RAN and her NINE DAUGHTERS - Ran is the mother and queen of the Northern seas. She is the wife of Aegir the king of the Northern seas. Ran, like her daughters can appear with legs or in mermaid form,. She is a sea giantess both beautiful and deadly.

RAN and her NINE DAUGHTERS - Ran is the mother and queen of the Northern seas. She is the wife of Aegir the king of the Northern seas. Ran, like her daughters can appear with legs or in mermaid form,. She is a sea giantess both beautiful and deadly. Ran takes on the darker, destructive aspects of the sea and is maker of all sea storms in the northern oceans. Her name means robber, ravenger or plunderer. Ran makes it very clear that she is a ravenger. She also collects and takes souls of the dead to Aegirheim. although Aegir is an ally to the Vanir and Aesir gods, Ran is an ally to Hela the Goddess of Death. Portrayed in this illustration Ran is in the centre. From left to right are the daughters of Ran and Aegir. Each daughter represents different aspects of the sea. HEVRING - Heaving Storms and Mourning's Mistress. BLODUGHADDA - Blood Hair and Shark's Delight. HIMINGLAVA - Mermaid of Fair Weather and Sunlight. HRONN - Mistress of Whirlpools, Eels and Fear. DUVA - The Hidden One and Keeper of Island Treasures. UNN - Billowing Tides and Maiden of the Counting Moon's Rythm. KOLGA - The Cold One, Ice Maiden of Floes and Castles. BYLGIA - Breaker's Dancer and Rider of the Wave Horse. BARA - Great Wave of the Whale, battering the land's stalwart stand. Viking's would often make offerings of gold, silver and jewels to Ran and her daughters in the hopes of safe passage. They believed that those who were lost and drowned at sea were actually captured and dragged down to the very depths by Ran and her daughters.

Mythology and Artwork

MUNINN HUGINN GINNUNGA-GAP

YGGDRASIL ODIN SLEIPNIR

THOR and JORMUNGANDR MJOLLNIR

VIDAR BALDER and HEIMDALL

NJORD FREYJR FREYJA

TYR FENRIR RAGNAROK

HEL ANGRBODA and LOKI

RAN EIR HULDA

VALKYRIE DISIR RUNES

 

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Welcome to Muninn’s Eyes my name is Eric Nordkvist a.k.a. Muninn. I’m a Digital Multimedia Artist located in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada.