vanir (in norse mythology
1Norse mythology in popular culture — The Norse mythology, preserved in such ancient Icelandic texts as the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and other lays and sagas, was little known outside Scandinavia until the 19th century. With the widespread publication of Norse myths and legends… …
2Norse mythology — Norse paganism Part of Norse paganism …
3Numbers in Norse mythology — The numbers three and nine are significant numbers in Norse mythology and paganism. Both numbers (and multiplications thereof) appear throughout surviving attestations of Norse paganism, in both mythology and cultic practice.[1] While the number… …
4Norse mythology — noun the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity • Regions: ↑Germany, ↑Federal Republic of Germany, ↑Deutschland, ↑FRG • Members of this Topic: ↑Asgard, ↑Valhalla, ↑ …
5Vanir — is the name of one of the two groups of gods in Norse mythology, the other and more well known being the Æsir. The two groups are described as having waged war against one another in the Æsir Vanir War, resulting in the unification of the two… …
6Norse cosmology — Norse paganism Part of Norse paganism …
7Norse paganism — Part of Norse paganism …
8Norse dwarves — Dvergar or Norse dwarves (Old Norse dvergar , sing. dvergr ) are highly significant entities in Norse mythology, who associate with stones, the underground, deathliness, luck, magic, and technology, especially forging. They are identified with… …
9Vanir — Los Vanir son uno de los dos grupos de dioses de la mitología nórdica, los otros son los Æsir. El nombre quizás tenga una raíz proto indoeuropea *wen luchar, ganar , relacionado con Venus (comparar con Vanadis), Wynn (protogermánico *Wanizaz),… …
10Vanir — /vah nir/, n. (often l.c.) (used with a pl. v.) Scand. Myth. a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja. [ < ON, prob. from the same root as… …
