Sigyn

Also known as: Sygin · Role: Loke’s wife · First appears: Elder Edda · The Vala's Prophecy · Part 2

In the Fooling of Gylfe, Loki is said to be married to Sygin, and they have a son, Nare or Narfe. In the Vala’s Prophecy, Sigyn sits beside Loki while he is bound, “for her consort's sake, not right glad.” After this, in Oegir’s Compotation, she holds a basin beneath the venom dripping onto him, carrying it away when it is full.

Relationship record

Life events

• The Vala sees Loki bound, with Sigyn sitting beside him.(Elder Edda · The Vala's Prophecy · Part 2)
  • With: Loki
  • “Bound she saw lying, under Hveralund, a monstrous form, to Loki like. There sits Sigyn, for her consort's sake, not right glad.”
• Sigyn held a basin under the venom dripping onto Loki.(Elder Edda · Oegir's Compotation, or Loki's Altercation · Part 2)
  • With: Loki
  • “Sigyn, Loki's wife, sat by, and held a basin under the venom; and when the basin was full, carried the venom out.”
• Loke was married to Sygin.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring)
  • With: Loki
  • “His wife hight Sygin, and their son, Nare, or Narfe.”

Elder Edda · The Vala's Prophecy · Part 2

• married with Loki (Sigyn is described as the consort of the bound form resembling Loki.) “Bound she saw lying, under Hveralund, a monstrous form, to Loki like. There sits Sigyn, for her consort's sake, not right glad.”

Elder Edda · Oegir's Compotation, or Loki's Altercation · Part 2

• married with Loki “The venom trickled down from it. Sigyn, Loki's wife, sat by, and held a basin under the venom; and when the basin was full, carried the venom out.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring

• married with Loki “His wife hight Sygin, and their son, Nare, or Narfe.”
• child: Nari “His wife hight Sygin, and their son, Nare, or Narfe.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XV · The Death of Balder · Part 2

• married with Loki “But Sigyn, his wife, stands by him, and holds a dish under the venom-drops.”

Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Idun

• married with Loki “Then clung with his hands The husband of Sigyn To Skade’s foster-son, In the presence of all the gods.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Eddas. Made with Rho MD.