Loki had a number of wives and children. With his second wife, the giantess Angrboda, he had three fearsome offspring: a supernatural being named Hel, a serpent named Jormungand, and a wolf named Fenrir. As these creatures grew larger and more terrifying, the gods decided to get rid of ...
Because of Loki, Baldur met his death, and the other gods mourned him. His death eventually brought about Ragnarök, which means the end of days in Norse mythology. More Info Tyr Tyr was the Norse god of war and a mighty warrior. Even though he was a god of war who also ...
The most unpredictable and certainly the most dangerous god in the Northern pantheon was Loki. His activities ran from the merely mischievous to the blatantly malicious. Supremely clever, Loki ensnared everyone in complicated problems, to which he always supplied a remedy - through his solution often...
the beloved god of light and joy. Balder was destined to die by a prophecy that his mother Frigg heard, and she made everything in the world swear an oath not to harm him. However, she overlooked the mistletoe, a seemingly harmless plant, and Loki used it to kill Balder. Loki disguise...
In Old Norse the word ‘loki’ means knot or tangle, and he may have been considered responsible for some of the misfortunes that befell men, and therefore be a kind oftrickster god, but there is little evidence for this. Loki’s symbol was the snake, and he was often represented by ...
It is Odin’s cruel treatment of Fenrir that is in part responsible for Loki’s siding against the gods during Ragnarok. It is also Fenrir who kills Odin during the apocalyptic event, the second of Loki’s children to kill a major god in the Norse pantheon. ...
Loki trickster figure, companion to the gods Mimir giant who guards the well of knowledge Njord sea god, father of Freyr and Freyja Odin god of wisdom, battle, and poetry, and ruler of the gods Thor god of the sky and thunder, associated with the weather, crops, and warriors Tyr...
Loki The god of trickery and mischief, Loki is a relatively minor god whose role has been bigged up by the Marvel films. In the films, he is Thor’s half-brother and arch-enemy, but in Norse mythology he is the brother of Odin and son of the giant Fárbauti. ...
ALVIS TRAMPED ALL THE WAY from the world of the dark elves to Asgard. He hurried towards Bilskirnir and in that hall he saw the god he was looking for, but he did not recognize him. “I’ve come for my bride,” the dwarf said bluntly. “It’s taken long enough to get here, I...
One of the world’s major Trickster Gods, in his early days Loki was a rascal; crafty, sneaky, silly and malicious — a Loki The Lad. The son of two giants, Laufey and FARBAUTI, he was so outrageously mischievous that he even sneaked his way into becoming a God. He was the first...