Sif · the hair of living gold
Loki cuts off Sif’s hair in a spiteful prank. To escape Thor’s anger, he must find craftsmen who can make her new hair of gold that grows like natural hair.
Context
Snorri includes the episode in his account of the treasures made by the dwarfs. Sif’s new hair is one of the gifts that bring Loki back to the gods.
Source
Original Gajimaru summary, based on The Prose Edda, The Poetical Diction, Loki’s Wager with the Dwarfs. Rasmus B. Anderson.
Read the primary text ↗Artwork & credits
Sif (published 1909)
John Charles Dollman · Internet Archive via Wikimedia Commons
Sif is the foreground figure. The book labels the background figure Thor, although the narrative identification is uncertain.
Public domain. Unmodified downloaded image, scaled to fit. The full downloaded composition is retained.
Historical artwork. See artwork credits above.
The Night Parade
25 beings
OdinÓðinn · the Allfather
ThorÞórr · the thunderer
LokiLoki · the trickster
FreyjaFreyja · lady of love and war
FreyrFreyr · lord of the harvest
BaldrBaldr · the shining one
The ValkyriesValkyrjur · choosers of the slain
FenrirFenrir · the bound wolf
HelHel · queen of the dead
YggdrasilYggdrasill · the world-tree
TýrTýr · the one-handed
HeimdallHeimdallr · the watchman of the gods
IðunnIðunn · keeper of the apples
JörmungandrJörmungandr · the world-serpent
SleipnirSleipnir · the eight-legged steed
Huginn & MuninnHuginn ok Muninn · thought and memory
Bragi · the keeper of flowing words
Forseti · the hall where quarrels end
Ullr · the archer on skis
Gefjon · the woman who ploughed an islandSif · the hair of living gold