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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Skaði also included in her terms of settlement that the gods must do something she thought impossible for them to do: make her laugh.

The poem refers to Skaði as " the wise god-bride " and notes that she " could not love the Van ".

This account details that Skaði had once married Njörðr but that she would not have sex with him, and that later Skaði married Odin.

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.

Skaði is attested in poems found in the Poetic Edda, in two books of the Prose Edda and in one Heimskringla book.

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

Some place names in Scandinavia, particularly in Sweden, refer to Skaði.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

In the stanza, Odin details that the jötunn Þjazi once lived there, and that now his daughter Skaði does.

High says that afterward Skaði went back up to the mountains and lived in Þrymheimr, and there Skaði often travels on skis, wields a bow, and shoots wild animals.

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.

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.

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 ".

The Old Norse name Skaði, along with Sca ( n ) dinavia and Skáney, may be related to Gothic skadus, Old English sceadu, Old Saxon scado, and Old High German scato ( meaning " shadow ").

Alternatively, Skaði may be connected with the Old Norse noun skaði (" harm "), whence the Icelandic skaði (“ harm, damage ”).

Skaði tells Loki that he is " light-hearted " and that Loki will not be " playing [...] with tail wagging free " for much longer, for soon the gods will bind Loki to a sharp rock with the ice-cold entrails of his son.

Skaði declared that henceforth the snowdrift should be called " Breði's drift ," and ever since then people have referred to large snow drifts by that name.

On the other hand, Skaði may potentially be a masculine form and, as a result, some scholars have theorized that Skaði may have originally been a male deity.

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

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.

" 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.

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 ").