Skaði
The daughter of Þjazi, whom the gods had killed. After journeying to Ásgarðr from Þrymheimr, she agreed that she would renounce her vengeance on two conditions: that they allow her to choose a husband from among them, and that they succeed in making her laugh.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 CE
- Attested period
- 800 – 1300
- Historical notes
- Documented in the Prose Edda, 13th-century Icelandic source.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Hyrrokin, Thokk, Gefjon, Freyja, Óðr, Hnoss, Gersemi, Hildisvíni, Frigg, Gullveig, Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr, Irpa, Menglöð, Þjazi, Baldr, Iðunn, Sleipnir, Svaðilfari, Skírnir, Gymir, gýgr, Gríðr, Odin, Thor, Loki, Ægir, Gerðr, Freyr
- consort of
- Njörðr
- enemy of
- gods
- child of
- Þjazi
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Skaði - The daughter of Þjazi, whom the gods had killed. After journeying to Ásgarðr from Þrymheimr, she agreed that she would renounce her vengeance on two conditions: that they allow her to choose a husband from among them, and that they succeed in making her laugh.”
#6433 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“after the god Njörðr split with the goddess Skaði”
#12629 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Freyr's father Njörðr and, in verse, the goddess Skaði tells Skírnir to find out what troubles Freyr. An exchange occurs between Freyr and Skírnir in verse, where Freyr tells Skírnir that he has seen a wondrous girl with shining arms at the home of (her father) Gymir”
#41230 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The poem itself starts with the wife of Njörðr, Skaði, bidding Skírnir to ask Freyr why he is so sad.”
#41305 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001