Vanir

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The principal deities, as a group, of the Norse pantheon that represent chaos, fertility, and cultivation; opponents of the Æsir.
  2. 2
    Members of the Swedish royal family whose ancestry is traditionally traced to one of the Vanir deities.
Noun
  1. 1
    (Norse mythology) group of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse vanir. Doublet of Wanes.

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