Vanir
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In Norse mythology, the Vanir are a group of gods associated with fertility, wisdom, and the ability to see the future. The Vanir are one of two groups of gods and are the namesake of the location Van
Freyja by John Bauer (1882–1918)
The sun shining behind them, the god Freyr stands with his boar Gullinbursti (1901), by Johannes Gehrts.
Flanked by her boar Hildisvini, the Vanr goddess Freyja (right) (1895), by Lorenz Frølich
A wild boar in Northern Europe. In the Prose Edda, "Van-child" is listed as a name for boars. Both Freyja and Freyr are attested as accompanied by boars.
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
Vanir
…the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson; and in the poetry of skalds. The Vanir are attested only in these Old Norse sources. All sources describe the god Njörðr, and his children Freyr and Freyja as members of the Vanir. A euhemerized prose account in Heimskringla adds that Njörðr's sister—whose name is not…
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)