The Vanir dwell in Vanaheim, their ancestral home among the Nine Worlds, where the wise Njörðr was born and where those of Vanir blood shall return after the fires of Ragnarök.
Yggdrasil, the great ash tree, holds the Nine Worlds within its branches and among its three roots, each realm sheltered in the cosmic structure that binds all of existence together from the fires below to the halls above.
After the Æsir-Vanir War, Asgard and Vanaheim exchanged hostages to seal their peace. The Vanir sent Njörðr, Freyr, and Freyja to Asgard; the Æsir sent Hoenir and Mímir to Vanaheim.
Sveigðir traveled to Vanaheim during his quest for the old gods. He married a woman there and fathered Vanlandi before continuing his journey, as told in the Ynglinga saga.
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