Rán – Amethyst’s Archive

zooophagous: Rán, Norse goddess of the sea, for a client. She carries a net with her, and it’s really pretty up in the air whether she’ll guide you safely over the ocean or drown you on a whim. Commissions always open. Source: zooophagous

lady-arryn: fyeahmyths thank gods it’s summer challenge: goddess of the ocean In Norse mythology, Rán is a goddess associated with the sea. According to Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, in his retelling of the Poetic Edda poem Lokasenna, she is married to Ægir and they have nine daughters together. Source: lady-arryn

elreki: Reblog if you worship Norse gods/goddesses that aren’t -Loki and his kids -Odin -Thor -Freya and Frigga The less pop-culture gods deserve love too!!! Feel free to tag who you worship

Do you know of any kinds of mermaids or sirens or other sea dwellers in Norse myth? (If there’s two things I love, it’s mermaids and Norse myth)

fjorn-the-skald: Sæl, Off the top of my head, I cannot think of specific mermaids in Norse mythology. I can, however, recall that there is a Danish fairytale from which Disney made “The Little Mermaid,” and that is called the same thing in Danish: Den lille havfrue. You can read a translation of that for free by followingContinue reading “Do you know of any kinds of mermaids or sirens or other sea dwellers in Norse myth? (If there’s two things I love, it’s mermaids and Norse myth)”

goreisforgirls: aesthetic meme – deities – rán rán is the norse goddess of storms and the drowned dead. she is wife to ægir, god of the ocean and king of the sea creatures, and has a net with which she tries to capture men who venture out to sea. she is also associated with theContinue reading