Belldandy is the goddess of AMG. As the lead goddess, she appears in practically all the plots and chapters. She is mostly known for her enduring purity; being kind, patient, trusting, gentle and absolutely honest (though this demeanor lends her a certain degree of naivete). As a First Class goddess, Belldandy is very skilled in the use of her powers which she uses only for the purposes of good. Belldandy's relationship with Keiichi comprises the heart of the series

"Belldandy" is a modified form of Verthandi, the middle of the three Norns as well as the Norn of the Present. Verthandi was depicted as a matronly or mature woman looking straight ahead. Like her older sister Urd she was regarded as benevolent.

Verthandi is sometimes spelled as Verdandi but the former is the original spelling. Verdandi is the verb form of the Old Scandanavian word vertha, "to become."