Thrud’s Family Tree

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Family

• Sif(parent),Thor(parent)— Marriage

  Thor and Sif are married, and their daughter Þrúðr ('strength') is listed among the valkyries in the Prose Edda.

Member of

• Aesir

  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.

• Valkyries

  Þrúðr is named among the Valkyries in Grímnismál — Thor's own daughter bearing mead to the slain in her grandfather Odin's hall, a bridge between the thunder god's brute strength and the Allfather's claim on the battle-dead.

Associated with

• Alviss

  Alvíss sought to marry Þrúðr, Thor's daughter. Thor kept the dwarf answering questions through the night until sunrise turned him to stone, preventing the marriage.