(from the article `Vanir`) ...satisfaction or equal status. Declaring war instead, the Aesir suffered numerous defeats before granting equality. The Vanir sent their gods Njörd ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/59
In Norse mythology, a god given as hostage to the Vanir by the Aesir after the war between the two groups of gods. The Vanir complained that he was too silent to be an effective member of their... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
In Norse mythology, Hoenir was divine intelligence. After the war between the Aesir and the Vanir, Hoenir was sent as a hostage to the Vanir and gave sense to the first humans. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/D4.HTM