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Then [[Loki]] succeeded in making her laugh, so peace was made, and [[Odin]] made two stars from Thjazi's eyes.

After a while, she and her husband separated, because she loved the mountains ([[Thrymheim]]), while he wanted to live near the sea ([[Noatun]]). The [[Ynglinga saga]] says that later she became wife of Odin, and had many sons by him or she left Niord for [[Ull]].

The [[Ynglinga saga]] says that later she became wife of Odin, and had many sons by him or she left Niord for [[Ull]].

She is the goddess who tied the serpent above Loki's body when he was bounded to the three rocks; this is a footnote to the poem in the [[Elder Edda]], [[Lokasenna]].

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Her name could mean "damage" or "goddess of the underground world".

Alternatives: Skaoi, Skade, Skadhi

Her name is sometimes mentioned as the source of the name "[[Scandinavia]]"

==Other names==

*Skade

*Skadhi

*Skaoi

[[Category:Norse goddesses]]

[[de:Skadi]]