They played chess on the grass-plot; They were cheerful; They did not lack Anything of gold Until three Very mighty Thurs maidens came (Nornir) From Jotunheim. Then followed a great battle between the Asar and their neighbours, the Vanir. The Asar seem to have been at first defeated, but afterwards made peace. This fight is the most obscure part of the whole of Völuspa. That fight remembers she First in the world, When they pierced Gullveig[73] with spears, And burnt her In the hall of Hár;[74] Thrice they burnt The thrice-born one, Yet still she lives. Then all the gods went To their judgment seats, The most holy gods, And counselled about Whether the Asar should Tribute pay,[75] Or if all the gods Should have a feast. Odin had hurled the spear And shot at the host; That was moreover the first Fight in the world. Broken was the timber wall[76] Of the Asa-burgh; The war-exposed plains The Vanir trampled on. A fight is also mentioned in the Ynglinga Saga which seems to be the same as the one referred to in Völuspa.