Mythology / aesir-and-vanir-gods-of-norse-mythology
Facts about Aesir and Vanir Gods of Norse Mythology
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A major source for the Aesir and Vanir myths is Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, written in Iceland in the thirteenth century.
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In the peace settlement ending the Aesir-Vanir war, the two sides also exchanged the wise Aesir god Mimir and the Vanir Hœnir as hostages.
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Freyja, a Vanir goddess who joined the Aesir after their truce, is associated with love, fertility, war, and death, and receives half of those slain in battle.
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Among the Aesir and Vanir gods of Norse mythology, Odin sent the Vanir hostages Njord and his children Freyr and Freyja to live among the Aesir after their war.
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The Aesir and Vanir were two distinct groups of Norse gods who fought a war that ended in a truce and an exchange of hostages.