Personifications in Norse mythology

thumb|''The Nixie (folklore)|Neck and Ægir's Daughters'' by [[Nils Blommér (1850), based on a poem by Arvid August Afzelius.]] In Norse mythology, Ægir (anglicised as Aegir, Old Norse: 'sea'), Hlér (Old Norse: 'sea'), or Gymir (Old Norse less clearly: 'sea' or 'engulfer'), is a jötunn and personification of the sea. In the Old Norse record, Ægir hosts the gods in his halls and is associated with brewing ale. Ægir and his wife Rán, a goddess who also personifies the sea, and together the two produced nine daughters who personify the sea waves, and Ægir's son is Snær, who personifies the snow. Æ

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thumb|alt=Stone statue of a seated female figure with two children on her lap|Moder Jord (Mother Earth) by Stephan Sinding Jörð (), also named Fjorgyn or Hlodyn, is the personification of Earth and a goddess in Norse mythology. She is the mother of the thunder god Thor and a sexual partner of Odin. Jörð is attested in Danish history , composed in the 12th century by Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus; the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century by an unknown individual or individuals; and the Prose Edda, also composed in the 13th century. Her name is often employed in skaldic poetry and kenni

thumb|right|Rán uses her net to pull a seafarer into the depths in an illustration by Johannes Gehrts, 1901 In Norse mythology, Rán (in Old Norse: ) is a goddess and personification of the sea. Rán and her husband Ægir, a jötunn who also personifies the sea, and together the two produced nine daughters who personify the sea waves, and Rán's son is Snær, who personifies the snow. Rán may also be the mother of the beautiful jötunn Gerðr, wife of the god Freyr. The goddess is frequently associated with a net, which she uses to capture sea-goers. According to the prose introduction to a poem in th

thumb|right|250px|Nótt rides her horse in this 19th-century painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo. In Norse mythology, Night (Old West Norse: , ; Old East Norse: ; ), is a goddess and personification of the night. In both the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, composed in the 13th century, Nótt is listed as the daughter of a figure by the name of Nörvi (with variant spellings) and is associated with the horse Hrímfaxi, while the Prose Edda features information about Nótt's ancestry, including her three marriages. Nótt's third marriage was t

thumb|A depiction of Máni and Sól (1895) by Lorenz Frølich.

In Norse mythology, Dellingr (Old Norse possibly "the dayspring" or "shining one") is a god. Dellingr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, Dellingr is described as the father of Dagr, the personified day. The Prose Edda adds that, depending on manuscript variation, he is either the third husband of Nótt, the personified night, or the husband of Jörð, the personified earth. Dellingr is also attested in the legendary saga Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks. Sc

thumb|260px|Dagr (1874) by Peter Nicolai Arbo Dagr (Old Norse 'day') is the divine personification of the day in Norse mythology. He appears in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, Dagr is stated to be the son of the god Dellingr and is associated with the bright-maned horse Skinfaxi, who "draw[s] day to mankind". Depending on manuscript variation, the Prose Edda adds that Dagr is either Dellingr's son by Nótt, the personified night, or Jörð, the personified Earth. O

thumb|220px|"The Dises" (1909) by Dorothy Hardy thumb|220px|The dying Viking hero Ragnar Lodbrok exclaimed in [[Krákumál: "the dísir invite me home (to Valhalla)". This is an illustration of a woman welcoming Odin back to Valhalla on the Tjängvide image stone, Gotland.]] thumb|220px|"Idise" (1905) by Emil Doepler right|220px|thumb|The dísablót by August Malmström 220px|right|thumb|The annual Disting Fair still carries the name of the dísir. A scene from the Disting of 2008.

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thumb|A depiction of Elli wrestling Thor (1919) by Robert Engels. In Norse mythology (a subset of Germanic mythology), Elli (Old Norse: , "old age") is a personification of old age who, in the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, defeats Thor in a wrestling match.

norse mythological personifications of waves

thumb | right Byggvir is a figure in Norse mythology. The only surviving mention of Byggvir appears in the prose beginning of Lokasenna, and stanzas 55 through 56 of the same poem, where he is referred to as one of Freyr's servants and as the husband of Beyla.

Beyla (Old Norse: ) is one of Freyr's servants along with her husband, Byggvir, in Norse mythology. Beyla is mentioned in stanzas 55, 66, and the prose introduction to the Poetic Edda poem Lokasenna. Since this is the only mention of Beyla, scholars have turned to the etymology of Beyla's name for additional information about her. However, the meaning of her name is unclear and her name has been proposed as related to "cow," "bean," or "bee."

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Þorri () is the Icelandic name of the personification of frost or winter in Norse mythology, and also the name of the fourth winter month (mid January to mid February) in the Icelandic calendar.

In Norse mythology, Snær (Old Norse Snærr, East Norse Sniō, Latin Nix, Nivis, English "snow") is seemingly a personification of snow, appearing in extant text as an euhemerized legendary Scandinavian king.