Vanir

[Abrigon]

So they was pre-Germanic or ...

Agreed on the Vanir seem to be more human and close to people, and the
Aesir to be more warlike and ...

Almost like you had two groups meet and merge, or maybe like how
Christianity was explained to people, using earlier Pagan ideas and it
still shows at times..

Mike


On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 5:05 AM, ingemarn2000 <ingemar at nordgren.se> wrote:

> The Vanir were fertility and vegetation divinities closer to the humans
> than the Aesir who were heaven gods. Still some of the Vanir had functions
> similar to the  Aesir. They definitely not were Germanic or Celtic tribes
> and they existed already at least 1400 BCE in this combination in the
> Middle East. Both Greeks, Romans, Celts  and Germanics have been influenced
> by this old religion but the Gods, however, got other names.
>
> Ingemar
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