Ran

Rán

... Ran is the name of Ægir's wife, and their daughters are nine, even as we have written before ... practice of sailors bringing gold with them on any voyage, so that if they drowned while at sea, Ran would be pleased by their gift ...

Famous quotes containing the word ran:

    “Imagining that I could
    A greater with a lesser pang assuage
    Or but to find if withered vein ran blood,
    I tore my body that its wine might cover
    Whatever could recall the lip of lover.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Have you heard of the wonderful one-hoss shay,
    That was built in such a logical way
    It ran a hundred years to a day,”
    —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

    “And here we have that splendid family
    I never ran to when I got depressed,
    The boys all biceps and the girls all chest....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)