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)
- Vanir gods ×3
- Vani (Vanir) ×1
- Vanir family ×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 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
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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)"
this entity surface form: "Vanir gods"
this entity surface form: "Vanir gods"