Ran and Aegir by Emil Doepler 1905

"And as Ref said:

    Gymir's spray-cold spæ-wife often brings
    the twisted-rope-bear [ship] into Ægir's jaws
    [under the waves]
    where the wave breaks."

--Skáldskaparmál, Chapter 25

Emil Doepler illustration from Walhall: Die Götterwelt der Germanen (The Gods of the Teutons) 1905


Source:

https://boudicca.de/site/de/gmedia-album/emil-doepler/

 

Quote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A1n#Prose_Edda

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