Sif
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- For other uses, see Sif (disambiguation).
Sif (/siv/,"relative") is, in Norse mythology, a goddess of the Æsir, wife of Thor and mother of Thrud, Ullr, and Modi. Thor is not the father of Ullr.
Sif was not the mother of Magni; this was Thor's son with Jarnsaxa.
She has hair of gold which grows just like natural hair, made by the dwarves called "sons of Ivaldi" (Dvalin). Her hair's color may have represented ripe wheat. Loki cut off Sif's hair as a prank, but when Thor found this out he forced Loki to promise to have golden hair made by the dark elves. Loki uses this event to taunt Sif and, indirectly, Thor in Lokasenna.
Loki succeeded in having such hair made, as well as Freyr's ship Skidbladnir and Odin's spear Gungnir, all made by the same dwarf Dvalin.
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