In Norse mythology Sif is a goddess associated with earth.
Sif is the wife of the god Thor and is known for her golden hair.
In 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 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. Scholars have proposed that
Sif's hair may represent fields of golden wheat, that she may be
associated with fertility, family, wedlock and/or that she is
connected to rowan, and that she may appear or be referenced
in the Old English poem Beowulf
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Sif is the wife of the god Thor and is known for her golden hair.
In 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 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. Scholars have proposed that
Sif's hair may represent fields of golden wheat, that she may be
associated with fertility, family, wedlock and/or that she is
connected to rowan, and that she may appear or be referenced
in the Old English poem Beowulf
Read more here
A depiction of Norse gods assembled as in the
Poetic Edda poem Lokasenna, 1895 by Lorenz Frølich
Sif is standing up...
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'Sif', 1893 by Jenny Nyström
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'Sif', by Karl Isakson, 1904-10
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'Captioned as The Gold Hair that Loki Made',
by Emma Gordon, 1910
Loki presents to Thor the newly-made
gold-spun hair of Thor's wife, the goddess Sif
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'Sif and her Hair'
by ~Hellanim
by ~Hellanim
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