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Lodurr airi water/fire triad on the level of elemental forces. Njord rules the bounty of the sea; Aegir<br />

personifies the sea itself. He is less well- wishing than Njord, though not as cruel and greedy as his wife<br />

Ran (robber).<br />

Aegir and Ran take those who die in shipwrecks, and it was customary for sailors to hide a little bit<br />

of gold about them during storms so that Ran might welcome them well if they were drowned. Aegir's<br />

hall is lit with shining gold, and thus gold is called Aegir's Fire. He is the brewer of ale for the Aesir and<br />

is associated with the rune laguz. The daughters of Aegir and Ran are the nine waves, who may also be<br />

the mothers of Heimdallr.<br />

Ran carries a net with which to catch the drowned. Aegir is associated with the great cauldron in<br />

which he brews ale, which may be related to the cauldrons of plenty in Irish legend.<br />

SOL; MANI<br />

Sol (Anglo-Saxon Sunna) and Mani are the personifications of the Sun and the Moon. It should be<br />

remembered that in all Germanic languages and cultures, the Sun itself is feminine, while the Moon is<br />

masculine. Although it is not uncommon for some neo-pagans to identify this or that Teutonic goddess<br />

with a moon goddess (Paul Schroeder), it is thoroughly incorrect. There are no moon goddesses in the<br />

Teutonic pantheon; the concept is linguistically and culturally impossible.<br />

Sol is called "the shining goddess" from whose fires the earth is protected by the shield Svalin,<br />

"Cooler." She is drawn in a wain by two horses, Arvakr (Early-Awake) and Alsvith (Very Swift),~ and<br />

pursued by the wolf Skoll.<br />

Mani is said to measure the time of the Moon's waxing and waning. In Teutonic thought, the Moon<br />

is not associated with emotion and the subconscious but with measurement regulation, and reason. He is<br />

attended by the two water-bearing children Hjuki and Bil, who are thought to be Jack and Jill of the folk<br />

rhyme. Mani is pursued by the wolf Hati Hrodhvitnisson (son of Fenris), also called Managarm, "Moon's<br />

Dog."22<br />

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