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
Arthur Rackham
Illustration, 1910
Ran gathered seafarers in her net, having carried them to the bottom of the sea in a whirlpool.
Ran.
By Jimmy Joe
God of the sea and ocean. He dwelt in the hall at the bottom of the sea near the island of Hler (or Hlesey) with his wife and consort, Ran . Aegir was also called Hler and Gymir. It is uncertain if he was an Aesir god because Snorri Sturluson didn...
Rind was the mother of Vali , by Odin. Rind gave birth to Vali just after Balder's death. Vali grew man or giant-sized overnight, to avenge Balder by killing Hod . Rind was sometimes seen as the sun goddess, but she was possibly the goddess of the...
God of wind and sea. Njörd (Njord) appeared to be the leader of the Vanir before he became an Aesir god. While he was living in Vanaheim, Njörd was married to his own sister (nameless or else she is the Germanic goddess Nerthus ). Snorri mentioned...
Njord: The Patron of Fishermen Njord, the god of the wind and waters , was part of the Vanir tribe of deities in the Norse pantheon. He had power over all the waters of the world, and he was like a Norse god of the sea. He was famed for being the ...
The following Asyniur were mentioned by Snorri Sturluson in the Prose Edda. Not much else is known about these goddesses. Gerd A mountain giantess who married Freyr . known for her great beauty. For more detail, see Giants, Gerd . Saga Not much is...
Goddess of love, beauty, fertility, magic, war and death. Freyja was the daughter of Njörd (Njord) and Njörd's nameless sister (possibly Nertheus?). She was the sister of Freyr . Like her brother and father, she was originally a Vanir goddess, but...
God of wind and sea. Njörd (Njord) was also the patron god of good fortune for sailors and hunting. Sailors prayed to Njörd when they set out on a voyage. Like his son and daughter, Njörd was originally a Vanir deity before he became an Aesir god....
Nerthus: Mother Earth Goddess Nerthus, goddess of peace and prosperity as well as fertility, was part of the Norse pantheon. She was worshipped in Scandinavia as well as other Germanic areas. She was connected to Njord, god of the sea and waters, ...
Freya: Get to Know the Desirable Goddess of Love and Lust Freya goddess of fertility was one of the foremost Norse goddesses in Norse mythology. She was also the Norse goddess of love , lust, beauty, and sex, and she was greatly desired by many of...
The Vanir were a tribe of deities associated with fertility and prosperity. They lived in Vanaheim (Vanaheimr or Vanaland), the world of the Vanir. They warred upon rival tribe of gods known as the Aesir. They differed from the Aesir, by being the...