Bára was one of nine daughters ("billow maidens") of Ægir and Rán in the Northern mythology, each name reflecting a different characteristic of ocean waves: Bára (or Drǫfn) - Foam Fleck, Comber Blóðughadda - Bloody Hair (a reference to red sea foam) Bylgja - Billow Dúfa - Pitching Wave Hefring - Rising Wave Himinglæva - Transparent Wave Hrǫnn - Welling Wave Kolga - Cool Wave Unnr (or Uðr) - Frothing Wave.
Bára (or Drǫfn) - Foam Fleck, Comber
Blóðughadda - Bloody Hair (a reference to red sea foam)
Bylgja - Billow
Dúfa - Pitching Wave
Hefring - Rising Wave
Himinglæva - Transparent Wave
Hrǫnn - Welling Wave
Kolga - Cool Wave
Unnr (or Uðr) - Frothing Wave.