Thorskegga has started a series of paintings depicting the gods worshipped by the Anglo-Saxon and Norse settlers in England. Black and white versions of these pictures have been used for the covers of Thunder and the Wain.
Sif is the wife of Thor from Norse mythology, her name means 'relative' and is connected to the English word 'sibling'. For an explanation of the symbolism, the rowan is associated with Thor's wife in Finland, the shorn hair relates to the myth of Loki cutting it in jest and fetching hair of real gold from the dark elves to replace it, hence the goddesses long golden tresses, the house pillars carved with Thor's image represent the heavenly hall Bilskirnir which they share, the weaving loom is a reference to her knowledge of fate (a tablet loom in this case for braid weaving as the full loom has already been used for Frigg), the cup symbolises kinship and peaceweaving from the tale of Loki's flyting.
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