![]() ![]() Įmployed as a common noun, also appears as a name for Odin and as the name of a river īára replaces Dröfn in a list of the daughter in Skáldskaparmál. Scholar Rudolf Simek says that "the name does not appear to be too appropriate for a wave, but perhaps it was supposed to convey the wispy, thread-like appearance of the water streaming from the crest of the wave." Īccording to Anthony Faulkes, Dröfn means " comber", whereas Bára translates to "wave" According to Andy Orchard, ' Dröfn means 'foaming sea'. Lists of their names appear twice in Skáldskaparmál, a section of the Prose Edda (for detail, see Prose Edda section below).Īccording to scholar John Lindow says, this name " to reddish foam atop a wave". ![]() The names of Ægir and Rán's daughters occur commonly in Old Norse sources. Scholars have theorized that these daughters may be the same figures as the nine mothers of the god Heimdallr. The sisters are attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources the Prose Edda, composed in the 13th century and in the poetry of skalds. Each daughter's name reflects poetic terms for waves. In Norse mythology, the goddess Rán and the jötunn Ægir both personify the sea, and together they have nine daughters who personify waves. ![]() The Daughters of Ægir and Rán as depicted in a grayscale version of a painting by Hans Dahl (1849-1937) ![]()
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