edda-for-dummies:

@artisanscribbles asked for a view of Sif’s headdress from behind.

‘How should Sif be referred to?’ asked Hler.
Bragi replied, ‘By calling her the wife of Thor, the mother of Ull, the goddess with beautiful hair, the rival concubine of Jarnsaxa or the mother of Thrud.’
‘And what about gold?’
‘It can be called the fire of Ägir, the leaf of Glasir, the hair of Sif, the headband of Fulla, the tears of Freyja; the utterance, words, or voice of the giants; or the fire of all expressions of water or hands.’

Skaldskaparmal, Kennings for Goddessess and for Gold, Prose Edda

Later I’m going to write a little info bit on kennings and heiti, the poetic names and metaphors used in medieval norse literature. I’m not going to be super technical about it, but to understand how the stories were structured, it’s good to know a bit about how the storytellers used to boast of their own cleverness while writing them down.

Oh I LOVE this even more now, because I can imagine Sif walking in the field and her headdress glittering when the sun catches it just right, giving her an ethereal glow and beauty to rival Freyja, her hair changing colours with the sun at dusk and dawn…..