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Sigyn

noun
1.
(Norse mythology) wife of Loki; held a cup over him during his punishment to spare him the pain of drops of poison.





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... the death of the lovely god, Balder. Then the gods took an awful revenge. They tied him to three stones, and over his head they fastened a venomous serpent, whose poison was always to drip upon his face. Loke's faithful wife, Sigyn, placed herself at his side and held a cup under the poisonous drip; but whenever the cup is full and she goes to empty it, the poison drips into Loke's face, and then he writhes in agony so that the whole world trembles. This is ...
— Norwegian Life • Ethlyn T. Clough


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