vanir
IPA: vʌnˈɪr
Root Word: Vanir
noun
- The principal deities, as a group, of the Norse pantheon that represent chaos, fertility, and cultivation; opponents of the Æsir.
- Members of the Swedish royal family whose ancestry is traditionally traced to one of the Vanir deities.
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Examples of "vanir" in Sentences
- Gullveig is usually taken to be one of the Vanir.
- Nerthus typically is identified as a Vanir goddess.
- Only after this transformation was he able to beat Vanir.
- All Vanir practice magic and related to wealth as far as I know.
- They are one of the two groups of gods, the other being the Vanir.
- Terminus is manned by the Vanir, guards clad in ornate radiation armor.
- The Vanir were tribe honored fertility gods more so and the otherworld.
- In Norse stories the Aesir arrive and fight with the more peaceable Vanir.
- Vanaheim is the home of the Vanir who is the sister race of the Asgardians.
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