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 ).

In both the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, the goddess Skaði is responsible for placing a serpent above him while he is bound.

Loki says that Skaði was once gentler in speech to him ( referring to himself as the " son of Laufey ") when Skaði once invited him to her bed ( an event that is unattested elsewhere ), and that such events must be mentioned if they are to recall " shameful deeds.

Njörðr is father of the deities Freyr and Freyja by his unnamed Van sister, was in an ill-fated marriage with the goddess Skaði, lives in Nóatún and is associated with sea, seafaring, wind, fishing, wealth, and crop fertility.

In the prose introduction to the poem Skírnismál, Freyr is mentioned as the son of Njörðr, and stanza 2 cites the goddess Skaði as the mother of Freyr.

High further states that Njörðr's wife is Skaði, that she is the daughter of the jötunn Þjazi, and recounts a tale involving the two.

" This is followed by an excerpt from a composition by the 11th century skald Þórðr Sjáreksson, explained as containing a reference to Skaði leaving Njörðr:

Some of these similarities include that, in parallel to Skaði and Njörðr in Skáldskaparmál, Hadingus is chosen by his wife Regnhild after selecting him from other men at a banquet by his lower legs, and, in parallel to Skaði and Njörðr in Gylfaginning, Hadingus complains in verse of his displeasure at his life away from the sea and how he is disturbed by the howls of wolves, while his wife Regnhild complains of life at the shore and states her annoyance at the screeching sea birds.

In the prose, Loki has been bound by the gods with the guts of his son Nari, his son Váli is described as having been turned into a wolf, and the goddess Skaði fastens a venomous snake over Loki's face, from which venom drips.

In Norse mythology, Skaði ( sometimes anglicized as Skadi, Skade, or Skathi ) is a jötunn and goddess associated with bowhunting, skiing, winter, and mountains.

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

In all sources, Skaði is the daughter of the deceased Þjazi, and Skaði married the god Njörðr as part of the compensation provided by the gods for killing her father Þjazi.

In Heimskringla, Skaði is described as having split up with Njörðr and as later having married the god Odin, and that the two produced many children together.

In both the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, Skaði is responsible for placing the serpent that drips venom onto the bound Loki.

Skaði is alternately referred to as Öndurguð ( Old Norse " ski god ") and Öndurdís ( Old Norse " ski lady ").

The etymology of the name Skaði is uncertain, but may be connected with the original form of Scandinavia.

Scholars have theorized a potential connection between Skaði and the god Ullr ( who is also associated with skiing and appears most frequently in place names in Sweden ), a particular relationship with the jötunn Loki, and that Scandinavia may be related to the name Skaði ( potentially meaning " Skaði's island ") or the name may be connected to an Old Norse noun meaning " harm ".

Loki responds that Skaði was more friendly in speech when Skaði was in his bed — an accusation he makes to most of the goddesses in the poem and is not attested elsewhere.

In the Prose Edda, Skaði is attested in two books: Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál.

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.

Skaði gathered men together to look for Breði and the group eventually found the corpse of Breði in a snowdrift.

In chapter 23 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, the enthroned figure of High details that Njörðr's wife is Skaði, that she is the daughter of the jötunn Þjazi, and recounts a tale involving the two.

Although Snorri Sturluson does not mention the dísir in the Prose Edda, he does list Vanadís —' dís of the Vanir '— as a name for Freyja, and öndurdís —' snow-shoe dís '— as a name for Skaði.

Skaði then marries Odin, and the two had numerous sons.

Finally, in compensation to Skaði, Odin took Þjazi's eyes, lunged them into the sky, and from the eyes made two stars.

Due to their shared association with skiing and the fact that both place names referring to Ullr and Skaði appear most frequently in Sweden, some scholars have proposed a particular connection between the two gods.

* 950: Skiing is recorded in Norse mythology, where two deities — the god Ullr and the goddess Skaði are described as hunting on skis.

As one of the three acts of reparation performed by the Æsir for Þjazi's death, Skaði was allowed by the Æsir to choose a husband from amongst them, but given the stipulation that she may not see any part of them but their feet when making the selection.

In the prose introduction to the poem Lokasenna, Skaði is referred to as the wife of Njörðr and is cited as one of the goddesses attending Ægir's feast.

In one stanza, Hyndla notes that Þjazi " loved to shoot " and that Skaði was his daughter.

In Norse mythology, Alvaldi or Ölvaldi ( Old Norse, ' the all-powerful one ') was a giant and the father of Þjazi, Gangr and Iði as well as the grandfather of Skaði.

Snorri's Ynglinga Saga relates that after the giantess Skaði broke off her marriage with Njörd, she " married afterwards Odin, and had many sons by him, of whom one was called Sæming " from whom Jarl Hákon claimed descent.

In chapter 8 of the Heimskringla book Ynglinga saga, Skaði appears in an euhumerized account.

Scholars have theorized about whether or not Freyja and the goddess Frigg ultimately stem from a single goddess common among the Germanic peoples ; about her connection to the valkyries, female battlefield choosers of the slain ; and her relation to other goddesses and figures in Germanic mythology, including the thrice-burnt and thrice-reborn Gullveig / Heiðr, the goddesses Gefjon, Skaði, Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa, Menglöð, and the 1st century BCE " Isis " of the Suebi.

The goddess Skaði says that while Loki now appears light-hearted and " playing " with his " tail-wagging ," he will soon be bound with his ice-cold son's guts on a sharp rock by the gods.

Skaði says that, with these events in mind, " baneful advice " will always come from her " sanctuaries and plains " to Loki.

Skaði fastened a venomous snake over Loki's face, and from it poison dripped.

Njörðr, Skaði, and Freyr as depicted in The Lovesickness of Frey ( 1908 ) by W. G. Collingwood

High states that afterward Skaði went back up to the mountains to Þrymheimr and recites a stanza where Skaði skis around, hunts animals with a bow, and lives in her fathers old house.

Expecting to choose the god Baldr by the beauty of the feet she selects, Skaði instead finds that she has picked Njörðr.

Chapter 8 states that Njörðr married a woman named Skaði, though she would not have intercourse with him.

The guts of " Nari or Narfi " are then used to tie Loki to three stones, after which the guts turn to iron, and Skaði places a snake above Loki.

Even so, the gods themselves were related to the giants by many marriages, and there are giants such as Ægir, Loki, Mímir and Skaði, who bear little difference in status to them.