Sigyn

Norse tradition. See the whole pantheon.

Domains: loyalty
Partner: Loki

Odin rides to Hel, W. G. Collingwood, after the Poetic Edda.

Key myth

Loki's wife, who holds a bowl to catch the venom dripping onto her bound husband. When the bowl is full and she turns to empty it, the venom falls on him and he writhes: the cause of earthquakes in Snorri's telling.

Primary sources

Völuspá 35
Gylfaginning 50

All sources for the Norse pantheon

Place in the family graph

Choose a deity to see where it comes from. Dashed lines are links the sources describe that are not parent and child.

More traditions

Papyrus of Ani, British Museum (New Kingdom), a Book of the Dead.