Editing Sigyn (section)

==Attestations==
[[Image:Loki and Sigyn by Gebhardt.jpg|thumb|right|"Loki and Sigyn" (1892) by [[Karl Franz Eduard von Gebhardt]].]]
Sigyn is attested in the following works:

===''Poetic Edda''===
In stanza 35 of the ''Poetic Edda'' poem ''[[Völuspá]]'', a [[völva]] tells [[Odin]] that, amongst many other things, she sees Sigyn sitting very unhappily with her bound husband, [[Loki]], under a "grove of [[hot springs]]".<ref name=LARRINGTON8>Larrington (1998:8).</ref> Sigyn is mentioned a second (and final) time in the ending prose section of the poem ''[[Lokasenna]]''. In the prose, Loki has been bound by the gods with the guts of his son [[Narfi (son of Loki)|Nari]], his son [[Váli (son of Loki)|Váli]] is described as having been turned into a wolf, and the goddess [[Skaði]] fastens a venomous snake over Loki's face, from which [[Snake venom|venom]] drips. Sigyn holds a basin under the dripping venom. The basin grows full, and she pulls it away, during which time venom drops on Loki, causing him to writhe so violently that earthquakes occur that shake the entire earth.<ref name=LARRINGTON95-96>Larrington (1998:95–96).</ref>

===''Prose Edda''===
[[Image:Loki Bound by Collingwood.jpg|thumb|"Loki Bound (motive from the Gosforth Cross)" (1908) by [[W. G. Collingwood]].]]
Sigyn appears in the books ''[[Gylfaginning]]'' and ''[[Skáldskaparmál]]'' in the ''Prose Edda''. In ''Gylfaginning'', Sigyn is introduced in chapter 31. There, she is introduced as being married to Loki, and that they have a son by the name of "[[Narfi (son of Loki)|Nari or Narfi]]".<ref name=BYOCK39>Byock (2006:31).</ref> Sigyn is mentioned again in ''Gylfaginning'' in chapter 50, where events are described differently than in ''Lokasenna''. Here, the gods have captured Loki and his two sons, who are stated as [[Váli (son of Loki)|Váli]], described as a son of Loki only, and "Nari or Narfi",  earlier described a son of Sigyn and Loki.<ref name=BYOCK70>Byock (2006:70).</ref> Váli is changed into a wolf by the gods, and rips apart his brother "Nari or Narfi". The guts of "Nari or Narfi" are then used to tie Loki to [[Numbers in Germanic paganism|three]] stones, after which the guts turn to iron, and Skaði places a snake above Loki. Sigyn places herself beside him, where she holds out a bowl to catch the dripping venom. However, when the bowl becomes full she leaves to pour out the venom. As a result, Loki is again described as shaking so violently that the planet shakes, and this process repeats until he breaks free, setting [[Ragnarök]] into motion.<ref name=BYOCK70/>

Sigyn is introduced as a goddess, an [[Æsir|ásynja]], in the ''Prose Edda'' book ''[[Skáldskaparmál]]'', where the gods are holding a grand feast for the visiting [[Ægir]],<ref name=FAULKES59>Faulkes (1995:59).</ref> and in [[kenning]]s for Loki: "husband of Sigyn",<ref name=FAULKES76>Faulkes (1995:76).</ref> "cargo [Loki] of incantation-fetter's [Sigyn's] arms",<ref name=FAULKES83>Faulkes (1995:83).</ref> and in a passage quoted from the 9th-century ''[[Haustlöng]]'', "the burden of Sigyn's arms".<ref name=FAULKES87>Faulkes (1995:87)</ref> The final mention of Sigyn in ''Skáldskaparmál'' is in the list of ásynjur in the appended [[Nafnaþulur]] section, chapter 75.<ref name=FAULKES157>Faulkes (1995:157).</ref>