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Sif

Goddess of corn and fertility(?). She was a goddess with beautiful golden hair. Not much is known about Sif. Sif was possibly a Vanir goddess originally, like the goddess Freyja.

Sif was the wife and consort of Thor. She had a son named Ull.

Originally, Sif was probably a prophetess known as the Sibyl, which Snorri Sturluson mentioned in the prologue of the Prose Edda. This Sibyl married Tror (Thor), who she had met in the realm of Thrace, which Sturluson called Thrudheim. If this is truly the case, then she became the goddess of prophecy and divination, though in the usual Norse mythology, she doesn't appear to have had any gift with divination.

One story told about her tells how Loki had cut off her hair as a practical joke. In a rage, Thor would have bashed Loki to death, if the trickster did not restore Sif's hair.

Loki went to the dwarves, the sons of Ivaldi. The dwarves made a wig with hair made of finely spun gold. The magic in the wig allowed the gold to grow like natural hair. The gift was only one of several that the dwarves had made for the gods.

See Gifts of the Dwarves for the full story.

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By Jimmy Joe

Aesir:

  • • Odin
  • • Ve (Lodur)
  • • Vili (Hœnir)
  • • Thor
  • • Tyr
  • • Njörd
  • • Freyr (Lord)
  • • Heimdall
  • • Loki
  • • Ull
  • • Bragi
  • • Forseti
  • • Vidar
  • • Vali
  • • Balder
  • • Höd
  • • Hermod
  • • Mimir
  • • Magni and Modi
  • • Frigg
  • • Freyja (Lady)
  • • Sif
  • • Idun
  • • Jörd (Fjörgyn)
  • • Rind
  • • Gefjon
  • • Fulla
  • • Thrud
  • • Sol and Moon
  • • Other Asyniur
  • • Aegir
  • • Ran
  • • Nott
  • • Hel
  • • Norns
Sibyl

Sibyl

Prophetess. Sibyl was actually the Latin name for several prophetesses that appeared in Roman legends. One of the Sibyls guided the Trojan hero Aeneas to the Underworld to talk to his father, Anchises. Sibyl appeared to be a title rather than a na...

September 28th, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Thrud

Thrud

Goddess of power and strength. Thrud was the daughter of Thor and Sif. Thor prevented the marriage between Thrud and a dwarf named Alvis; her father delayed the wedding before turning the dwarf into stone.

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Gifts of the Dwarves

Gifts of the Dwarves

Thor was married to Sif, the lovely goddess. Sif had beautiful, long, golden hair. It was something she took great pride of. Loki, the mischievous fire-god, loved playing practical jokes on the gods. One night, Loki decided to cut off all Sif's ha...

September 10th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Sons of Ivaldi

Sons of Ivaldi

Dwarves. The four sons of Ivaldi were master craftsmen. On Loki's advice, the sons of Ivaldi ("bowman") created three gifts for the Aesir. They created a magic gold wig to replace the beautiful hair of Sif (wife of Thor). They also made a collapsi...

August 17th, 2002 • Jimmy Joe
Freyja

Freyja

Goddess of love, beauty, fertility, magic, war and death. Freyja was the daughter of Njörd (Njord) and Njörd's nameless sister (possibly Nertheus?). She was the sister of Freyr. Like her brother and father, she was originally a Vanir goddess, but ...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Frigg

Frigg

Goddess of marriage, fertility and childbirth. Frigg was the daughter of Fjorgvin. (Others said that she was the daughter of Jörd (Fjörgyn), goddess of the earth, and therefore Frigg was possibly the sister of Thor.) She lived in the hall Fensalir...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Freyr

Freyr

God of light, rain, fertility and prosperity. Freyr was son of Njörd (Njord) and Njörd's nameless sister (possibly Nerthus). Freyr was the brother of his twin sister Freyja. Like his father and sister, he was originally a Vanir, but he became an i...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Other Asyniur

Other Asyniur

The following Asyniur were mentioned by Snorri Sturluson in the Prose Edda. Not much else is known about these goddesses. Gerd A mountain giantess who married Freyr. known for her great beauty. For more detail, see Giants, Gerd. Saga Not much is k...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Hjordis (Sisibe)

Hjordis (Sisibe)

In the Icelandic legend, Hjördís (Hjordis) was the wife of Sigmund and the mother of the hero Sigurd. Hjördís is known by various names. In the Icelandic works she was Hjördís or Hiordis the daughter of King Eylimi (though in the song of Hyndla, h...

August 16th, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Frigg

Frigg

Frigg: Odin’s Queen Frigg, goddess of fertility, motherhood, and the home was mostly known for her role as Odin’s wife. Because she was his wife, she was the queen of the Norse world and the Aesir tribe of the Norse pantheon. Unfortunately, she di...

April 2nd, 2002 • Timeless Myths
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