Editing Skaði (section)

===''Poetic Edda''===
[[File:The Lovesickness of Frey.jpg|thumb|Njörðr, Skaði, and Freyr as depicted in ''The Lovesickness of Frey'' (1908) by W. G. Collingwood.]]
In the ''Poetic Edda'' poem ''[[Grímnismál]]'', the god [[Odin]] (disguised as ''[[List of names of Odin|Grímnir]]'') reveals to the young [[Agnarr Geirröðsson|Agnarr]] the existence of twelve locations. Odin mentions the location [[Þrymheimr]] sixth in a single stanza. In the stanza, Odin details that the jötunn [[Þjazi]] once lived there, and that now his daughter Skaði does. Odin describes Þrymheimr as consisting of  "ancient courts" and refers to Skaði as "the shining bride of the gods".<ref name=LARRINGTON53>Larrington (1999:53).</ref> In the prose introduction to the poem ''[[Skírnismál]]'', the god [[Freyr]] has become heartsick for a fair girl (the jötunn [[Gerðr]]) he has spotted in [[Jötunheimr]]. The god [[Njörðr]] asks Freyr's servant [[Skírnir]] to talk to Freyr, and in the first stanza of the poem, Skaði also tells Skírnir to ask Freyr why he is so upset. Skírnir responds that he expects harsh words from their son Freyr.<ref name=LARRINGTON61>Larrington (1999:61).</ref>

In the prose introduction to the poem ''[[Lokasenna]]'', Skaði is referred to as the wife of Njörðr and is cited as one of the goddesses attending [[Ægir]]'s feast.<ref name=LARRINGTON84>Larrington (1999:84).</ref> After [[Loki]] has an exchange with the god [[Heimdallr]],  Skaði interjects. Skaði tells Loki that he is "light-hearted" and that Loki will not be "playing [...] with [his] tail wagging free" for much longer, for soon the gods will bind Loki to a sharp rock with the ice-cold entrails of his son. Loki responds that, even if this is so, he was "first and foremost" at the killing of Þjazi. Skaði responds that, if this is so, "baneful advice" will always flow from her "[[Vé (shrine)|sanctuaries]] and plains". Loki responds that Skaði was more friendly in speech when Skaði was in his bed—an accusation he makes to most of the goddesses in the poem and is not attested elsewhere. Loki's [[flyting]] then turns to the goddess [[Sif]].<ref name=LARRINGTON93AND276>Larrington (1999:93, 276).</ref>

In the prose section at the end of ''Lokasenna'', the gods catch Loki and bind him with the innards of his son [[Narfi (son of Loki)|Nari]], while they turn his son [[Váli (son of Loki)|Váli]] into a wolf. Skaði places a [[venom]]ous snake above Loki's face. Venom drips from the snake and Loki's wife [[Sigyn]] sits and holds a basin beneath the serpent, catching the venom. When the basin is full, Sigyn must empty it, and during that time the snake venom falls onto Loki's face, causing him to writhe in a tremendous fury, so much so that all [[earthquake]]s stem from Loki's writhings.<ref name=LARRINGTON95-96>Larrington (1999:95–96).</ref>

In the poem ''[[Hyndluljóð]]'', the female jötunn Hyndla tells the goddess [[Freyja]] various mythological genealogies. In one stanza, Hyndla notes that Þjazi "loved to shoot" and that Skaði was his daughter.<ref name=LARRINGTON257>Larrington (1999:257).</ref>