Skadi is a bit different from the other Norse gods. She is neither Aesir nor Vanir but is a Jotunn/giantess. Skadi's story starts off with her dad, Thjazi, who pisses off Loki and begins carrying him in the form of an eagle. Loki begs to be put down and Thjazi agrees, on the condition that Loki should lead Idunn, the goddess of youth, out of Asgard. Loki agrees, leads Idunn out of Asgard (as well as her apples of youth), and Thjazi kidnaps her and carries her to Jotunheim (the realm of the dwarves). Without her apples, the gods began to grow old and they had last seen her with Loki, so they confronted him and threatened him to rescue her. So, Loki borrowed Freya's falcon jacket/cloak, became a falcon, and flew to Jotunheim. He rescues Idunn, and Thjazi turns into an eagle to chase them. The other gods see Loki coming with Thjazi at his tail and so they kill him.
To celebrate, The gods have a party, but Skadi crashes the party because she wants revenge for her father's death. But before she does something drastic, the gods calm her down, apologize, and say that they'll make her a goddess just like them. They also say that they'll let her choose a god to be her husband. But, she has to choose them by looking at their feet. So, she looks at all their feet and sees a pair of beautiful feet. Assuming they belong to Baldr, she chooses the man with the beautiful feet. But it isn't Baldr. It's Njord, the god of the sea and fishing. So they get married and seem to have had a good relationship, but for some reason, they split later on. Skadi doesn't really have many stories outside of that, but she was the one who placed a snake overtop Loki to drip poison on him for all eternity until Ragnarok. That's really it.
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