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Vanadis may refer to: *Vanadís, an additional name of the Norse goddess Freyja * USS ''Vanadis'' (AKA-49), an ''Artemis''-class attack cargo ship *TS Vanadis, 1908 motor yacht * Vanadis, 1924 motor yacht also named ''Lady Hutton'' and now a hotel docked in Stockholm *240 Vanadis Vanadis ( minor planet designation: 240 Vanadis) is a fairly large main-belt asteroid. It is very dark and is classified as a C-type asteroid, probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material. It was discovered by A. Borrelly on August 27, ..., a main-belt asteroid * ''Vanadis'' (annelid), a genus of polychaetes in the family Phyllodocidae See also *'' Lord Marksman and Vanadis'', a Japanese light novel series {{disambiguation ...
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In Norse paganism, Freyja (Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompanied by the boar Hildisvíni, and possesses a Feather cloak#Germanic, cloak of falcon feathers. By her husband Óðr, she is the mother of two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi. Along with her twin brother Freyr, her father Njörðr, and her mother (Sister-wife of Njörðr, Njörðr's sister, unnamed in sources), she is a member of the Vanir. Stemming from Old Norse ''Freyja'', modern forms of the name include Freya, Freyia, and Freja. Freyja rules over her heavenly field, Fólkvangr, where she receives half of those who die in battle. The other half go to the god Odin's hall, Valhalla. Within Fólkvangr lies her hall, Sessrúmnir. Freyja assists other deities by allowing them to use her feathered cloak, is invok ...
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