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Sif is the golden-haired wife of Thor, a goddess tied to the harvest. When Loki cut off her hair, the dwarves made her new hair of real gold, along with the gods' greatest treasures.
Who is Sif in Norse mythology?
Sif is a goddess chiefly known as the golden-haired wife of Thor and a figure tied to the earth and its harvest, her shining hair often read as the ripe grain of the fields.
She is called the Fair-Haired because the Prose Edda names her hárfagra goð, the fair-haired goddess. Her golden hair is famous: when Loki cut it off, the dwarves made her new hair of real gold.
What is Sif the goddess of?
- Domains — harvest, golden grain, fidelity
- World — Asgard
- Offerings — beer, wine, bread, grain, cream; a wheat sheaf, gold thread
- Herbs — wheat · Wood — rowan · Metal — gold
Kin — Consort: Thor · Children: Thrud, and Ullr by another
Sif's golden hair
Her best-known myth explains where the gods' treasures came from. Out of spite, Loki cut off Sif's beautiful hair as she slept. Thor's fury forced Loki to make amends, and to do so he set the dwarves to work — and they crafted not only new hair of spun gold that would grow like real hair, but also, in a wager of skill, Odin's spear, Freyr's ship and boar, and Thor's own hammer Mjollnir. Sif's shorn hair, in the end, gave the gods their greatest gifts.
Her husband is Thor, and her son is Ullr.
Questions
Who is Sif's husband?
Thor.
Why did Loki cut Sif's hair?
Out of spite. Thor made him pay for it, and the dwarves made her new hair of gold.