Thor vs Sif - What's the difference?
thor | sif |
(Norse mythology) The god of thunder.
occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
(Norse mythology) A goddess, the wife of Thor.
* 1889 , Viktor Rydberg, Teutonic Mythology ,
* 2005 , Nathan J. Johnson, Robert J. Wallis, Galdrbok: Practical Heathen Runecraft, Shamanism and Magic ,
thor
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* (rare)Proper noun
(en proper noun)Anagrams
* ----sif
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(wikipedia Sif)Proper noun
(en proper noun)page 60,
- As already stated, Thor was, according to the Edda, married to Sibil, that is to say, the Sibylla, and the Edda adds that this Sibil is called Sif' in the North. In the Teutonic mythology Thor's wife is the goddess ' Sif .
page 309,
- For some contemporary Heathens, Lammas is sacred to Sif' and Thunor (see Our Troth online Chapter LIII). In Snorri's Skaldskaparmal (see Faulkes 1998 [1987]: 96), Loki cropped '''Sif'''’s (presumably blonde or flaxen) hair, seemingly out of spite, a cropping which compares to the harvesting of corn.' Sif ’s golden hair is a contemporary kenning for the cornfield as it is caressed by the breeze and makes gentle waves.