Vanir

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The Vanir are a group of Norse deities associated primarily with fertility, prosperity, and wisdom, often contrasted and later reconciled with the warrior gods known as the Aesir.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Vanir canonical 23
Vanir gods 7
Vani (Vanir) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse gods
group of deities
afterConflictStatus hostageExchangeWithAesir
truceWithAesir
associatedWith fertility
prosperity
wisdom
associatedWithMagicType seiðr
attestedLanguage Old Norse texts
contrastedDomainWithAesir order
sovereignty
warfare
contrastedWith Aesir
cosmologicalLocation Vanaheim
surface form: oneOfTheNineWorlds (Vanaheimr)
culturalRole godsOfPeace
godsOfPlenty
patronsOfFertilityCult
domain fertility of land
magic
peace and prosperity
sea and seafaring (via Njord)
wealth
etymologyRelatedTo Old Norse "vanr" (disputed)
hostageToAesir Freyja
Freyr
Njord
involvedIn Aesir–Vanir War
laterReconciledWith Aesir
member Freyja
Freyr
Gersemi
Gullveig
Hnoss
Kvasir
Njord
Skaði
surface form: Skaði (sometimes)
mythicTheme exchangeOfHostages
reconciliationWithAesir
notableMyth Aesir–Vanir War
surface form: Aesir–VanirWarAndTruce

creationOfKvasirFromSpitOfAesirAndVanir
primaryRealm Vanaheim
surface form: Vanaheimr
relationshipToAesir intermarriage
sharedPantheon
religion Norse mythology
scholarlyInterpretation mayReflectOlderAgrarianCultLayer
sometimesLinkedToProto-Indo-EuropeanStrataOfDeities
source Poetic Edda
Prose Edda

Referenced by (32)

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

Nine Worlds includesDomainOf Vanir
this entity surface form: Vanir gods
Freyja family Vanir
Freyr pantheon Vanir
Freyr race Vanir
Ragnarok featuresGroup Vanir
Vanaheim homeOf Vanir
Vanaheim inhabitedBy Vanir
this entity surface form: Vanir gods
Vanaheim etymologyContains Vanir
this entity surface form: Vani (Vanir)
Njord pantheon Vanir
Njord family Vanir
this entity surface form: Vanir family
Njord originGroup Vanir
Alfheim relatedTo Vanir
this entity surface form: Vanir gods
Aesir relatedPantheon Vanir
Áss (god) contrastedWith Vanir
subject surface form: Áss
Gullveig ethnicity Vanir
Njörðr’s unnamed sister associatedWithGroup Vanir
this entity surface form: Vanir gods
Hnoss family Vanir
Gefn relatedConcept Vanir
Lord of Alfheim relatedConcept Vanir
this entity surface form: Vanir gods
Surtr enemyOf Vanir
Frey pantheon Vanir
Vigrid plain battleParticipants Vanir
this entity surface form: Vanir gods
Gylfaginning topic Vanir
this entity surface form: Vanir gods
Mardöll relatedConcept Vanir
light elves alignmentWithDeities Vanir
subject surface form: Light elves