Rán
Norse · deity · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Sea goddess, wife of Ægir, who nets the drowned and gathers them to her undersea hall.
Domains
- sea drowning
Powers
- Drag drowning men down in her net
- gathers the drowned to her undersea hall
Relations
- spouse: ÆgirReciprocal of norse_aegir.spouse — Ægir (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 25, 33; Poetic Edda, Helgakviða Hundingsbana I (primary)