Of course as every lady knows, beautiful hair does not take care of itself. She travelled over the Northern world, and wherever there were families, farms and people tilling the land, Sif was sure to be near at hand smoothing their path against the cruel winds, cold and winters of the North. In fact, it was Sif who made the Norse people’s crops grow, and their fields yield long heavy ears of corn that would keep people well fed and happy. She had long, thick wondrous golden hair, that flowed down her back like a field of corn. But once you have heard the stories of the Norse gods, you will realise that Thursdays are meant to be loud, thunderous, stormy days, for they are named after Thor, the red-headed, hammer-yielding, thunder-clapping god of the Norse people.Īlthough Thor was a raucous fellow, he did, underneath it all, have one soft spot – and that was for his beautiful wife, whose name was Sif, and whom he loved tenderly and dearly. They seem quite boring really, unless, that is, you know about Norse mythology. What do Thursdays mean to you? They are not gloomy like Mondays, or glorious like Fridays, or lazy like Sundays…. Adapted for Storynory by Charlotte Sebag-Montefiore. There are plenty of wonderful stories about the Norse gods - and we will be telling you a selection here at Storynory over the coming weeks. In this story you will hear about Thor, the god of Thunder, Sif, the goddess of the harvest, and Loki the god of fire and mischief. The Pagan gods of the Norse people often represented forces of nature. The Norse legends come from Northern Europe including, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
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