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1) đ am ride or die for Sigyn, but this short piece boils her down into her little Marvel comics archetypes â goddess of fidelity & victoryâ & while it acknowledges her journey in a well done, bitter way, it does also say she simps for Loki which... does she? No, fight me: a 
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2) so the only surviving role for Sigyn in extant myth (if, indeed, she had any other roles) is her job as venom bowl-holder, shielding Loki from the big snake hanging overhead. This is generally seen as an act of blind devotion and, yes, the action of a simp. But it isnât.
3) Iâll quote my masterâs thesis here because, hey, if it ainât broke...
âWhat this myth should, perhaps, provide readers with is not an impression of Sigyn as doting complement to the infamous trainwreck that is Loki. In Sigyn there is a unique strength, an ability to set-
âWhat this myth should, perhaps, provide readers with is not an impression of Sigyn as doting complement to the infamous trainwreck that is Loki. In Sigyn there is a unique strength, an ability to set-
(4 âaside personal pain for compassion, or even the greater good. In both Eddas Lokiâs actions result in the killing and mutilation of Sigynâs sons. Whatever blame she lays at his feet for this atrocity we are not told. It is a simplistic, androcentric reading to assume that-
5) âSigyn sits by her husband because she is blindly devoted, lovesick. After all, VÇ«luspĂĄ tells us Sigyn sits by, âĂŸeygi um sinom | ver vel glĂœioĂ°â [but about her husband | is not at all gleeful].
The tired theory of the Great Mother Goddess looms large over Ăsynjur-
The tired theory of the Great Mother Goddess looms large over Ăsynjur-
6) âscholarship but scarcely has the importance of motherhood itself been considered. Is it not logical that Sigynâs grief is multifaceted? It takes greater strength to aid someone who has caused you suffering than to stand by and watch them suffer in turn.â
Sigyn is strong
Sigyn is strong
7) I theorize after that that, since earthquakes are a portend of ragnarĂžkr, if Snorriâs bit about Lokiâs shaking resulting in earthquakes isnât made up, then perhaps Sigynâs actionsâ those we perceive as simpingâ help keep ragnarĂžkr at bay. Less earthquakes = more time?
8) just a theory. Regardless, just because the women in our myths tend not to seem very three-dimensional in our sources (written by men), it doesnât mean that they never were.
Sorry to rant AND quote myself in my own rant, how gauche.
If for some reason youâre interested:
Sorry to rant AND quote myself in my own rant, how gauche.
If for some reason youâre interested:
9) That paper is here: https://www.academia.edu/43429864/A_Full_a_Roster_Re_addressing_the_%C3%81synjur_in_Snorra_Edda_and_Beyond, and the bits about Sigyn are on pages 50-53, I believe.
I am always ready to throw down in defense of any/all Old Norse goddesses
Man, do I miss conferences; I haven't had anyone to talk to about my Ăsynjur feels for ages! 
I am always ready to throw down in defense of any/all Old Norse goddesses
Man, do I miss conferences; I haven't had anyone to talk to about my Ăsynjur feels for ages!
