Vanir
Sign in to savethumb|333px|Freyja by John Bauer (1882–1918) In Norse mythology, the Vanir (; Old Norse:, singular Vanr) are a group of gods associated with fertility, wisdom, and the ability to see the future. The Vanir are one of two groups of gods (the other being the Æsir) and are the namesake of the location Vanaheimr (Old Norse "Home of the Vanir"). After the Æsir–Vanir War, the Vanir became a subgroup of the Æsir. Subsequently, at least some members of the Vanir are at times also referred to as being Æsir.
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16 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Attestations
- ''Poetic Edda''
- ''Prose Edda''
- ''Heimskringla''
- Archaeological record
- Scholarly reception
- Historicists and structuralists
- Membership, elves, ship symbolism, "field of the dead", and ''vanitates''
- Rudolf Simek's "Vanir Obituary"
- Modern influence
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|333px|Freyja by John Bauer (1882–1918) In Norse mythology, the Vanir (; Old Norse:, singular Vanr) are a group of gods associated with fertility, wisdom, and the ability to see the future. The Vanir are one of two groups of gods (the other being the Æsir) and are the namesake of the location Vanaheimr (Old Norse "Home of the Vanir"). After the Æsir–Vanir War, the Vanir became a subgroup of the Æsir. Subsequently, at least some members of the Vanir are at times also referred to as being Æsir.
The Vanir are attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, both written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson; and in the poetry of skalds. The Vanir are attested only in these Old Norse sources.