...logy, the wall that enclosed Asgard was destroyed during a war between the Vanir and the Aesir, leaving the gods vulnerable to an attack by the giants.
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...s and the makers of most of the artifacts of the gods, both [[Æsir]] and [[Vanir]]. Among their most famous creations are the spear [[Gungnir]] and the gold
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...r (elves), Dvergar (dwarves), Jötnar (giants), and even gods, the Æsir and Vanir. Landvættir (land spirits) are chthonic guardians of specific grounds wher
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...they frequently mingled with or were even married to these, both Æsir and Vanir. In Old Norse, they were called jötnar (sing. jötunn), or risar (sing. ri
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...pantheon. Other examples might include the wars of the [[Æsir]] with the [[Vanir]] and [[Jotun]]s in Scandinavian mythology, the Babylonian epic Enuma Elish
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...ns are orc-like beings and distinct from the other four races of the game (Vanir, Sidhe, Gaels, and Fir Bolg).
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...rds designate a difference in status between the major fertility gods (the Vanir) and the minor ones (the elves). ''Grímnismál'' relates that the Van Frey
...he Æsir as main gods. Others (most notably Georges Dumézil) argue that the Vanir were the gods of the common Norsemen, and the Æsir those of the priest and
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