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Sif is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Journey into Mystery #102 (March 1964). [2] She is based on the Norse goddess Sif. As an Asgardian warrior and lover of Thor, Sif often accompanies him into battle.
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 sibb and modern English sib (meaning "affinity, connection, by marriage") and in other Germanic languages: Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰 (sibja), Old High German sippa, and modern German Sippe.
The third gift – an enormous hammer (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith.The bottom right corner depicts the ship Skíðblaðnir "afloat" the goddess Sif's new hair.. Skíðblaðnir (Old Norse: [ˈskiːðˌblɑðnez̠], 'assembled from thin pieces of wood' [1]), sometimes anglicized as Skidbladnir or Skithblathnir, is the best of ships in Norse mythology.
"The third gift—an enormous hammer" (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith.. In Norse mythology, the Sons of Ivaldi (Norse: Ívaldasynir) are a group of dwarfs who fashion Skíðblaðnir, the flying ship of Freyr, Gungnir, the spear belonging to Odin, as well as the golden hair for Sif to replace the hair that Loki had cut off.
The Skáldskaparmál is both a retelling of Norse legend as well as a treatise on poetry. It is unusual among surviving medieval European works as a poetic treatise written both in and about the poetry of a local vernacular language, Old Norse; other Western European works of the era were on Latin language poetry, as Latin was the language of scholars and learning.
Danielle Nicole Bisutti (born October 1, 1976) [1] is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Amanda Cantwell on the Nickelodeon television series True Jackson, VP and the Norse goddess Freya in the 2018 video game, God of War, for which she received a British Academy Games Award for Performer nomination, and its 2022 sequel, God of War Ragnarök, for which she was ...
Járnsaxa (/ j ɑːr n ˈ s æ k s ə /; Old Norse: [ˈjɑːrnˌsɑksɑ], ("iron dagger") is a jötunn in Norse mythology. In Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, she is portrayed as Thor's lover and as the mother of Magni, a child with supernatural powers. [1]
Magni's position as the Norse god of strength granted him superhuman strength even greater than that of his father Thor (he effortlessly lifted and dropped a tower on Desak). As prince of New Asgard and a warrior in its service, Magni received training in the Asgardian arts of war granting him a high degree of proficiency in armed and unarmed ...