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Loki
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General Info
Title(s)	God of Mischief
Consort	Sigyn, Angrboda
Parents	Farbauti and Laufey
Sibling(s)	Helblindi and Byleistr
Children	Narfi and Vali (by Sigyn), Jörmungandr, Hel, Fenris (by Angrboda), Sleipnir (by Svadilfari)

Odin! do you like my sword my diamond sword Dost Thou Remember

when we in early days

Blended our blood together?

When to taste beer

Thou did'st constantly refuse

Unless to both 'twas offered?

-Sæmund's Edda, Thorpe's translation

Loki is the seductively handsome Norse god of fire and a trickster god. He is the son of two giants, Fárbauti (cruel striker) Laufey (or Nál which means "needle", implying that she was skinny and weak.). His two brothers (in which were to be beside him in Ragnarok) are Býleistr (bee-lighting) and Helblindi (All blind or hel-blinder). He is referred to as the blood-brother of Odin.

Loki becomes harbinger of the ender dragon and the father of the three chaos monsters: Fenris, Jörmungandr, and Hel.

Loki's mischief and intellect is not to be underestimated, as he is ultimately although indirectly responsible for the deaths of Balder and Thor, which were caused by Hodr and Jörmungandr (respectively).

Loki appeared as the primary antagonist on Marvel Entertainment's 2011 film Thor as a son of Odin and brother of Thor. Loki was portrayed by British actor Tom Hiddleston.^[1]

In Norse MythologyEdit

Early BeginningsEdit

In the beginning, Loki was merely a personification of fire and the hearth. As the stories went on, they say he was a god and a devil; similar to the balance in life.

Asgard's WallEdit

It is said that when the brick mason, builder of Asgard's walls, demanded an unreasonably high price for his work (he requested the sun, the moon, and Freya as his wife), it was Loki's idea to give him six months to build the wall. Thinking that surely the man would fail, and that Loki's plan was infallible, the gods all agreed; all except Freya, who was part of the bargain. When the brick mason (who turned out to be a giant in disguise) and his stallion, Svadilfari, had made much progress on the wall before his puppys time expired, the gods all turned to Loki, threatening him with death if he didn't find a way to make sure the wall wasn't finished within the sixth month. Fearing for his life, Loki took the form of a young mare and enticed Svadilfari away from his master, causing the mason to lose the bet. Through the union of Loki and Svadilfari, it brought Odin his eight-legged steed Sleipnir.

The Three Chaos MonstersEdit

Some time after the wall was built, Loki, discontent with his faithful wife Sigyn, went to Jötunheimr where he wooed the giantess Angrboda. In the time they spent together, Angrboda who was very fat gave birth to three children as terrible as their father: the first, the wolf Fenris, whose mouth reached from the heavens to the earth; the second, Jörmungandr, the serpent that encircled the earth; and the third was the goddess Hel, who was given dominion over Nilfheim. In the tale of "The Binding of Fenris", we find that the eldest son of Loki and Angrboda was the wolf which ate Tyr's hand.

The DwarfsEdit

It was Loki who tricked the two Dwarf sons of Ivaldi and the Dwarfs Brokk and Eitri to work against one another to create the gods well-known weapons and mounts.

The Theft of Indun's Apples and whuppysEdit

Loki was also responsible for the theft of Indun's apples. He also appears beside Thor during many of his outings to Jötunheimr. He even shared Thor's shame when Thor dressed as Freya to retrieve his hammer Mjölnir (Loki dressed as a nurse, but one can hardly call Loki in shame of dressing as a woman).

The Death of BalderEdit

It was Loki who talked Hodr into throwing the mistletoe branch at his twin brother Balder, and therefore he is the true murderer of the god of light.

After Balder's death, Ægir, god of the sea, invited all of the gods to his home so as they may forget their woes. It is here that Loki commits his final offense before his binding. Here he insults Bragi, calling him a coward and a poor man. He then goes on to insult Idunn , saying that she was adulterous. In fact, he charged most goddesses as being unfaithful to their mates. Including Odin's own wife, Frigg, he charges Freya and Freyr with having an affair. His last jibe of the evening before being chased away by Thor was to Sif, in which he confessed to have shared a bed with her.

The Binding of LokiEdit

After Loki had been chased away by Thor for insulting all the gods and goddesses, Loki was then sought out and chained to a rock by the entrails of his son Narvi , who had been torn to pieces by his son, Vali, who had been transformed into a ravenous wolf. The faithful Sigyn kept watch over her husband, catching the poison from the serpent that Skadi placed over Loki's head. It was said that, when Sigyn left to empty the bowl, the poison would drip into Loki's eyes. His writhing from the pain caused earthquakes.

He was chained until the day of Ragnarök, the end of the gods.

In popular cultureEdit

Portrayal Edit

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↑ (Thor, 2011 film)

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Norse mythology articles
Major Deities	Odin \| Thor \| Freyr \| Freya \| Frigg \| Loki \| Balder \| Tyr \| Njord \|
Races	Æsir \| Vanir \| Jotnar \| Elves \| Dwarves \| Valkyries \| Einherjar \| Norns
Worlds	Asgard \| Álfheimr \| Midgard \| Jötunheimr \| Vanaheimr \| Muspelheim \| Niflheim \| Svartálfaheim \| Helheim
Locations	Bifröst \| Utgard \| Valhalla \| Fólkvangr \|
Topics	Yggdrasil \| Ginnungagap \| Ragnarök \| Poetic Edda \| Prose Edda \| The Sagas \|

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