loki

Loki is the Deity or God of Trickery and Fire in Norse mythology son of the giants Farbauti and Laufey which is probably why he is so evil/mean. Easily bored, Loki loved playing tricks on the gods and putting them in dangerous situations. Oftentimes though, it was Loki's own quick wit that got the gods out of trouble again. One time, Loki even put his best companion, the thunder god Thor, at great risk by luring him unarmed into the cave of the frost giant Geirrod. Luckily The frost giantess Gird gave him weapons to defend himself and kill the giant. Why would Loki do that to him? He put his own personal safety over Thor's. On another occasion, however, Loki demonstrated his cleverness by helping Thor retrieve his mighty hammer. Dwarfs stole Thor's magic hammer and delivered to the frost giant Thrym whom wanted the fertility goddess Freyja as his bride for the hammer's return. Loki came up with the scheme for Thor to dress up as Freyja and go to Thrym. Thor did did as he was told. Thrym though that Thor was really Freyia he took out the hammer to give back to Thor. At that moment Thor threw off the clothing and killed all the giants there were. Loki was married twice and had five children in all. With his wife the giantess Angrboda he had Jormungand, the feared Fenrir, and Hel the ruler of the underworld. And from his wife Sigyn his children were Vali and Narvi. Loki wasn't always so villainous, however. In the beginning he was more of just a jester. But as time wore on his character grew darker and more evil until the gods could stand no more. They tolerated him until the day he arrived at Aegir's great feast where he killed Bladur which was the final straw. For a time Loki managed to escape thier wrath by changing into a salmon. But because he had infinite wisdom (as told in another story) Odin spotted him and called all gods to go and catch him. Loki was then placed and held in a dark cave. His son Vali was turned into a vicious wolf that immediately set upon his brother Narvi and devoured him. The gods then used Narvi's intestines to bind Loki to a rock under the venemous dripping head of a snake where he would wait out time until the great final battle of Ragnarok where he and Heimdallr will kill each other.

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