Vanir

Njordr is not of the race of the Æsir.

He was reared in the land of the Vanir, but the Vanir delivered him as hostage to the gods, and took for hostage in exchange him that men called Hunir.

He became an atonement between the gods and the Vanir.

Njordr has to wife the woman called Skadi, daughter of Thiazi the giant.

Skadi would fain dwell in the abode which her father had had, which is on certain mountains in the place called Thrymheimr.

She is called Mardul and Horn, Gefn, Syr, Freya, Syr.

Freya had the necklace Brisingamen.

She is also called Lady of the Vanir.

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Recording by Elizabeth Klett The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths By Padraig Colum Part 1 Chapter 4 Sif's Golden Hair How Loki Wrought Mischief in Asgard All who dwelt in Asgard, the Aesir and the Asunir, who were the gods and goddesses, and the Vanir, who were the friends of the gods and goddesses, were wroth with Loki.

It was no wonder they were wroth with him, for he had let the giant Thiasi carry off Iduna and her golden apples.

Still it must be told that the show they made of their wrath made Loki ready to do more mischief in Asgard.

His quick mind searched to find a way of restoring to Sif the beauty of her golden hair.

hair."I shall do as you command, Odin All-father," he said.

But before we tell you of what Loki did to restore the beauty of Sif's golden hair we must tell you of the other beings besides the gods and the goddesses who were in the world at the time First, there was the Vanir.

When the gods who were called the Aesir came to the mountain on which they built Asgard they found other beings there.

Then went the powers all to their judgment seats the all-holy gods and thereon held counsel whether the Asier should avenge the crime or all the gods receive atonement.

Broken was the outer wall of Asier's burr the Vanir foreseeing conflict tramp o'er the plains.

Odin cast his spear and mid the people hurled it that was the first warfare in the world.

Then went the powers all to their judgment seats the all-holy gods and thereon held counsel who had all the air with evil mingled or to the Jotun race Od's maiden had given.

Vafthrudnir.

In Vanaheim wise powers him created and to the gods a hostage gave.

At the world's dissolution he will return to the wise Vanir.

GIngrad.

From the calming embrace of Helheim, the two travelled to the distant and sparkling realm of Vanaheim.

This world, suffused with the quiet strength of the Vanir gods, the guardians of nature's hidden wisdom, welcomed them with open arms.

Light flickered softly through the silver leaves of ancient trees, and a tender breeze kissed the air as though the very breath of the world sighed out in contentment.

odin with a nod of deep gratitude felt the gentle power of harmony here a reminder that even in this vast and interconnected cosmos balance and peace whispered through the low hum of everything alive Sleipnir's eight legs moved like a whisper on a summer night as their journey continued, folding smoothly through the layers of existence that stretched infinitely beyond sight.

They're not Jotnar.

They're not Aesir or Vanir.

They're just this other thing who have their own domain, and it's perfect and beautiful, and that's all we get.

And then Tolkien just comes along and...

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Paul wants to know, is there a Vanir equivalent to Ausatru slash Ausatruar? Vanatruar? I'm wondering because I'm writing a story about the Aesir-Vanir war and I need a word to describe the followers of the Vanir.

Bro, not because I'm trying to create a schism.

Okay.

um i would say it becomes a historical because the ice here vanir war is before you know the gods interaction with man it's it's so very early on that it's not really something that occurs after there's well at least in the war after it's been presented that there are you know tribes of men that would worship these gods it's the first war in creation.

It's very, very early on in the existence of our gods and our cosmos.

Harden says, I wish we knew more about the Vanir.

They're really quite mysterious.