Editing Rán (section)

===''Völsunga saga'' and ''Friðþjófs saga hins frœkna''===
Rán receives a single mention in ''[[Völsunga saga]]''. Like in the prose introduction to the eddic poem ''Reginsmál'' (discussed above), "they sent Loki to obtain the gold. He went to Ran and got her net."<ref name="BYOCK-1990-58">Byock (1990: 58).</ref>

In the [[legendary saga]] ''[[Friðþjófs saga hins frœkna]]'', Friðþjófr and his men find themselves in a violent storm, and the protagonist mourns that he will soon rest in Rán's bed:

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<small>Old Norse</small>
:''Sat ek á bólstri''
:''í Baldrshaga,''
:''kvað, hvat ek kunna,''
:''fyr konungs dóttur.''
:''Nú skal ek Ránar''
:''raunbeð troða,''
:''en annar mun''
:''Ingibjargar''."<ref name="norr">[http://heimskringla.no/wiki/Fri%C3%B0%C3%BEj%C3%B3fs_saga_ins_fr%C3%A6kna ''Friðþjófs saga ins frækna''] at Norrøne Tekster og Kvad, Norway.</ref>
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<small>[[Eiríkr Magnússon]] and [[William Morris]] translation (1875):</small>
:"On bolster I sat
:In Baldur's Mead erst,
:And all songs that I could
:To the king's daughter sang;
:Now on Ran's bed belike
:Must I soon be a-lying,
:And another shall be
:By Ingibiorg's side."<ref name="EM-M-1875-84">Eiríkr Magnússon and Morris (1875: 84).</ref>
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The protagonist then decides that as they are to "go to Rán" (''at til Ránar skal fara'') they would better do so in style with gold on each man. He divides the gold and talks of her again:
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:''Nú hefir fjórum''
:''of farit várum''
:''lögr lagsmönnum'',
:''þeim er lifa skyldu'',
:''en Rán gætir''
:''röskum drengjum'',
:''siðlaus kona'',
:''sess ok rekkju''.<ref name="norr"/>
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:"The red ring here I hew me
:Once owned of Halfdan's father,
:The wealthy lord of erewhile,
:Or the sea waves undo us,
:So on the guests shall gold be,
:If we have need of guesting;
:Meet so for mighty men-folk
:Amid Ran's hall to hold them."<ref name="EM-M-1875-86">Eiríkr Magnússon and Morris (1875: 86).</ref>
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