Lore[]
Ran loves the ocean and the creatures of the north sea. However, at night she becomes a wife. By being loved, she has obtained beautiful legs. By being loved every day, her radiance as a goddess grows and grows. Ran's power as a goddess comes from her loving husband and the sea. If she did not have both these things, the power she exerts would be lost.
Acquisition[]
See (Clear Ripples) Sea Spray Lover Ran
Name origin[]
In Norse mythology, Rán (Old Norse "sea") is a sea goddess. According to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, in his retelling of the Poetic Edda poemLokasenna, she is married to Ægir and they have nine daughters together. Snorri also reports that she had a net in which she tried to capture men who ventured out on the sea:
Ran is the name of Ægir's wife, and their daughters are nine, even as we have written before. At this feast all things were self-served, both food and ale, and all implements needful to the feast. Then the Æsir became aware that Rán had that net wherein she was wont to catch all men who go upon the sea.[1]
Her net is also mentioned in Reginsmál and in the Völsunga saga, where she lends it to Loki so that he can capture Andvari. She is also associated with the practice of sailors bringing gold with them on any voyage, so that if they drowned while at sea, Ran would be pleased by their gift. [2]
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rán
Additional Info[]
- Variation of (Uproarious) Spindrift Lover Ran
- Artwork by Mario Wibisono.