Vanir

group of norse gods associated with fertility, wisdom and the ability to see the future
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Vanir
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Vanir

Summary

Vanir is a grouping of characters in Norse mythology[1]. Vanir draws 824 Wikipedia views per month (grouping_of_characters_in_norse_mythology category, ranking #2 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vanir's image is recorded as John Bauer-Freja.jpg[3].
  • Vanir's instance of is recorded as grouping of characters in Norse mythology[4].
  • Vanir's instance of is recorded as pantheon[5].
  • Vanir's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 72287649[6].
  • Vanir's GND ID is recorded as 122914902[7].
  • Vanir's part of is recorded as Norse mythology[8].
  • Vanir's Commons category is recorded as Vanir[9].
  • Vanir's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j353[10].
  • Vanir's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vanir[11].
  • Vanir's worshipped by is recorded as Old Norse religion[12].
  • Vanir's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Vanir's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Vanir's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • Vanir's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Vanir[16].
  • Vanir's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp00572371[17].
  • Vanir's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1899981[18].
  • Vanir's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as vanes[19].
  • Vanir's NE.se ID is recorded as vaner[20].
  • Vanir's Treccani ID is recorded as vani[21].
  • Vanir's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrtJMARlKhJXk[22].
  • Vanir's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as vaner[23].
  • Vanir's Orthodox Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 154063[24].
  • Vanir's Comic Vine ID is recorded as 4060-64005[25].
  • Vanir's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3993854[26].
  • Vanir's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PCjFFVfTDvYvh67XVYQwWcP[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Vanir include Vanaheimr[28], a Norse mythical location[29].

Why It Matters

Vanir draws 824 Wikipedia views per month (grouping_of_characters_in_norse_mythology category, ranking #2 of 11).[2] Vanir has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Vanir is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Vanir include Vanaheimr[28], a Norse mythical location[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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