Post by bluefedish on Oct 28, 2007 11:35:15 GMT -5
Joro
In Norse mythology, Joro (or Jaro in Old East Norse; Earth, sometimes Anglicized Jord or Jorth) is a goddess and the personification of the Earth. She is identified with Fjorgyn and Hlodyn).
Joro is one of Odin's spouses and the mothers of Thor. Fjorgyn, also known as Hlodyn "hearth", is the mothere of Thor by Odin, and by extension, Meili. She is daughter of Annar and Nott and sister of Auo and Dagr. Otherwise she is essentially unknown. Some think she may simply have been an alias of Odin's wife Frigg. In the Skaldskaparmal, however, she is called the rival of Frigg, Rindr and Gunnlod.
Ran
Ran is the goddess of storms, and the wife of the sea god Aegir. She rules over the realm of the dead which is situated on the bottom of the ocean. She sinks ships and collects drowned sailors in her nets and takes them to her hall where she tenderly ministers them (drowned persons neither go to Valhalla nor to Helheim). With Aegir she is the mother of nine daughters (the billows), who wore white robes and veils.
Selected Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rd
www.pantheon.org/articles/r/ran.html
In Norse mythology, Joro (or Jaro in Old East Norse; Earth, sometimes Anglicized Jord or Jorth) is a goddess and the personification of the Earth. She is identified with Fjorgyn and Hlodyn).
Joro is one of Odin's spouses and the mothers of Thor. Fjorgyn, also known as Hlodyn "hearth", is the mothere of Thor by Odin, and by extension, Meili. She is daughter of Annar and Nott and sister of Auo and Dagr. Otherwise she is essentially unknown. Some think she may simply have been an alias of Odin's wife Frigg. In the Skaldskaparmal, however, she is called the rival of Frigg, Rindr and Gunnlod.
Ran
Ran is the goddess of storms, and the wife of the sea god Aegir. She rules over the realm of the dead which is situated on the bottom of the ocean. She sinks ships and collects drowned sailors in her nets and takes them to her hall where she tenderly ministers them (drowned persons neither go to Valhalla nor to Helheim). With Aegir she is the mother of nine daughters (the billows), who wore white robes and veils.
Selected Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rd
www.pantheon.org/articles/r/ran.html
