Vanir

  1. Proper noun.  The principal deities, as a group, of the Norse pantheon that represent chaos, fertility, and cultivation; opponents of the Æsir.
  2. Proper noun.  Members of the Swedish royal family whose ancestry is traditionally traced to one of the Vanir deities.

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