Pocket Rán Statue

Our Pocket Rán Statue honors the Norse goddess Rán, Jotun-Goddess of the Dangerous Sea. While Njord is the god of sea travel and her husband Aegir is the god of the gentle sea, Rán rules the treacherous ocean waters. She was known to have a golden hall at the bottom of the sea where the drowned spent their afterlife until she released them to another Afterlife Hall. This hall is where Rán and Aegir entertained the gods on many occasions: it is also the setting of the Lokasenna tale. She was often said to be the original creator of the net, which she used to drag sailors down to join her hall. Sailors would carry gold, particularly coins, as offerings to Rán for safe passage across her seas. They hoped that, should Rán pull them off their ships, she would take only their gold and let them leave alive. Gold was said to be the fire of the sea and was known to be the source of light in her hall. Here, she's depicted in the same style as Norse wooden god-posts. Gold coins are entangled in h