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Definition: Aesir |
AesirNoun1. (Norse mythology) the chief race of gods living at Asgard. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Aesir |
| English words defined with "Aesir": Asgard ♦ Frey, Freyr ♦ Hoenir ♦ Jotun, Jotunn ♦ Odin ♦ Ull, Ullr ♦ Vali, Vanir, Vidar, Vithar, Vitharr. (references) |
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Collectively, all of these godlike beings are known as the Asa. As, Ase and Áss may be used to described a single male member of the Aesir.
The interaction between the Aesir and the Vanir is an interesting aspect of Norse mythology. While other cultures have had "elder" and "younger" families of gods, as with the Titanss versus the Olympianss of ancient Greece, the Aesir and Vanir were portrayed as contemporary. The two clans of gods fought battles, concluded treaties, and exchanged hostages (Frey and Freya are mentioned as such hostages). It is tempting to speculate that the interactions described as occurring between Aesir and Vanir reflect the types of interaction common to various Norse clans at the time. According to another theory, the cult of the Vanir (who are mainly connected with fertility and relatively peaceful) may be of an older date, and that of the more warlike Aesir of later origin, so the mythical war may perhaps mirror a religious conflict.
The chronology of the cults would in that case not be pictured in the myths. On the other hand, only Odin and Thor were important in both myth and cult; an áss like Ull is almost unknown in the myths, but his name is seen in a lot of geographical names, especially in Sweden, so his cult was probably quite wide-spread.
The Aesir stayed forever young by eating the golden appless of Idun. Well, not quite forever - unlike the gods of some other religions, the Aesir and Vanir are not immortal; they will die at Ragnarok, with some very few exceptions.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Aesir."
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| Language | Translations for "Aesir"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | asen. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | aesiray bogovi predvođeni odinom. (various references) | ||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "Aesir" (pronounced '[AE]"sir'): Grimsir. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: arise, raise, serai. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-r-s" | |
-1 letter: airs, ares, arse, ears, eras, ires, rase, reis, rias, rise, sari, sear, sera, sire. | |
-2 letters: air, ais, are, ars, ear, era, ers, ire, ras, rei, res, ria, sae, sea, sei, ser, sir, sri. | |
-3 letters: ae, ai, ar, as, er, es, is, re, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-r-s" | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 65 73 69 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- . ... .. .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100101 01110011 01101001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A e s i r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0065 0073 0069 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3571857584 |
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