Nothing can be hidden from her. Wise and inquisitive.
Vor (Old Norse Vör) is an Asynja described by Snorri in Gylfaginning 35. She is wise and inquisitive, and nothing can be hidden from her. Snorri uses the expression 'she becomes aware' about the discovery of secrets, and explains that a wise woman is called vör after this goddess.
Vor belongs to the group of Asynjur whose function can be seen as the personification of an abstract concept, in this case awareness and insight. No independent myths about her survive, and her figure is known exclusively through Snorri's enumeration in Gylfaginning.
Sources in the Eddas
- Gylfaginning 35
- Snorri describes Vor as wise and inquisitive; nothing can be hidden from her.
Interpretive traditions
A What we know
Vor is wise and nothing can be hidden from her (Gylfaginning 35).
B What we think we know
Whether Vor was an independent goddess or a personification in Snorri's text is unclear.
C What we do not know
Vor's cult and older traditions lack attestation.