SKADI, The Scandinavian power Print

In Norse mythology, Skadi is a jötunn, a giant (spirit of nature with supernatural force) and the daughter of Thjazi. She is called "brilliant, wise bride of the gods," but also "snowshoeing dis because associated with mountain, bow hunting, winter, darkness as well as skiing. Her name is linked to Scandinavia’s one, without knowing which came first between the name of the country and the giant’s name. Symbolism Nowadays, Skadi is called Goddess of destruction and protection, strong and ruthless like winter, both dark and brilliant, associated with the instinct of survival, the wild world, and justice. She is resolutely proud and independent. She has a warlike and brutal side, but also a more tender and attentive aspect. Her name is invoked to help overcome obstacles, get rid of what is superficial. To those who call her, she dispenses the cold and unvarnished truth. Faithful to her land and to herself, Skadi is the leader of the pack, the arrow that goes straight to the point. She is the exhilaration of hunting and speed, the beauty of eternal snow, the bite of the icy wind. Walking in her footsteps requires humility, caution and respect, as she represents dangerous forces of the wilderness, but also promises wonder. Proud woman, independent woman The harshness of its environment, and the nature of its activities and leisure do not discriminate Skadi by confining her to a role that could be typically and a priori female.   Skadi travels on skis, shoots, and hunts wild animals.   After the murder of his father Thiazi, by the Ases for kidnapping Iðunn, Skaði took up arms and went to Ásgarðr to avenge him - thus playing a role traditionally devolved to men. She obtained, among other compensation and refusing gold, to choose her husband herself and this among the gods. Then unsatisfied, leave him.   Skadi also participated in Loki's punishment for fomenting the murder of Baldr, the God who had his favors. It is indeed she who attaches Loki to a rock and thus condemns him to suffer the venom of a snake.   If the gods are not immortal and fear the great winter of Ragnarok during which many of them will fall, the giant Skadi does not fear it, being herself winter ... About the balance of the seasons to ensure the fertility of nature Skadi gets to choose her husband. On the condition, however, to do so only from the feet of the gods Ases. In love with the God Baldr, Skadi exclaims in front of a pair of feet "This is the one I choose, there must not be much ugly in Balder". But it is in fact God Njörd, God of wind and sea. Finally, as a last compensation, the father of all, God Odin takes the eyes of Thjazi, throws them to heaven and makes two stars. The members of the divine couple Njörd-Skadi spend six months of the year in the mountains and six months in the sea. Everyone unhappy apart from its natural element, the giant eventually returned to live permanently in the mountains. It seems unlikely that Freyr and Freyja are the children of Skaði. However, in his Edda, Snorri writes, following the chapter on the marriage of Njörðr and Skaði, that "Njörðr de Nóatúnum had two children, a son named Freyr and a girl called Freyja". Perhaps the seasons by their extremes, their union and their equilibrium are the condition, the origin of the fertility of nature.