Ran, also referred to as "the goddess of the drowned", is the moody and sometimes treacherous goddess of the seas and waters in
Norse mythology. She is the wife of
Aegir and collects the corpses of the drowned in a net. She had nine daughters with Aegir called billow maidens, including
Bylgia and
Atla.
See also: Ran (1985 movie)
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