Page "Skaði" Paragraph 33

In chapter 56 of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, Bragi recounts to Ægir how the gods killed Þjazi.

Þjazi's daughter, Skaði, took a helmet, a coat of mail, and " all weapons of war " and traveled to Asgard, the home of the gods.

Upon Skaði's arrival, the gods wished to atone for her loss and offered compensation.

Skaði provides them with her terms of settlement, and the gods agree that Skaði may choose a husband from among themselves.

However, Skaði must choose this husband by looking solely at their feet.

Skaði saw a pair of feet that she found particularly attractive and said " I choose that one ; there can be little that is ugly about Baldr.

" However, the owner of the feet turned out to be Njörðr.