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Loki is the trickster of Norse mythology: god of cunning, fire and shape-shifting, a changeling who stands between the worlds of gods and giants. Sometimes he rescues the Aesir from trouble with clever ideas, sometimes he plunges them into disaster with the very same schemes. His pranks grow more malicious over time, until he causes the death of the shining god Baldr. As punishment the gods bind him beneath a serpent whose venom drips on him: until the end of the world. For in the end it is Loki who will unleash the twilight of the gods, Ragnarök, and fight against the gods at the side of the giants. His children are three of the most terrible beings in mythology. From Loki’s unions come fearsome monsters: the wolf Fenrir, the world serpent and Hel, mistress of the realm of the dead. He also bears the guilt for Baldr’s death. Good to know: Loki stands between gods and giants; as a shape-shifter he takes any form: even that of a mare. As a mare, Loki gave birth to the eight-legged horse Sleipnir, which later carried Odin.
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cunning and shape-shifting
Loki stands between gods and giants; as a shape-shifter he takes any form: even that of a mare.
💡 Did you know? As a mare, Loki gave birth to the eight-legged horse Sleipnir, which later carried Odin.
the wolf Fenrir, the world serpent and Hel
Loki fathered three fearsome beings: the wolf Fenrir, the Midgard serpent, and Hel, mistress of the dead.
💡 Did you know? At Ragnarök it is these very children who will fight against the gods.
with cunning schemes
Loki often solved hopeless situations with an idea: usually after he himself had caused them.
💡 Did you know? He tricked dwarves into forging Thor's hammer, Odin's spear and Sif's golden hair.
Baldr's death
Loki tricked the blind god Höðr into killing the beloved Baldr with a sprig of mistletoe.
💡 Did you know? He then also prevented Baldr's return from the dead: the gods never forgave him for it.
they bound him beneath a serpent
The gods bound Loki with the entrails of his son while a serpent's venom drips on him.
💡 Did you know? His faithful wife Sigyn catches the venom in a bowl: when she must empty it, Loki writhes and the earth quakes.
he leads the enemies of the gods
At Ragnarök Loki breaks free and steers the ship of the dead, Naglfar, against Asgard.
💡 Did you know? In the battle Loki and the watchman Heimdall face each other and kill one another.
Odin's
That is why the gods tolerated him so long.
💡 Did you know? An often overlooked detail of the Edda.
as a mare
Thus the wall-building bargain with the giant collapsed.
💡 Did you know? From the episode came Sleipnir.
as a salmon
In the Franangr falls the gods caught him.
💡 Did you know? He had invented the net himself: the Edda's irony.
serpent's venom
His wife Sigyn catches it in a bowl.
💡 Did you know? When she empties the bowl, the earth quakes with his pain.
his head
In the forging wager over the gods' treasures.
💡 Did you know? He quibbled his way out: the neck was not included: so they sewed his lips shut.
a fly and a falcon, among others
As a fly he pestered smiths; in falcon guise he flew.
💡 Did you know? He borrowed the falcon cloak from Freya.
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