Well-maids
Well-maids
in Norse mythology, were daughters of Aeger and Ran. They swim upon the stormy sea around their mother, and appear with white veils to assist the unfortunate out of the wild waves, and lay the drowned down in the lap of their mother. Their names are Himinglaffe, Dufa, Blodughadda, Heffring, Udur, Raun, Bylgia, Drobna, and Kolga.