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Sigurd
Sigurd is one of the greatest heroes of Norse and wider Germanic legend. Known as Sigurðr in Old Norse and as Siegfried in medieval German tradition, he is celebrated for killing the dragon Fáfnir, acquiring a hoard of c…
Sif
Sif is a female deity in Norse mythology, best known as the wife of Thor and the owner of remarkable golden hair. She appears only briefly in the surviving medieval sources, but one story gives her an important place in …
Sigyn
Sigyn is a goddess or divine woman associated with Loki in Norse mythology. She is best known for remaining beside him after the gods punish him for his role in the death of Baldr. While Loki lies bound beneath a venomou…
Sjofn
Sjöfn is a minor goddess in Norse mythology, known primarily from the medieval Icelandic Prose Edda. Her name is usually written Sjöfn in modern editions, although Sjofn is a common English spelling that omits the diacri…
Skadi
Skadi (Old Norse Skaði) is a powerful female figure in Norse mythology, associated with the mountains, winter, hunting and skiing. She is usually described as a jötunn, a member of the supernatural beings often translate…
Skeggöld
Skeggöld is a Valkyrie in Norse mythology, a female figure associated with battle, the selection of the slain and the god Óðinn’s hall, Valhǫll. Her name appears in the lists of Valkyries preserved in the Poetic Edda and…
Skirnir
Skírnir is a figure in Norse mythology best known as the companion, messenger and negotiator of the god Freyr. He plays the central active role in Skírnismál, a poem in which Freyr sends him to Jötunheimr to seek the gia…
Skogul
Skogul, more accurately written Skǫgul in Old Norse, is a valkyrie associated with battle, fallen warriors and the selection of the slain. She belongs to the mythological tradition of medieval Icelandic and Scandinavian …
Skoll
Sköll is a wolf in Norse mythology who pursues the sun across the sky. He belongs to the group of monstrous beings associated with the forces that threaten the ordered world of the gods and humans. According to accounts …
Skuld
Skuld is a figure associated with Norse mythology, but her identity is not entirely straightforward. In the best-known tradition, she is one of the three principal Norns, the beings connected with the shaping of human li…
Sleipnir
Sleipnir is the eight-legged horse of Norse mythology and the principal mount of the god Odin. Renowned as the fastest and finest of horses, Sleipnir carries Odin across the worlds of the Norse cosmos and appears in stor…