Vanaheimr
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In Norse cosmology, Vanaheimr is a location associated with the Vanir, a group of gods themselves associated with fertility, wisdom, and the ability to see the future.
An attempt to illustrate Norse cosmology by Henry Wheaton (1831)
The Wolves Pursuing Sol and Mani
Njörðr
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In Norse mythology, Njörðr is a god associated with the sea, navigation, fishing, wind, wealth, and crop fertility. He is the father of the deities Freyr and Freyja by his unnamed twin sister, and had
Vanaheimr
…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 god Njörðr was raised. Vanaheimr is mentioned a single time in the Poetic Edda; in a stanza of the poem Vafþrúðnismál. In Vafþrúðnismál, Gagnráðr (the god Odin…
17th-century Icelandic illustration of Njörðr
Njörðr, Skaði, and Freyr as depicted in The Lovesickness of Freyr by W. G. Collingwood (1908)
Lokasenna by Lorenz Frølich (1895)
Njörd's desire for the Sea by W. G. Collingwood (1908)