Aegir

   The ocean god of the Norsemen; although accepted as an equal, he was not one of the Aesir. He is encountered in three of the Eddas; in the Hymiskvida or Lay of Hymir, he entertained the Aesir at the feast of the autumnal equinox. His supply of drink being too little for Thor, the latter sets out with Tyr to capture Odherir, the magic cauldron of the giants. Later in the Aegisdrekka, or Carousal of Aegir, the Aesir drink from the cauldron and are grossly insulted by Loki who slays a servant and flees. This Eddic story is also known as the Lokasenna. It is to Aegir that Bragi tells the stories enumerated in the Bragiraedur. Aegir seems to be a pre-Nordic culture hero who was too firmly established to be absorbed or displaced by the Aesir. His wife was named Ran, by whom he had nine daughters.