Skaði (Old Norse: Skaði) is a goddess of hunting, winter, skiing, and mountains, the daughter of the giant Þjazi. She occupies a dual status in the primary sources as both jötunn by birth and Ásynja by marriage. Her entry into Ásgarðr follows from the death of her father Þjazi at the hands of the Æsir. Skaði traveled armed to Ásgarðr to seek compensation. The Æsir offered her two forms of weregild: a husband chosen by feet from behind a curtain, and the promise that Loki would make her laugh. She chose Njörðr, believing she was selecting Baldr.
Skaði’s incompatible marriage to Njörðr and their eventual separation is one of the most narratively memorable episodes in the Prose Edda. Grímnismál names her mountain home Þrymheimr. Lokasenna (st. 49–52) shows Skaði exchanging insults with Loki, and she participates in Loki’s eventual binding by placing the serpent above him.
Skaði holds the skaldic titles Öndurguð (Ski-God) and Öndurdís (Ski-Dís), attested in Skáldskaparmál, identifying her as the pre-eminent skiing deity in the Norse tradition.