Story of Siegfried (Baldwin).
Ægir
J. P. Molin
Ran was considered the goddess of death for all who perished at sea, and the Northern nations fancied that she entertained the drowned in her coral caves, where her couches were spread to receive them, and where the mead flowed freely as in Valhalla. The goddess was further supposed to have a great affection for gold, which was called the “flame of the sea,” and was used to illuminate her halls. This belief originated with the sailors, and sprang from the striking phosphorescent gleam of the waves. To win Ran’s good graces, the Northmen were careful to hide some gold about them whenever any special danger threatened them on the sea.
“Gold, on sweetheart ramblings,
Pow’rful is and pleasant;
Down to sea-blue Ran,
Cold her kisses strike, and