon. As As is a god. "Aesir" is the plural: "gods." Asgard is the enclosure of the gods. Thus, a dweller in Asgard is an As, not an "Asgardian," as in Marvel Comics.
Imric the elf-earl:
hears Thor ("Thunder...great wheels across the sky...," III, p. 23);
sees Odin ("...long gray beard...shadowing hat...spear...single eye...," p. 24);
receives Skirnir ("...messenger of the Aesir...," IV, p. 25).
Although I did not remember Skirnir's name, Wikipedia reminds us that he is in both Eddas.
Odin will reappear in this novel.
The omniscient narrator informs us that gods, giants and trolls are "...others..." (ibid.) of the same sort as elves, whatever sort that is. This sort has in common that they do not age and have:
"...few children, centuries apart..." (ibid.)
The text proceeds to mention dwarves, sprites, gnomes, goblins, a faun, Pan, the new god, dryads, nymphs and Olympians. For some of these beings, see:
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Kaor, Paul!
IIRC the dryads/nymphs had become refugees fleeing a Greece which had become inhospitable to them. And that Pan had died.
Ad astra! Sean
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