In Snorri's Ynglinga saga, Odin and Skaði had sons together after her marriage to Njörðr ended, including Sæmingr, legendary ancestor of the Earls of Lade.
Njörðr married Skaði as part of the gods' compensation for killing her father Þjazi. Their marriage failed because Njörðr could not bear the mountains and Skaði could not stand the sea.
Skaði is the daughter of the giant Þjazi. After the gods killed Þjazi for kidnapping Iðunn, Skaði came to Asgard armed and demanding compensation for her father's death.
Þrymheimr is the mountain hall where the giant Þjazi dwelt. After his death, his daughter Skaði chose to live there rather than in Nóatún with Njörðr, as told in Gylfaginning.
The Æsir are the principal tribe of Norse gods who dwell in Asgard, including both native members and Vanir hostages received after the Æsir-Vanir War, as catalogued in Gylfaginning.
After the gods bound Loki, Skaði placed a venomous serpent above his face. Sigyn, Loki's wife, catches the venom in a bowl to spare him, but when she turns to empty it, the drops burn his face and his writhing causes earthquakes.
In the Skírnismál, Skaði and Njörðr notice Freyr's lovesickness and send Skírnir to discover what ails him, setting the wooing of Gerðr in motion.
Skaði's father Þjazi kidnapped Iðunn and her apples of youth, causing the gods to age. After Loki rescued Iðunn and Þjazi was killed, Skaði demanded compensation from the gods.
Loki made Skaði laugh by tying a goat's beard to his own genitals and engaging in a tug-of-war, fulfilling one of the gods' conditions for compensating the giantess after they killed her father Þjazi.
Odin cast Þjazi's eyes into the sky as stars as part of the gods' compensation to Skaði for killing her father. In the Ynglinga saga, Odin later married Skaði after her union with Njörðr ended.
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