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Sif
In Norse mythology, Sif is a goddess associated with earth. Sif is attested in the ''Poetic Edda'', compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the ''Prose Edda'', written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds. In both the ''Poetic Edda'' and the ''Prose Edda'', Sif is the wife of the thunder god Thor and is known for her golden hair.
In the ''Prose Edda'', Sif is named as the mother of the goddess Þrúðr by Thor and of Ullr with a father whose name is not recorded. The ''Prose Edda'' also recounts that Sif once had her hair shorn by Loki, and that Thor forced Loki to have a golden headpiece made for Sif, resulting in not only Sif's golden tresses but also five other objects for other gods.
Scholars have proposed that Sif's hair may represent fields of golden wheat, that she may be associated with fertility, family, wedlock and/or that she is connected to rowan, and that there may be an allusion to her role or possibly her name in the Old English poem ''Beowulf''.
== Etymology ==
The name ''Sif'' is the singular form of the plural Old Norse word ''sifjar''. ''Sifjar'' only appears in singular form when referring to the goddess as a proper noun. ''Sifjar'' is cognate to the Old English ''sib'' (meaning "affinity, connection, by marriage") and in other Germanic languages: Gothic language ''sibja'', Old High German ''sibba'', and German ''Sippe''. ''Sifjar'' appears not only in ancient poetry and records of law, but also in compounds (''byggja sifjar'' means "to marry").〔Vigfusson (1874:526).〕 Using this etymology, scholar John Lindow gives the meanings "in-law-relationship", scholar Andy Orchard provides "relation", and scholar Rudolf Simek gives "relation by marriage".〔Lindow (2001:266), Orchard (1997:138), and Simek (2007:283).〕
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