Loki

The norse god Loki is known as the trickster god. He is Malicious, clever, and unpredictable. Both of his parents were giants, ultimately making him a giant as well. He had a wife named Sigyn and a mistress named Angrboda, who was also a giant. With her he had three monsters and all together five children. Loki played many tricks on poeple and often made bad situations worse. He loved it and found it very entertaining.

Loki was the god who "began the chain of events that lead to the destruction of the gods". He killed figgs son, Baldr and refused to remorse to bring him back. Loki was punished for this by being placed on boulders with a poisonous snake on his head. His wife Sigyn remained by his side the whole time. In order to protect him from the pain she held a bowl above his head in order to catch the drops of venom coming from the snake. Every once in a while though, she had to leave his side in order to empty out the bowl. When she did this, venom fell amongst Loki's face causing him to "twist in pain". This reaction is what causes earthquakes. Later Loki was killed along with the other gods in the battle of Rangarok.


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