Vanaheim

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Vanaheim is the mythological home of the Vanir, a tribe of fertility and nature gods in Norse mythology.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Vanaheimr 6
Vanaheim canonical 1
oneOfTheNineWorlds (Vanaheimr) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf home of gods
mythological location
realm in Norse mythology
associatedDeityGroup Freyja
Freyr
Njord
associatedWith fertility
nature
prosperity
wisdom
category Mythological places of fertility gods
Norse mythological realms
contrastedWith Asgard
cosmicRelation separate realm from Jotunheim
separate realm from Midgard
cosmologicalRole one of the Nine Worlds in Norse cosmology
culture Germanic
etymologyContains Vani (Vanir)
linked to: Vanir

heimr (home, world)
hasCharacteristic connected to agriculture
connected to seafaring through Njord
connected to wealth
peaceful association
homeOf Vanir
inhabitedBy Vanir gods
linked to: Vanir
languageOfName Old Norse
linked to: Norse
locatedIn Norse mythology
mentionedBy Snorri Sturluson
mentionedIn Poetic Edda
Prose Edda
mythicStatus not physically locatable in the real world
mythologicalFunction dwelling place of fertility deities
source of magic and seiðr traditions
partOf Nine Worlds
realmType divine realm
relatedMyth Aesir–Vanir War
religion Old Norse religion
linked to: Norse mythology

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norse mythology featuresPlace Vanaheim
Aesir–Vanir War associatedWithPlace Vanaheimr
linked to: Vanaheim
Yggdrasil hasRealm Vanaheimr
linked to: Vanaheim
Nine Worlds hasRealm Vanaheimr
linked to: Vanaheim
Nine Worlds upperRealmIncludes Vanaheimr
linked to: Vanaheim
Alfheim relatedConcept Vanaheimr
linked to: Vanaheim
Vanir primaryRealm Vanaheimr
linked to: Vanaheim
Vanir cosmologicalLocation oneOfTheNineWorlds (Vanaheimr)
linked to: Vanaheim