SKEIDBRIMIR [Race-runner]. One of the horses of the gods. _Skeidbrimer._
SKIDBLADNIR. The name of the famous ship of the god Frey that could move alike on land or sea and could be made small or great at will. _Skidbladner._
SKINFAXI [Shining-mane]. The horse of Day. _Skinfax._
SKIRNIR [The bright one]. Frey's messenger. _Skirner._
SKRYMIR. The name of a giant; also the name assumed by Utgard-Loke. _Skrymer._
SKULD [Shall]. The norn of the future. _Skuld._
SLEIPNIR [The slipper]. The name of Odin's eight-footed steed. He is begotten by Loke with Svadilfare. _Sleipner._
SNOTRA [Neat]. The name of one of the goddesses. _Snotra._
SOKKMIMIR [Mimer of the deep]. A giant slain by Odin. _Sokmimer._
SOKKVABEKKR. A mansion where Odin and Saga quaff from golden beakers. _Sokvabek._
SOL [Sun]. Daughter of Mundilfare. She drives the horses that draw the car of the sun.
SONR. One of the vessels containing the poetic mead. _Son._
SUDRI [South]. A dwarf who presides over the south region. _Sudre._ _South._
SURTR. A fire-giant in Ragnarok who contends with the gods on the plain of Vigrid and guards Muspelheim. _Surt._
SUTTUNGR. The giant possessor of the poetic mead. _Suttung._
SVADILFARI. A horse; the sire of Sleipner. _Svadilfare._
SVAFNIR. A serpent under Ygdrasil. _Svafner._
SVALINN [Cooler]. The shield placed before the sun. _Svalin._
SVASUDR [Delightful]. The name of a giant; the father of the sun. _Svasud._
TYR. Properly the generic name of the highest divinity, and remains in many compounds. In mythology he is the one-armed god of war. The Fenris-wolf bit one hand off him. He goes with Thor to Hymer to borrow a kettle for Æger. He is son of Odin by a giantess. _Tyr._
THJALFI. The name of the servant and follower of Thor. The word properly means a delver, digger. The names Thjalfe and Roskva indicate that Thor was the friend of the farmers and the god of agriculture. _Thjalfe._
THJAZI [Thjassi]. A giant; the father of Njord's wife, Skade. His dwelling was Thrymheim; he was slain by Thor. _Thjasse._
THORR. The English _Thursday_ is a later form, in which the phonetic rule of the Scandinavian tongue has been followed. The god of thunder, keeper of the hammer, the ever-fighting slayer of trolls and destroyer of evil spirits, the friend of mankind, the defender of the earth, the heavens and the gods; for without Thor and his hammer the earth would become the helpless prey of the giants. He was the consecrator, the hammer being the cross or holy sign of the ancient heathen. Thor was the son of Odin and Fjorgyn (mother earth); he was blunt, hot-tempered, without fraud or guile, of few words but of ready stroke--such was Thor, the favorite deity of our forefathers. The finest legends of the Younger Edda and the best lays of the Elder Edda refer to Thor. His hall is Bilskirner. He slays Thjasse, Thrym, Hrungner, and other giants. In Ragnarok he slays the Midgard-serpent, but falls after retreating nine paces, poisoned by the serpent's breath. _Thor._