Geography/Culture: Scandinavian, Norse.
Description: Mermaid like Goddess of the stormy sea; She Who with Her hands drags ships down to Herself in the depths; Queen of the underwater realms; She Who welcomes the drowned (especially if they have gold in their possesion) to Her halls and feasting.
If ghosts of drowned people appear at their funeral feast it is a sign they have been recieved kindly by Ran.
To Whom Sacred: lobster; Ran's Road (the sea); the ninth wave; the number 9 (Her nine Daughters are generally assumed to be the waves of the sea); net (with which, some say, She traps seafarers); gold; cauldrons (associated with the feasting in Her hall); originally human sacrifice was made to Her before embarking on a voyage.
Male Associates: consort Aegir, God of the sea. In Her nine-fold aspect, or as Her own nine Daughters, Mother of Heimdall, the white god.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• As Mother of Heimdall She would be Grandmother of Edda, Great-Grandmother.
• See Gefjun, Generous-Giver, below, Who may be a form of Her.
• The name of one of Her Daughters is Gjolp, Howler.
• The name of another of Her Daughters is Greip, Grasper.
• Ran, The-Robber, is identified with Swedish Sjoran, SYØR*N, ----, Whose name may be a variant of Gefjun, Generous-Giver.

Geography/Culture: Old Norse, Scandinavian, Danish: Island of Zealand.
Description: Goddess of the oceans, fertility, virginity, prophesy and magic; Protectress of the souls of women who die as virgins.
Those who die as maidens serve Her.
To Whom Sacred: bullocks/oxen; the Island of Zealand; jewel; plough.
Male Associates: sons, four giants, who were Her bullocks, by consort Scyld, (Sciold), ----.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• Some say She is one of the Asynjur, Goddesses, Who are linked with Frigg, Bearer.
• Perhaps She is an aspect of Frigg, Bearer, at least in so far as She is one of the Asynjur, Goddesses.
• Variant Gefion.
• Variant Gefjon.
• Variant Gefn.
• Variant Geofon.
• If Sjoran is a variant then Gefjun may perhaps be identified with Ran, The Robber, above.
• Perhaps language variant: Swedish Sjoran, ----, above.
• Gefjun, Generous-Giver, is also listed as one of the Vanir, ----, Who are linked with Vanadis, under Freya, Dearly-Beloved. {Note: it's unlikely She could be both one of the Asynjur, Goddesses and one of the Vanir, ----}.