Res: [tied] Siwe

Ken Pfrenger:

> Helmold of Bosau wrote in his Chronica Slavorum about a Goddess of
> the Polabians named "Siwe". I have seen this linked to the Ru Zhiva
> or even the glagolotic Zhivete...does anyone have any thoughts on
> this or a possible convincing etymology?

The Germanic goddess Sif, ON <sif> "family (in law?)", Thor's wife. I
think she's just another incarnation of Freya. Their names mean roughly
the same.

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Trond Engen