sjörå
nature_spirit water Scandinavian folklore single tradition · 3
The sjörå is an aquatic rå (keeper, warden). The sjörå is later identified with a mermaid.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- bergsrå, havsrå, skeppsrået, gruvrået, Radande
- syncretized with
- mermaids
- aspect of
- Ra
- child of
- rår
- manifested by
- Ra
- cognate of
- Hulder
- sibling of
- Skogsrå
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“including the aquatic sjörå or havsfru, later identified with a mermaid, and the bergsrå in caves and mines who made life tough for the poor miners.”
#6619 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The different species of rår are sometimes distinguished according to the different spheres of nature with which each was associated, such as skogsrå or hulder (forest), sjörå (freshwater) or havsrå (saltwater), and bergsrå (mountains).”
#7333 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In Swedish folklore, a rå is a spirit connected to a place, object or animal; examples are the skogsrå (a forest being) and sjörå (a water being).”
#8652 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5