Ægir
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In Norse mythology, Ægir, Hlér, or Gymir, is a jötunn and personification of the sea. In the Old Norse record, Ægir hosts the gods in his halls and is associated with brewing ale. Ægir and his wife Rá
Ægir, Rán and their Nine Daughters prepare a huge vat of ale. 19th-century Swedish book illustration of the Poetic Edda.
An anonymous illustration of Ægir published in 1901
J. P. Molin's fountain relief featuring Ægir and his 9 daughters
The Neck and Ægir's Daughters by Nils Blommér (1850), based on a poem by Arvid August Afzelius.
In Norse mythology, the Æsir goddess Rán and the jötunn Ægir both personify the sea, and together they have nine daughters who personify the sea waves, the names of their daughters are poetic terms fo
Ægir
…the gods in his halls and is associated with brewing ale. Ægir and his wife Rán, a goddess who also personifies the sea, and together the two produced nine daughters who personify the sea waves, and Ægir's son is Snær, who personifies the snow. Ægir may also be the father of the beautiful jötunn Gerðr, wife of the…
The nine daughters of Ægir and Rán by Hans Dahl (1849-1937)
Heimdallr lifted by the Nine Wave Maidens by Karl Ehrenberg (1882), depicts Heimdallr's mothers as "wave maidens"