A question about Vanir as a "real category" in Norse Religion
I started looked list of Vanir Gods and i see in lot of places of these sub ppl say 'Vanir" was a word that was very few used outside poetic sourses, and in "day to day" probably they were Freyjr or Freyja or Oðr were seen as members of the same "family" than Odin, Thor or Heimdall
If i understand this argument, is like if hypotetically, greek poets say all the God allied to Zeus that weren't descend of Chronus & Rhea (like Helios,Selenne,Eos,Prometheus, etc) were the "Noble Titans" & Poetry say "Olympians & Noble Titans" while in religion all were members of the same godly "family"/"alliance" no?, (basically than in "normal norse religion" Freyja,Frey & their relatives were seen as part of the same "Clan/Pantheon" than Thor or Odin, simply they had a more developted genealogy than the random Jottuns Ladies that joined the Æsir no?