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.

Aliases (3)


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 NERFINISHED
Njord NERFINISHED
involvedIn Aesir–Vanir War
laterReconciledWith Aesir
member Freyja
Freyr NERFINISHED
Gersemi
Gullveig
Hnoss
Kvasir
Njord NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Prose Edda NERFINISHED

Referenced by (15)

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

this entity surface form: "Vani (Vanir)"
Freyja family Vanir
Njord family Vanir
this entity surface form: "Vanir family"
Ragnarok featuresGroup Vanir
Vanaheim homeOf Vanir
this entity surface form: "Vanir gods"
Vanaheim inhabitedBy Vanir
this entity surface form: "Vanir gods"
Njord originGroup Vanir
Freyr pantheon Vanir
Njord pantheon Vanir
Freyr race Vanir
Aesir relatedPantheon Vanir
Alfheim relatedTo Vanir
this entity surface form: "Vanir gods"