Ægir

Norse tradition. See the whole pantheon.

Domains: the sea, brewer of the gods' ale
Partner: Rán

Odin rides to Hel, W. G. Collingwood, after the Poetic Edda.

Key myth

A sea-giant who holds a feast for the gods in Lokasenna, brewed in a giant's cauldron fetched by Thor. Loki kills a servant at the feast and insults everyone.

Primary sources

Lokasenna prose
Skáldskaparmál

All sources for the Norse pantheon

Place in the family graph

Choose a deity to see where it comes from. Dashed lines are links the sources describe that are not parent and child.

More traditions

Papyrus of Ani, British Museum (New Kingdom), a Book of the Dead.

Elsewhere in the world

Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Ægir: sea and waters. This is overlap in one area only.

Egyptian

Nun

the primeval waters

Egyptian

Sobek

Nile, fertility, kingship

Mesopotamian

Nammu

the primeval sea, mother of the gods

Mesopotamian

Apsu

fresh water below the earth

Mesopotamian

Tiamat

salt water, primordial mother

Mesopotamian

Enki / Ea

fresh water, wisdom, craft

Hindu

Varuna

cosmic order (ṛta), waters

Hindu

Vishnu

preservation, the universe's order

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