//Drew this ages ago, felt like reposting.
Tag: heathenry
june 11: gods/goddesses of friends and family
Sigyn is Loki’s wife. She is listed amongst the Asynjur, the Goddesses of the Aesir.
She is the mother, by Loki, of Narvi and Vali. When Loki was bound in the cave as punishment for his role in Baldur’s death, Vali was turned into a wolf. He then killed his brother by tearing him apart. Narvi’s intestines were used as part of the binding securing Loki.
Sigyn, ostensibly having witnessed all of this, stayed by Loki during his punishment, holding a bowl over his face to catch the poison that dripped from a serpent the Goddess Skadhi had secured above his head. For this reason, Loki is sometimes referred to as the “Burden of Sigyn’s Arms”.
Sigyn’s name means “victory woman”.
Vali – 2013
Young adult Vali anyway. It’s gonna be ages before we see him alas. And that’s really some artistic license on the hair. shhhhhhhhh.
shhhhhh.
sigh.
little vali next update
disa:
Mythology Meme || (10/10) Women of the Norse Pantheon
Hail to Sigyn, devoted wife and mother
Comforter to the forsaken
She, who embodies patience,
and braves all unearned scorn. (x)
Part of the “Binding of Loki” by Sam Flegal.
Read about the process he went through for finding the best way to convey the emotions of the moment here.
Devotional Stuff: Sigyn
- I have a variety of daily prayers that are a mix of my own work and pieces from a devotional to Her.
- I also have a variety of weekly prayers that were read while holding the bowl that are a mix of my own work and pieces from a devotional.
- In exchange for Her assistance with helping me to have something like a “regular” sleep schedule, I used to write something for Her every day – 30 Days of Devotion prompts, prompts for Her blog, prompts for a project I need to wait before sharing, etc.
- I have a sideblog shrine to Her that’s currently WIP while I fix tags and clean them out.
- I hail Her on the various days of Her holy cycle: Vanic Wheel of the Year, July’s full moon (Loki’s Capture), several other dates.
Tags: Sigyn, Sigyn as a rebellious Teen, Strength of the Mountain, Loki & Sigyn. Instead of Sigyn as a Child, see: snails, butterflies. Also: keys, tea.
– Note: Sigyn* is still being worked through and will be merged into Sigyn. Sigyn will take a while to work through because it’s a fucking long tag (because it’s now holding previous tags like Deity: Sigyn, Deity: Sigyn*, m’Lady: Sigyn, Keeper of the Keys, etc.).
Holding the Bowl 