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Vanir, n. Scandinavian Mythol.
Brit. |ˈvɑːnɪə|, U.S. |ˈvɑnɪ(ə)r|
[‹ Old Icelandic vanir, plural of vanr, of uncertain origin.]
A group of gods, including Njord and Freyr, often associated with fertility and the earth and contrasted with the Aesir. Cf. Aesir n.
1815W. Herbert Helga 239 He [sc. Njord] is said to have been educated in Vanaheim, and to have been given up by the Vanir to the Gods or Goths in exchange for one of their number. 1842G. W. Dasent tr. Prose or Younger Edda 27 He [sc. Njord] it was that set the Gods and Vanir at one again. 1900Folklore 11 293 Frö did not originally belong to the Aesir (Othin's tribe), but to a tribe named Vanir. 1966Jrnl. Bible & Relig. 34 25 He produces a phenomenological description of the mythologems centering on Odinn, Thor, Baldr, Loki, Heimdall, the Vanir, and several lesser known deities. 2002N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 4/2 The gods of the Aesir were locked in continual battles with another group of deities—the fertility gods of the Vanir, headed by Njord and Freyr. |