 in norse mythology, vanaheimr (old norse "home of the vanir"byock (2005:158).) 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 njÃ¶rÃ°r was raised. in norse cosmology, vanaheimr is considered one of the nine worlds. ==attestations== vanaheimr is mentioned a single time in the poetic edda; in a stanza of the poem vafÃ¾rÃºÃ°nismÃ¡l. in vafÃ¾rÃºÃ°nismÃ¡l, gagnrÃ¡Ã°r (the god odin in disguise) engages in a game of wits with the jÃ¶tunn vafÃ¾rÃºÃ°nir. gagnrÃ¡Ã°r asks vafÃ¾rÃºÃ°nir from whence the van god njÃ¶rÃ°r came, for though he rules over many hofs and hÃ¶rgrs, njÃ¶rÃ°r was not raised among the Ãsir. vafÃ¾rÃºÃ°nir responds that njÃ¶rÃ°r was created in vanaheimr by "wise powers" and references that njÃ¶rÃ°r was exchanged as a hostage during the Ãsir-vanir war. in addition, vafÃ¾rÃºÃ°nir comments that, when the world ends (ragnarÃ¶k), njÃ¶rÃ°r will return to the "wise vanir" (bellows here anglicizes vanir to wanes): {| | :benjamin thorpe translation: :in vanaheim wise powers him created, :and to the gods a hostage gave. :at the world's dissolution, :he will return to the wise vanir.thorpe (1866:16). | :henry adams bellows translation: :in the home of the wanes did the wise ones create him, :and gave him as a pledge to the gods; :at the fall of the world shall he far once more :home to the wanes so wise.bellows (1923:79). | |} in chapter 23 of the prose edda book gylfaginning, the enthroned figure of high says that njÃ¶rÃ°r was raised in vanaheimr, but was later sent as a hostage to the Ãsir.byock (2005:33). the heimskringla book ynglinga saga records an euhemerized account of the origins of norse mythology. in chapter 1, "van home or the home of the vanir" is described as located around the don river (which snorri writes was once called "tana fork" or "vana fork").hollander (2007:6). chapter 4 describes the Ãsir-vanir war, noting that during a hostage exchange, the Ãsir sent the god hÅnir to vanaheim and there he was immediately made chieftain.hollander (2007:8). in chapter 15, the king sveigÃ°ir is recorded as having married a woman named vana in "vanaland", located in sweden. the two p
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