The Vanir were one of the people of Nordheim during the Hyborian Age. Along with the Aesir, they formed the Nordheimr.
They were typified by light skin, blue eyes and red hair.[11] They were considered a race of barbarians.[11]
History
Origins[]
The Vanir were probably descendants of the people of the pre-Cataclysmic kingdom of Thule,[5] as were the Aesir.[12]
15,000 BC[]
2,500 years after the Lesser Cataclysm, the Nordics (Aesir and Vanir) drove all the remaining Hyborian tribes out of all the snow-countries, save for Hyperborea. Their land was known as Nordheim,[11] the Vanir living in Vanaheim, the western part of it.[2]
Hyborian Age[]
9,500 BC[]
500 years after the Age of Conan, the north was the theater of constant bickering between the Cimmerians, the Bossonians, the Picts and the Nordheimr.[13]
Circa 9,500 BC, Vanir adventurers came to Stygia, where they overthrew the ruling class building a vast southern empire which they called Egypt. The early Pharaohs boasted to descend from them.[14]
8,250 BC[]
The Vanir hunter later known as Ulysses Bloodstone was born in Northern Vanaheim (later known as Scandinavia) circa 8,250 BC within an unnamed Vanir tribe.[15]
4,300 BC[]
Circa 4,300 BC, the Vanir persisted. Horsa was a warrioress and the leader of a band of Vanir, living on the Oceans, and active in the land that would become North America. They seemingly had an aversion for the Picts. When Tubal Carrin was spurned by Princess Pey, daughter of King Ogam of New Iberia, he hired Horsa and her band to kidnap Pey.[3]
Legacy[]
After the Post-Hyborian Cataclysm, the northern[5] Vanir, one of the variations among the Sons of Aryas (or Aryans), descended into the Danes.[14]
Culture[]
Society[]
In peacetime, the Vanir pursued the regular activities of most other nations. They hunted and foraged for for food, and fished in the waters of the Western Ocean. While they had ships, they seldom ventured far from their own coasts.[citation needed]
Religion[]
During the Hyborian Age, the main deity of this culture was Ymir.[2] At least some of them despised the southern gods, deemed weak, in contrast to Ymir.
The Vanir of 8250 BC believed that all men were rewarded at the moment of their death by being welcomed at Ymir's table in the Great Halls.[16]
The Vanir of 4,300 BC were said to have the oceans as their religion.[3]See Also
- 30 appearance(s) of Vanir (Nordheimr)
- 6 minor appearance(s) of Vanir (Nordheimr)
- 13 mention(s) of Vanir (Nordheimr)
- 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Vanir (Nordheimr)
- 1 image(s) of Vanir (Nordheimr)
- 1 item(s) used/owned by Vanir (Nordheimr)
Links and References
References
- ↑ Conan the Savage #1 ; Hounds to the Slaughter
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Handbook of the Conan Universe #1 ; Vanaheim's profile
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Timespirits #2
- ↑ Savage Sword of Conan #40 ; A Dream of Blood
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Savage Sword of Conan #40 ; A Gazetteer of the Hyborian Age, Part VIII: Vanir's entry
- ↑ Savage Sword of Conan #41 ; The Quest for The Cobra Crown
- ↑ Conan the Barbarian #1
- ↑ Conan the Barbarian #17
- ↑ Conan the Savage #3 ; Blood Rimmed Tide
- ↑ X-Men First Class #5
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Savage Sword of Conan #12 ; The Hyborian Age - Chapter 3: The Hyborian Kingdoms
- ↑ Savage Sword of Conan #14 ; A Kull Glossary: kingdom of Thule's entry
- ↑ Savage Sword of Conan #15 ; The Hyborian Age - Chapter 4: The Beginning of the End
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Savage Sword of Conan #17 ; The Hyborian Age - Chapter 6: The Darkness... and the Dawn
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z #2 ; Ulysses Bloodstone's profile
- ↑ Bizarre Adventures (Vol. 2) #1 ; The Star-Spawned Sorcerer