Loki and Ragnarök: Villain, Prophecy, or Both?
What the Norse sources say Loki does at Ragnarök: the ship, the duel with Heimdall, the stones and crosses, and the scholars who disagree on all of it.
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Fenrir, Jörmungandr, Hel and Sleipnir: Loki’s Monstrous Children
Loki fathered a wolf, a world-serpent, a goddess of the dead and an eight-legged horse. What the sources actually say about each, and where they disagree.
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The Death of Baldr: Loki, the Mistletoe and the Binding of a God
How Loki, a blind god and a sprig of mistletoe ended the age of the gods: Baldr’s death, Hel’s terms, the giantess who wouldn’t weep, and Loki’s binding.
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Loki in the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda: What the Sources Actually Say
A close reading of Loki in the Eddas: Lokasenna, Þrymskviða, Völuspá, Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál, with notes on who wrote what, and when.
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Who Is Loki? The Complete Guide to the Norse Trickster
Who was Loki in Norse myth? A nerdy guide to his family, his name, his oldest sources and the carved stones that show what Vikings thought of him.
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Loki – The God of Mischief Using His Powers
Despite being the god of mischief, loki is a brilliant sorcerer. He possesses the strength of his Jotun ancestors and their frost magic. He can[…]
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