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Vanaheimr
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Vanaheimr
In
Norse mythology
,
Vanaheimr
(
Old Norse
for "home of the
Vanir
") is one of the
Nine Worlds
and home of the
Vanir
, a group of gods associated with
fertility
,
wisdom
, and the
ability to see the future
. Vanaheimr is attested in the
Poetic Edda
; compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the
Prose Edda
and (in
euhemerized
form)
Heimskringla
; both written in the 13th century by
Snorri Sturluson
. In the
Poetic Edda
and the
Prose Edda
, Vanaheimr is described as the location where the Van god
Njörðr
was raised. In
Norse cosmology
, Vanaheimr is considered one of the Nine Worlds.
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