Ran, known as the queen of the sea, it is the primordial Nordic Goddess of the oceans and seas. Ran was revered as the queen of waves and mermaids, admired by her beauty, her musical talent and her power of seduction. She was a protector of the girls and single women and also the patron saint of drowning men, being considered also a goddess of death. She is characterized as a gigantic and beautiful woman, and scented with long hair, wearing necklaces of gold and precious stones. Ran was mother of nine beautiful daughters known as the maidens of the waves. The Ancient Norse believed that all those who died in the sea were not admitted in Valhalla; instead, they were taken to the kingdom of Ran. If the dead carried gold with them, they would be treated with perks by the goddess, and for that, the sailors always put coins and gold nuggets in your pockets before they traveled. In those days, many of their ships in their sterns an image of Ran carved in wood, as a form of protection and reverence to the goddess. It is said that Ran allowed the dead in the sea to watch to their funerals. If the family of the dead saw his ghost during the burial, it that was a sign that he was fine, in the care of Ran. Nephelibata
