Ægir

Jötunn personification of the sea, ale-brewer and host of the gods' feasts, husband of Rán.

Domains

• sea ocean
• brewing feasting

Powers

• Brew ale for the assembled gods
• host the gods at his hall and brew ale in a vast cauldron
• personify and raise the swelling sea

Epithets

• Hlér old-norse · Hlér'Sea' (his name as island-eponym Hlésey/Læsø)Snorri, Skáldskaparmál (prose frame); Lokasenna prose (primary)
• Gymir old-norse · Gymirbyname of Ægir as ale-host of the godsSnorri, Skáldskaparmál (Lokasenna prose calls his hall 'at Gymis') (primary)

Relations

• spouse: RánÆgir (Gymir/Hlér) and the sea-goddess Rán are husband and wife; their daughters are the waves.Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál (Prose Edda), ch. 25; Lokasenna prose intro (primary)

Sources

• existence: Prose Edda, Skáldskaparmál 33; Poetic Edda, Hymiskviða, Lokasenna (primary)