Examples of goddesses attested in Norse mythology include Frigg ( wife of Odin, and the Anglo-Saxon version of whom is namesake of the modern English weekday Friday ), Skaði ( one time wife of Njörðr ), Njerda ( Scandinavian name of Nerthus ), that also was married to Njörðr during Bronze Age, Freyja ( wife of Óðr ), Sif ( wife of Thor ), Gerðr ( wife of Freyr ), and personifications such as Jörð ( earth ), Sól ( the sun ), and Nótt ( night ).

Continuing the poem, Sif welcomes Loki and invites him to take a crystal cup filled with ancient mead, and says that among the children of the Æsir, she is singularly blameless.

Loki " takes the horn ," drinks it, and says that she would be, if it were so, and states that Sif had a lover beside Thor, namely, Loki himself ( an event that is otherwise unattested ).

) Ullr is the name of one, who is a son of Sif, and a step-son of Thor.

In Norse mythology, Sif is a goddess associated with earth.

Sif is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds.

In both the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, Sif is the wife of the god Thor and is known for her golden hair.

In the Prose Edda, Sif is named as the mother of the goddess Þrúðr by Thor and of Ullr with a father whose name is not recorded.

The name Sif is the singular form of the plural Old Norse word sifjar.

In stanzas 53 and 54 of the poem Lokasenna, after pouring Loki a crystal cup of mead during his series of insults towards the gods, Sif states that there is nothing Loki can say only in regard to her.

Sif is additionally mentioned in two kennings found in poems collected in the Poetic Edda ; Hymiskviða ( where Thor is referred to as the " Husband of Sif " thrice ), and Þrymskviða ( where Thor is once referred to as " Husband of Sif ").

In the Prose Edda, Sif is mentioned once in the Prologue, in chapter 31 of Gylfaginning, and in Skáldskaparmál as a guest at Ægir's feast, the subject of a jötunn's desire, as having her hair shorn by Loki, and in various kennings.

Snorri states that Thor married Sif, and that she is known as " a prophetess called Sibyl, though we know her as Sif ".

In chapter 31 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, Ullr is referred to as a son of Sif and a stepson of Thor ( though his father is not mentioned ):

In chapter 35 of Skáldskaparmál, it is detailed that the half-god Loki once cut the lustrous golden hair of the goddess Sif, wife of the god Thor.

* The group of dwarves known only as the sons of Ivaldi fashioned three wondrous artefacts, including the ship of Freyr, the spear of Odin and the golden hair of Sif.

The Prose Edda also recounts that Sif once had her hair shorn by Loki, and that Thor forced Loki to have a golden headpiece made for Sif, resulting in not only Sif's golden tresses but also five other objects for other gods.

By this sense of the word, Sif would appear to be, like Frigg and Freyja, a goddess of loveliness and love ; as attributes of Oðinn and Thôrr agree, their wives Frigg and Sif have also a common signification.

Citing the etymology of her name, 19th century scholar Guðbrandur Vigfússon theorizes that Sif " betokens mother earth with her golden sheaves of grain ; she was the goddess of the sanctity of the family and wedlock ".

With Sif, Thor fathered the goddess ( and possible valkyrie ) Þrúðr ; with Járnsaxa, he fathered Magni ; with a mother whose name is not recorded, he fathered Móði, and he is the stepfather of the god Ullr.

" Grimm adds that he is inconclusive regarding Sif and that, " we ought to have fuller details about Sif, and these are wholly wanting in our mythology.

In Norse mythology the rowan was associated with the goddess Sif and, particularly, the god Thor as it was deemed his salvation as the giantess, Gjalp, tried to drown him in the rising flow of the Vimur River

In Norse mythology, the goddess Sif has famously blonde hair, which some scholars have identified as representing golden wheat.

In Norse mythology, the Sons of Ivaldi are a group of dwarfs who fashion Skidbladnir, the ship of Freyr, and the Gungnir, the spear of Odin, as well as golden hair for Sif to replace what Loki had cut off.

In Norse mythology reference to the fetish is in the story of Sif, Thor's wife and goddess of fertility, who is admired for having beautiful pure gold hair.

Here he lives with his wife Sif and their children.

Sif, wife of Thor, goes forth and pours Loki a glass of mead into a crystal cup in a prose narrative.

* 1916 – Sif Ruud, Swedish actress ( d. 2011 )

** Sif Ruud, Swedish actress ( d. 2011 )

Among numerous other insults, Hárbarðr claims that Sif has a lover at home.

Sif does not respond, and the exchange turns to Beyla.

Sif is further described as " the most loveliest of women " and with hair of gold.

The son of Sif, he is the stepson of Thor.

Prior to this, Hrungnir had been drunkenly boasting of his desire to, amongst other things, kill all of the gods except Freyja and Sif, whom he wanted to take home with him.

Sif also appears in Skáldskaparmál listed as a heiti for " earth ", appears in a kenning for a gold-keeping woman, and once for Hildr.

In Old English, sib (" family ") is cognate with Old Norse Sif and sif.

Various scholars beginning with Magnus Olsen have pointed to the similarity with what Sif does at the feast described in Lokasenna.

Richard North further notes that unusually, sib is personified here and in lines 2599 to 2661, and suggests they may be references to Sif in Danish religion: " Both instances may indicate that the poet of Beowulf was in a position to imagine a sixth-century Scandinavia on the basis of his knowledge of contemporary Danish legends.

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