Vanir

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Norse gods group of deities

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.

Norse mythology → hasDeityGroup → Vanir ⓘ
Aesir–Vanir War → conflictBetween → Vanir ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Ásatrúarfélagið → worships → Vanir ⓘ
Áss (god) → contrastedWith → Vanir ⓘ
subject surface form: Áss
Gullveig → ethnicity → Vanir ⓘ
Njörðr’s unnamed sister → pantheon → Vanir ⓘ
Njörðr’s unnamed sister → associatedWithGroup → Vanir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vanir gods
Hnoss → family → Vanir ⓘ
Vanadís → associatedWithDeityGroup → Vanir ⓘ
Vanadís → hasEtymologicalElement → Vanir ⓘ
Gefn → relatedConcept → Vanir ⓘ
Lord of Alfheim → relatedConcept → Vanir ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vanir gods
Lord of Alfheim → holderBelongsToGroup → Vanir ⓘ
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