Nine daughters of Aegir

[WILHELM OTTO]

Thank you very much for your very good answer. A bad answer puts an end to a
line of thought, a good answer opens new lines, new possibilities.
Now I will work with all that you have given me. These daughters seem to be
more complex then I thought. The old bards hid their truth in a box, in a
box and so on. It seems that I have not considered the Icelandic spelling. I
have seen the words through the old dialects I have a faint grasp of.

Fishes would fit into the Ägir picture as a vanir - a god of peace and
plenty, giving substance, but also taking his part in the form of lives. But
the Vanir are a crummy lot, hard to grasp with a simple structure.
Dufa, it spelled duva to day in Sweden. My associations go to the old
fertility goddess, whatever she is called. She is sometimes pictured with a
dove. The dove belongs to her like the swine, the cat, and the owl and so
on. But I see no fish here.
Hrönn might be a wave but is also the name of rowan or mountain ash. It has
a lot of magic properties and is a part of the celtic Ogham-tree alphabet.
You could for example use it to make whistles. Some use whistles to get
wind. (This according to Graves.)
Bylgjas. I did not see the connexion with bölja  (eng. billow)- a small
wave.
Bloughadda is difficult. I pronounce it "blågedda" and tried it on an old
chap selling fish in his young days. He thought he recognised it as a small
shark - but could not swear on it.

If all these were waves we could have a phenomena like the girl who had a
lot of names for snow. There are a lot of waves as well as snows.

I thank you. I have got a lot to ponder and if I may I will come back to
you.
I ask just for reference, as you have helped me, if your name is Llama Nom.
Yours Wilhelm Otto






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