Also called Skadi, Öndurgoð, the ski goddess.
Their story
When the gods killed her father Þjazi, Skaði put on armour and marched to Asgard for revenge. The gods offered terms instead: she could choose a husband by his feet, and they had to make her laugh, which Loki managed with a goat and a rope. Odin also threw her father's eyes into the sky as stars.
Best times to give to them
- the first snowfall
- midwinter
- before a winter walk or climb
- Winter Nights
What they like being given
- a little mead or whisky, or cold spring water
- snow melted and poured out
- wild game shared at a meal
- pine or juniper
- an arrowhead or small bow
How to honour them
- Go out into cold, wild places and greet her there.
- Keep a pine cone, a stone from a hill or a small bow on your altar.
- Stand up for yourself and ask for what is fairly owed to you.
- Take up a winter or mountain skill in her honour.
How they can help you
- independence and self-reliance
- seeking fair compensation
- endurance through hard times
- safety in the outdoors
- women standing their ground
Symbols
- skis
- the bow
- wolves
- snow
- her hall Þrymheimr
Skaði is a jötunn by birth but is counted among the goddesses by Snorri; people approach her both ways.
More Norse beings
- Máni The Moon, who counts the years
- Sól The Sun, who drives her bright horses
- Nótt Night, mother of Day
- Dagr Day, the bright son of Night
- Jörð The Earth, mother of Thor
- Rán Mistress of the deep, who gathers the drowned
- Ægir Lord of the sea and brewer for the gods
- The Norns The weavers of fate at the well of Urðr