Rán
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In Norse mythology, Rán is a goddess and personification of the sea. Rán and her husband Ægir, a jötunn who also personifies the sea, and together the two produced nine daughters who personify the sea
Rán uses her net to pull a seafarer into the depths in an illustration by Johannes Gehrts, 1901
Rán pulls her net beside her husband Ægir as depicted by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine (1845–1921) after an original by Friedrich Wilhelm Engelhard (1813–1902)
The Wolves Pursuing Sol and Mani
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
Rán
…In Norse mythology, Rán (in Old Norse: ) is a goddess and personification of the sea. Rán and her husband Ægir, a jötunn who also personifies the sea, and together the two produced nine daughters who personify the sea waves, and Rán's son is Snær, who personifies…
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.