Vanir

The Vanir are a god-like race that inhabit the Realm of Vanaheim. They are a sister race to the Asgardians and are physiologicaly similar to them.

Thor
While not specificed, Hogun the Grim is introduced as one of the Warriors Three. Vanaheim, the home world of the Vanir, is later mentioned by Thor to Jane while explaining the Nine Realms.

Thor: The Dark World
The last battle to secure the safety and peace throughout the Nine Realms happens on Vanaheim. The Vanir are shown fleeing the destruction. After the battle, the Asgardian warriors are invited to a feast and celebration with the Vanir before they depart back to their home world of Asgard. Hogun stays on Vanaheim with his people, as that is his home world.

Physiology
The Vanir resemble humans of Asian decent, while their sister race the Asgardians resemble humans of Caucasian and African decent. Their body tissues are three times as dense as those of humans, which contributes to their superhuman strength and durability. They heal quickly and can recover from fatal injuries. Their life span is unknown, but its assumed to be similar or equal to that of Asgardians, approxmiately five thousand years. Their blood is red, like humans and Asgardians. While they can be wounded by Earthly metals, they cannot be wounded by human-level strength or even human-made projectile weapons.

Powers and Abilities
The Vanir are physically superior to humans and equal to Asgardians.
 * Super Density: Their molecular structure is denser than humans. This contributes to:
 * Super strength, speed, durability, reflexes, etc.
 * Accelerated Healing: Although they are resistant to injury, when injured the Vanir can heal remarkabliy fast.
 * Longevity: Its is unknown exactly how long Vanir typically live, but it is shown that Hogun has adventured with the Warriors Three and Sif and Thor and Loki throughout the millennia. The average life span should be around five thousand years, like the Asgardians.
 * Magics: It is possible that Vanir may be able to learn magic, but it is not shown that any do. In Norse mythology, it was the Vanir who where experts in magic, while the Asgardians specialized in war and combat.

Noteable Vanir

 * Hogun the Grim: a member of the Warriors Three and a citizen of Asgard, he is a Vanir and he often visits his home world of Vanaheim.