Aesir–Vanir War

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event in Norse mythology legendary conflict mythological war

The Aesir–Vanir War is a legendary conflict in Norse mythology between two tribes of gods that ultimately leads to a truce and the unification of the divine pantheon.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Aesir–Vanir hostage exchange 1
Aesir–VanirWarAndTruce 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in Norse mythology ⓘ
legendary conflict ⓘ
mythological war ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Asgard ⓘ
Vanaheim ⓘ
surface form: Vanaheimr
chronologicalPosition occurs early in mythic time ⓘ
conflictBetween Aesir ⓘ
Vanir ⓘ
culturalContext Old Norse culture ⓘ
pre-Christian Scandinavian religion ⓘ
describedIn Poetic Edda ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ
Poetic Edda ⓘ
surface form: Völuspá

Heimskringla ⓘ
surface form: Ynglinga saga
followedBy exchange of hostages between Aesir and Vanir ⓘ
hasConsequence creation of Kvasir ⓘ
establishment of cosmic order among gods ⓘ
integration of Vanir gods into Asgard ⓘ
hasInterpretation euhemeristic reading in Ynglinga saga ⓘ
hasOutcome truce between Aesir and Vanir ⓘ
unification of Aesir and Vanir pantheons ⓘ
hasSourceAuthor Snorri Sturluson ⓘ
hasTheme divine conflict ⓘ
exchange and compensation ⓘ
formation of social order ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
initiatedBy hostility between Aesir and Vanir ⓘ
mistreatment of the seeress Gullveig ⓘ
languageOfSources Old Norse ⓘ
mythologicalCycle Norse mythological cosmology ⓘ
partOf Norse mythology ⓘ
relatedTo Freyja ⓘ
Freyr ⓘ
Gullveig ⓘ
Bragi ⓘ
surface form: Kvasir

Njord ⓘ
Odin ⓘ
resultedIn Freyja joining the Aesir ⓘ
Vanir gods Njord and Freyr living among the Aesir ⓘ
creation of a peace treaty between Aesir and Vanir ⓘ
formation of the wise being Kvasir from the gods’ spittle ⓘ
spitting of gods into a vat to seal the truce ⓘ
studiedIn Germanic studies ⓘ
comparative mythology ⓘ
symbolizes integration of different cults or tribes ⓘ
transition from older fertility cults to warrior cults ⓘ
timePeriodOfSources 13th century Icelandic literature ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norse mythology → featuresEvent → Aesir–Vanir War ⓘ
Aesir → involvedIn → Aesir–Vanir War ⓘ
Vanir → involvedIn → Aesir–Vanir War ⓘ
Njord → mythologicalCycle → Aesir–Vanir War ⓘ
Vanir → notableMyth → Aesir–Vanir War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesir–VanirWarAndTruce
Njord → participatedIn → Aesir–Vanir War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesir–Vanir hostage exchange
Vanaheim → relatedMyth → Aesir–Vanir War ⓘ