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Síf, goddess of the earth, harvest and bounty, was famed for her shining golden hair. The Prose Edda, Skáldskaparmál, tells the tale of how one day … more »

Síf, goddess of the earth, harvest and bounty, was famed for her shining golden hair. The Prose Edda, Skáldskaparmál, tells the tale of how one day the trickster Loki shaved her head while she slept as a prank. Her husband Thor threatened to kill Loki, but Loki convinced the thunder god to spare him if he could find an even fairer head of hair for Síf. Loki then persuaded the sons of Ivaldi, dwarven smiths, to create a head of hair wrought from gold. They also fashioned Skidbladnir, the ship of Freyr, and Gungnir, the spear of Odin. « Less