Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Rana

Goddess of the sea, and wife of the sea-god Aeger. (Scandinavian mythology.)

`May Rama keep them in the deep,
As is her wont.
And no one save them from the grave,'
Cried Helgehont.

Frithiof-Saga; The Banishment.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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