Ran

Norse

Goddess of the sea. Ran married Aegir and became his consort. Ran was the mother of the Nine Waves, and grandmother of the Aesir god Heimdall. She may very well be an Asynia.

Ran

Ran
Arthur Rackham
Illustration, 1910

Ran gathered seafarers in her net, having carried them to the bottom of the sea in a whirlpool.

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Created:July 23, 1999

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