Deity Norse and Germanic
Ægir
Sea giant, god of the ocean and king of the sea in Norse mythology
Overview
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Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
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The family as a list · 14
Kinship in an account 14
- child of (child) Fornjótr Norse mythical character; giant
- child of (father) Miskorblindi father of Ægir in Norse mythology
- parent of (child) Bára personification of waves in Norse mythology
- parent of (child) Blóðughadda personification of waves in Norse mythology
- parent of (child) Bylgja personification of waves in Norse mythology
- parent of (child) Dúfa one of the Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán in Norse mythology
- parent of (child) Hefring personification of waves in Norse mythology
- parent of (child) Himinglæva personification of waves in Norse mythology
- parent of (child) Hrönn personification of waves in Norse mythology
- parent of (father) Kólga personification of waves in Norse mythology
- parent of (child) Nine Daughters of Ægir norse mythological personifications of waves
- parent of (child) Nine Mothers of Heimdallr nine sisters who gave birth to the god Heimdallr
- parent of (child) Unn personification of waves in Norse mythology
- partner of (spouse) Rán Norse deity
Where Ægir appears
- Written 1225 CE
Prose Edda
13th-century Norse work of literature written in Iceland - No date recorded
Grímnismál
poem from the Poetic Edda - No date recorded
Lokasenna
Old Norse poem from the Poetic Edda - Written the 1220s CE
Skáldskaparmál
third part of the Prose Edda - No date recorded
Hymiskviða
OId Norse poem in the Poetic Edda
Connections
Identification 5
- Ahti water deity of Finnish Folk poetry
- Gymir Norse mythical character
- Neptune Roman god of water, particularly the sea, considered equivalent to the Greek Poseidon
- Poseidon one of the twelve Olympians presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses
- The Sea Tsar character of Russian folk tales, tutelary deity
More from Norse and Germanic
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