Skaði

Jötunn goddess of winter, mountains and the hunt, daughter of Þjazi, briefly wed to Njǫrðr.

Parentage

• parent: Þjazi

Children

• Sæmingr

Domains

• winter mountains
• hunting

Powers

• Range the mountains hunting on skis

Epithets

• ǫndurdís old-norse · skaldicSnowshoe/ski goddessSnorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál 23 (Prose Edda) (primary); Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology, s.v. Skaði (secondary)
• ǫndurguð old-norse · skaldicSki-god(dess) of the snowshoeSnorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning 23 (Prose Edda) (primary)

Relations

• spouse: NjǫrðrDaughter of the slain giant Þjazi (not in registry), Skaði chose Njǫrðr by his feet in compensation; the marriage was brief and unhappy.Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning (Prose Edda), ch. 23; Skáldskaparmál ch. 1 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 23; Skáldskaparmál 1; Poetic Edda, Lokasenna 49-52 (primary)