Ægir
deity water Norse single tradition · 4
Ægir is a jötunn in Old Nordic mythology who has strong positive relations with the Æsir. He hosts them for a feast where they all drink together in the poem Lokasenna.
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When
- First attested
- 500 CE
- Attested period
- 500 – 1300
- Historical notes
- Documented in Old Nordic mythology.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Vafþrúðnir, Hyndla, Freyja, Óðr, Frigg, Þrymr, Skaði, Þjazi, Baldr, Iðunn, Hnoss, Sleipnir, Svaðilfari, Sif, Heimdallr, Sylph, Njörð, Kári, Logi, Fornjót, jötnar, Jörð, Gerð, Thor, Odin, Loki, Njörðr, Freyr
- allied with
- Æsir
- child of
- Fornjót
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“Furthermore, the Æsir are depicted as having strong positive relations with some jötnar such as Ægir, who hosts them for a feast where they all drink together in the poem Lokasenna.”
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“Chapter 33 tells that once the gods journeyed to visit Ægir, one of whom was Freyja.”
#12652 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Kári, son of Fornjót and brother to Ægir and Logi, the personification of the wind, much like his brothers personify sea and fire respectively.”
#24120 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001