Sif Devotional Tips

thewitchofthenorse:

Sif; wife of Thor, patron deity of the sexually abused, goddess of harvest, fidelity, wedlock, communication, and hallowing. These are ways I personally honor Sif and my personal associations with offerings. If you have something negative to say keep it to yourself, these are personal and work for me.

  • Be humble and kind.
  • Take confidence in your beautiful hair! Cut, dye, do whatever you need too to love it.
  • Drink teas like pomegranate, hibiscus, rose, or raspberry for her.
  • Avoid gossiping and spreading rumors in honor of her peacefulness.
  • Leave offerings of wheat, rice, baked goods, apples, peaches, strawberries, nutella, chestnuts, or hazelnuts.
  • Do your best not to perpetuate rape culture and call out those who do.
  • Use the runes Berkanan, Gebo, Jera, and Wunjo in your altar or worship.
  • Work on identifying and appreciating in yourself the things that make you beautiful, both inside and outside.
  • Decorate your home in golds, greens, images of the earth, looms, woven goods, or mirrors.
  • Listen to music that reminds you of her I’ve noticed she enjoys Laura Marling and anything that makes me feel good about myself.
  • Grow birch, chamomile, fir, hawthorn, mugwort, hibiscus, rose, lavender, jasmine, or willow in your garden.
  • Leave her offerings during the harvest season, that’s also the best time to start working with her!

  • Keep an updated list of registered sex offenders in your area.
  • Light candles or incense of floral scents or sweet scents, I’ve noticed she’s found of jasmine, cherry blossom, and strawberry.
  • Engage in mindful self-care, both for one’s physical bodies and one’s heart and mind, to access her in this capacity.

  • Dedicate the act of braiding your hair to her.
  • Use the crystals lepidocrocite, rose quartz, sunstone, charoite, or goldstone in your altar or craft.