{"id":4189,"date":"2026-04-27T10:35:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/loki\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:24:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:24:40","slug":"loki","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/loki\/","title":{"rendered":"Loki"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4189\" class=\"elementor elementor-4189 elementor-1983 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fdade e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fdade\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-herohlft0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herohlft0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ceb64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3ceb64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ae5e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96ae5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Loki, god of the Germanic tradition<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45238a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e45238a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Loki is the god of fire, deception and chaos in the Germanic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span>. As the son of a giant and companion of the \u00c6sir, he embodies the ambivalent, useful and dangerous at the same time.<\/p><p>In religious-historical terms, Loki is an example of the presence of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The threshold phase in a transition between two states, such as between life and death, waking and dreaming.\" tabindex=\"0\">liminal<\/span> gods between order and chaos in Indo-European pantheons, comparable to the Aztec Tezcatlipoca or the Hindu Shiva.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klsbdg01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"klsbdg01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klshtm01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"klshtm01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"God \/ goddess: personified highest power in the pantheon of a culture, with clear domains, natural forces, fate, war, fertility. 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_germanisch_loki-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4190\" alt=\"Loki, gods of the Germanic tradition, historical and illustrative\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_germanisch_loki-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_germanisch_loki-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_germanisch_loki-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_germanisch_loki.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32917199 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32917199\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e916cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26e916cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253a40d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"253a40d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1200c304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1200c304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Loki<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11758e7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11758e7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Loki is the trickster and fire god whose nature is profoundly ambivalent. He is both ally and adversary of the \u00c6sir. His central aspects are cunning, mutability, destruction and renewal.<\/p><p>In <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span> he joins with the gods in useful deceptions (the acquisition of Sif&#8217;s golden hair, Thor&#8217;s hammer Mj\u00f6lnir), yet ultimately leads to Ragnar\u00f6k (the twilight of the gods). His children are Fenrir (the giant wolf), J\u00f6rmungandr (the Midgard serpent) and Hel (goddess of the underworld).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159dcf9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"159dcf9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48cee66f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48cee66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quick overview: Loki<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f50d82c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f50d82c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sources: <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Icelandic scholar (1179-1241); author of the Prose Edda and the Heimskringla.\" tabindex=\"0\">Snorri Sturluson<\/span>&#8216;s Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda (especially Lokasenna, \u00derymskvi\u00f0a), Tacitus (indirectly); archaeological finds are rare (no direct veneration of Loki as with Thor or Odin). Secondary literature: Rudolf Simek (Lexikon der germanischen <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">Mythologie<\/span>), Jan de Vries, Folke Str\u00f6m, Georges Dum\u00e9zil, Martin No\u00ebl Olsen. Loki has no known <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A structure that serves the veneration of one or several deities.\" tabindex=\"0\">temples<\/span>; his function is cosmic-narrative, not cultically venerated like other gods.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18613602 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18613602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262b8a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"262b8a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Classification<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46dcb7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46dcb7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d3ab3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61d3ab3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117c166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"117c166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Period of the texts<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73997a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73997a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The written <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The transmission of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> on Loki reaches back several centuries, in all likelihood resting on still older oral traditions that existed before. The Germanic peoples preserved this entity or concept across extraordinarily long periods and carefully passed it on from generation to generation, which points to central religious and cultural significance.<\/p><p>The continuity of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The transmission of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> across these long stretches is remarkable and indicates a deep, stable cultural rootedness. Even in modern times the memory and sometimes active veneration are alive, sometimes transformed, but in their basic features still recognisable.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d47b156 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d47b156\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff38c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff38c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Geographic distribution<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e49fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e49fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Loki was not confined to a particular region or specific locations but was universally known throughout the Germanic world and venerated or respectfully feared.<\/p><p>Knowledge of Loki was carried first by the poets of medieval Iceland: the Poetic Edda and Snorri Sturluson&#8217;s Prose Edda preserve the tales of the cunning companion of the gods in fixed literary form, recorded by learned authors for an audience versed in skaldic tradition. No evidence of an actual Loki <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration for a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> with temples or <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An offering to a deity to express gratitude, petition, or veneration.\" tabindex=\"0\">offerings<\/span> has been found; he lived in narrative, not in worship. In later centuries, his figure passed into Scandinavian folk tales and sayings, where he appears as a troublemaker and explanation for small mishaps, keeping his name familiar in rural storytelling long after the old <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religion<\/span> had ended.<\/p><p>This clearly points to a central role in the self-understanding of the whole people. Trade, migration and cultural exchange contributed to the geographic spread and to the stable uniformity of veneration.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db03c39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db03c39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229a87b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"229a87b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f471fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f471fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Source situation<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b1201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b1201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Primary sources: Snorri Sturluson&#8217;s Prose Edda (Gylfaginning: Loki&#8217;s genealogy and role; Sk\u00e1ldskaparm\u00e1l: Loki narratives), the Poetic Edda (Lokasenna: Loki insults all the gods; \u00derymskvi\u00f0a: Loki helps to retrieve the stolen hammer; Hyndlulj\u00f3\u00f0: Loki&#8217;s descent), V\u00f6lusp\u00e1: Ragnar\u00f6k with Loki&#8217;s release. Period: oral traditions reaching back to the first century BCE, written down around 1200 CE. Researchers: Rudolf Simek, Jan de Vries (detailed interpretation), Georges Dum\u00e9zil, Folke Str\u00f6m, Wolfgang Meid. Of note: Loki has no archaeologically secured cult sites; his function is mythical, not cultic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae0637c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ae0637c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d07739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31d07739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Name and variants<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7642947 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7642947\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a086266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a086266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the various sources and artistic traditions Loki is depicted with certain recurring iconographic elements that remain relatively constant across decades and across different geographic spaces.<\/p><p>These elements are not merely decorative or randomly chosen but are deeply coded symbolically and carry considerable meaning. They convey functions, sources of power, areas of responsibility and the cosmic role of the being.<\/p><p>The overall system functions like a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to the divine and thereby withdrawn from everyday use.\" tabindex=\"0\">sacred<\/span> script or a coded image; it allows initiates or the culturally educated to grasp the essential deeper meaning and to understand it correctly. Colours, sacred objects or weapons, bodily attributes, specific accessories, all are significant and traditionally transmitted.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709a44a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"709a44a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f585873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f585873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Description<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70621c12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70621c12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4296eb49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4296eb49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Loki was central in the religious practice, the everyday rituals and the daily understanding of the Germanic peoples. People turned to this entity in critical or specific life situations or at certain <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span> times of the year, through structured, often elaborate rituals, prayers or offerings.<\/p><p>The treatment of Loki in the Edda texts shows a fixed narrative order: the Lokasenna follows the regulated course of a contest of insults in Aegir&#8217;s hall, and his punishment after Baldr&#8217;s death, the binding with the entrails of his own son and the serpent placed above his head, is likewise presented in Snorri&#8217;s Prose Edda as the gods&#8217; ordered legal consequence, not as an arbitrary act of violence.<\/p><p>The functions were manifold: some were preventive (warding off potential misfortune), some healing (alleviation of illness or suffering), some transformative (accompaniment through transitions between life stages).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e71476 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44e71476\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1fc3f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c1fc3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Profile: Loki<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f33b8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84f33b8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hqkdc67p elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"hqkdc67p\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The profile unfolds Loki&#8217;s nature through six perspectives: his mythological origin and role in the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span>, his functions in narratives and myths (not cultic veneration as with other gods), his characteristic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The study of pictorial content and its meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">iconography<\/span> as a trickster, the ambivalence of his powers and effects, comparable figures in other cultures and a concluding interpretation of his cosmic significance in the transition to the twilight of the gods.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-qh9oavvu iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"qh9oavvu\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-awzx8k2k elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"awzx8k2k\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cultural context<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x6rowhv0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"x6rowhv0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Loki is a genuinely Germanic creation without a direct Indo-European precursor. His origin lies in Scandinavian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span> and is transmitted orally up to the recording in the thirteenth century.<\/p><p>Snorri presents him as a descendant of giants (son of the giant F\u00e1rbauti) but he is received into Asgard as the sworn brother of Odin and Thor. His <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration directed at a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> was marginal or non-existent, in contrast to Thor and Odin. His narrative presence grows in the literature, especially in depictions of Ragnar\u00f6k.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3o4kxs iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e3o4kxs\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08rkdgov elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08rkdgov\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recipients<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uwjelx8s elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"uwjelx8s\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Loki was not venerated cultically as Thor or Odin were; no priests, no <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A gift to a deity to express thanks, request or veneration.\" tabindex=\"0\">offerings<\/span>, no <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A structure that serves the veneration of one or several deities.\" tabindex=\"0\">temples<\/span>. His function was mythical-narrative and was central in the tradition of the skalds (poets).<\/p><p>Because his name was associated with destruction, he was partly feared and avoided. In later Icelandic sagas and in Ragnar\u00f6k prophecies his role was dramatised. He may possibly have been called upon in private omen incantations, but there is no evidence for this.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jm2n74ec iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"jm2n74ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8vufse4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8vufse4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Appearance<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mwb9u015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mwb9u015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Loki has no iconographic standardisation like other gods. He is described as beautiful and malevolent at the same time, with the power of shape-shifting (hamramr). In the myths he assumes various forms: as a salmon, as an old woman, as a flame.<\/p><p>His attributes are fire and cunning, not weapon or sceptre as with other gods. In the Christian period he was associated with the Devil, a projection of monotheistic categories onto a polytheistic figure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ss2yr6 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37ss2yr6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3v0wp3wx elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3v0wp3wx\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Function<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w3247g2m elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"w3247g2m\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Loki was credited with the powers of cunning and deception, of transformation and of fire. He could change shape, become invisible and place the gods in embarrassing situations.<\/p><p>His words were weapons; the Lokasenna shows him as a powerful slanderer who damages all the gods with insults. At the same time he possessed constructive powers: he helped to procure the finest treasures (Sif&#8217;s hair, Thor&#8217;s hammer, Odin&#8217;s spear). His fire was both destructive and constructive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0qpjal9w iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0qpjal9w\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ndoih0o elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ndoih0o\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Means of warding off<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6684tyh9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6684tyh9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Loki was not the object of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The petitioning or invocational address of a deity or power.\" tabindex=\"0\">invocation<\/span> like other gods. People feared his power and tried to avoid or appease him. No <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A gift to a deity to express thanks, request or veneration.\" tabindex=\"0\">offerings<\/span> are attested. In the Lokasenna he is even cast out of Asgard and bound until Ragnar\u00f6k.<\/p><p>The Germanic peoples regarded Loki as the embodiment of the chaotic and of destruction, less as a god to be venerated, more as a cosmic force to be understood and feared. His name was used in <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Verbal formula by which harm is to be inflicted on a person or thing.\" tabindex=\"0\">curses<\/span>, but not in ordinary prayers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3lfi7x32 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3lfi7x32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0kg99ga1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0kg99ga1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Comparable beings<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-n0fum6kp elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"n0fum6kp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tezcatlipoca (Aztec) is a structural parallel, trickster, destroyer, ambivalent. Shiva in Hinduism shares the duality of destruction and creation. The Celtic Math fab Mathonwy displays trickster aspects but without Loki&#8217;s cosmic destructive role.<\/p><p>The Slavic Veles is a malign figure, but less differentiated than Loki. In contrast to these, Loki is explicitly not venerated in cult.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a584676 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a584676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0757bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d0757bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Loki, parallels in other cultures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60563f68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60563f68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a93fdd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a93fdd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Loki-like tricksters are found in many mythologies: the Greek Hermes as messenger of the gods and thief, the West African Anansi as spider-shaped creator-trickster, the Coyote of the North American Plains tribes, the Polynesian Maui.<\/p><p>Unlike these, Loki is deeply embedded in the cosmological structure of the Edda; he is not only a trickster but the father of the beings of doom, Hel, Fenrir and J\u00f6rmungandr.<\/p><p><p><strong>Jewish tradition:<\/strong> In Jewish <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The scholarly doctrine of God and the faith of a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">theology<\/span> there is no god of deception or chaos like Loki. Satan (a later development) is a counter-power but not a god within a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span>. Loki&#8217;s ambivalence and his mythical weight have no equivalent in monotheistic systems.<\/p><p><strong>Greco-Roman world:<\/strong> Prometheus shares with Loki the qualities of cunning and of danger to the order of the gods, but he is a Titan, not an \u00c6sir god. Hermes is trickster-like but less destructive. Ares embodies uncontrolled violence but not Loki&#8217;s cunning. There is no direct parallel in Greece or Rome.<\/p><p><strong>Mesopotamia:<\/strong> No direct parallel. Marduk and Tiamat are adversaries, but not within a single pantheon as Loki and the \u00c6sir are. Pazuzu is a demonic force but not cultically prominent in the manner of the Edda figures.<\/p><p><strong>India and Asia:<\/strong> Shiva embodies destruction and transformation but does not share Loki&#8217;s role as outcast trickster. In Buddhism there is no equivalent figure. In early Indian texts, rakshasa (<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">demons<\/span>) are chaotic forces, but not within a divine hierarchy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp143590f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp143590f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cped974db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cped974db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Loki's role in the death of Baldr<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpac2481f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cpac2481f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cped26bd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cped26bd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The death of Baldr belongs to the most densely transmitted episodes of Old Norse <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span> and places Loki at the centre of a cosmic turning point.<\/p><p>Snorri Sturluson recounts in the <em>Gylfaginning<\/em> that Baldr was plagued by disturbing dreams. His mother Frigg therefore took an oath from all things not to harm Baldr, but overlooked the mistletoe, which she considered too young and insignificant.<\/p><p>Loki learned of this gap. He obtained the mistletoe, fashioned it into a projectile and handed it to the blind god H\u00f6\u00f0r, who stood apart from the assembly while the other gods amused themselves by hurling weapons at the invulnerable Baldr.<\/p><p>Guided by Loki, H\u00f6\u00f0r&#8217;s throw struck home, and Baldr fell dead to the ground. The sources emphasise that this was the greatest misfortune ever to strike gods and humans.<\/p><p>The second part of the episode intensifies Loki&#8217;s guilt. When Herm\u00f3\u00f0r rode into the underworld to request Baldr&#8217;s release, Hel set the condition that all things must weep for Baldr. Almost everything wept, but a giantess named \u00de\u00f6kk refused. Snorri intimates that this was Loki in disguise. With this Loki prevented Baldr&#8217;s return for good.<\/p><p>Scholarship debates whether the older Eddic poetry assigned Loki the same central role as Snorri does. The <em>V\u00f6lusp\u00e1<\/em> names H\u00f6\u00f0r as the slayer but is silent about Loki&#8217;s instigation. Some researchers, such as Anatoly Liberman, see Snorri&#8217;s elaboration as a literary condensation of various traditions.<\/p><p>What is certain is that the episode forms the bridge to the binding of Loki and ultimately to the events of Ragnar\u00f6k. Those interested in related conceptions of fate will find points of connection at <a href=\"\/en\/hel\/\">Hel<\/a> and the Norse conception of the underworld.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp3218126 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp3218126\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp0fb04c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp0fb04c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The binding of Loki and his fate at Ragnar\u00f6k<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp63681b7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp63681b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp6110166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp6110166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After the death of Baldr and the mocking of the gods in the <em>Lokasenna<\/em>, the \u00c6sir seize Loki and subject him to a drastic punishment.<\/p><p>The sources relate that the gods brought forward three of his kin: Loki&#8217;s son V\u00e1li was transformed into a wolf and tore his brother Narfi apart. With Narfi&#8217;s entrails the gods bound Loki to three stone slabs.<\/p><p>The giantess Ska\u00f0i fastened a serpent dripping venom above Loki&#8217;s face. Since then Loki&#8217;s wife Sigyn stands beside him and catches the venom in a bowl.<\/p><p>When she empties the full bowl, the venom strikes Loki, and his writhing, according to this mythological explanation, causes the earth to quake. This aetiological function, which explains earthquakes, is also known from bound monstrous figures in other mythologies.<\/p><p>In the eschatological <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The transmission of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> Loki remains bound until Ragnar\u00f6k. Then he tears himself free.<\/p><p>The <em>V\u00f6lusp\u00e1<\/em> and Snorri&#8217;s <em>Gylfaginning<\/em> describe how Loki steers the ship of the dead <em>Naglfar<\/em>, built from the nails of the deceased, and leads the enemies of the gods forward. On the battlefield Loki and Heimdall meet and slay one another.<\/p><p>It is notable that Loki&#8217;s children with the giantess Angrbo\u00f0a, the wolf Fenrir, the Midgard serpent and Hel, are central opponents of the gods in the final battle.<\/p><p>Scholarship has repeatedly discussed whether Loki was originally an ambivalent figure between \u00c6sir and giants whose position shifted to the negative in the course of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The transmission of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span>. Georges Dum\u00e9zil and later Jan de Vries have offered differing readings, without a consensus being reached.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp1fe3b87 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp1fe3b87\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp6bc1d44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp6bc1d44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Loki in the history of scholarship<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp0b70b26 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp0b70b26\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpd504908 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpd504908\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Scarcely any figure of Norse <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span> has provoked so many contradictory interpretations as Loki. Already in the nineteenth century, comparative <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span> attempted to grasp him as a personification of nature.<\/p><p>Jacob Grimm and others saw him as a fire god, basing themselves on a supposed proximity of the name to the word <em>logi<\/em> (flame). This etymology is today regarded as linguistically untenable, since <em>Loki<\/em> and <em>logi<\/em> do not belong together.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>In the twentieth century the focus shifted. Folke Str\u00f6m in 1956 read Loki as a hypostasis of Odin, that is, as a separated aspect of the chief god.<\/span><\/p><p>Anna Birgitta Rooth examined the Loki <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The transmission of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> in a broadly conceived study in 1961 and emphasised the trickster character by drawing parallels to rogue figures of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The transmitted popular culture with customs, narratives and songs.\" tabindex=\"0\">folklore<\/span>. Georges Dum\u00e9zil placed Loki within his tripartite functional scheme and compared him with the Indian figure Syrdon from the Ossetian Nart sagas.<\/p><p>More recent scholarship, such as that of John Lindow and Jens Peter Schj\u00f8dt, is more reserved with regard to large theories. It emphasises that the sources are scattered in time and region and that Snorri already wrote in the thirteenth century from a Christian distance.<\/p><p>Whether a Loki <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration directed at a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> existed is contested. Place names that can be securely related to Loki are largely lacking, unlike those for Thor, Odin or Freyr.<\/p><p>An open problem remains the so-called Snaptun stone from Denmark, a tenth-century stone bearing a face whose lips appear to be sewn shut.<\/p><p>Many researchers interpret it as a depiction of Loki, because another narrative reports that dwarves sewed his mouth shut. The identification is, however, not certain. The discussion shows how slender the iconographic basis for Loki is.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpa5cf5fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cpa5cf5fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp4ae047d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp4ae047d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Etymology and interpretation of the name<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp60db032 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp60db032\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpec4a720 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpec4a720\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The name <em>Loki<\/em> has an unusually contested history. Older scholarship linked it with Old Norse <em>logi<\/em> meaning flame, yet by the laws of sound change this equation cannot be maintained. The long vowel in <em>logi<\/em> and the word formation do not fit <em>Loki<\/em>.<\/p><p>A widespread more recent interpretation starts from a root associated with knot, loop or closing. Anatoly Liberman has argued in several works for connecting the name with terms for knotting, which would fit the conception of Loki as a maker of nets.<\/p><p>In fact one episode reports that Loki invented the first fishing net and was himself caught by it. Other scholars remain sceptical and emphasise that none of the proposed etymologies is compelling.<\/p><p>Striking are the by-names under which Loki appears in the sources. He is called <em>Loptr<\/em>, which is related to air, and occasionally <em>Hve\u00f0rungr<\/em>. The designation <em>Loptr<\/em> has led some researchers to assume that Loki was associated with the element of air, comparable to the later popular image.<\/p><p>In more recent Scandinavian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The transmitted popular culture with customs, narratives and songs.\" tabindex=\"0\">folklore<\/span> a figure named <em>Lokke<\/em> or <em>Lokje<\/em> appears, who is associated with heat shimmer over fields and with spider threads. Whether these late attestations actually go back to the mythological Loki or represent a secondary connection is debated in scholarship.<\/p><p>The uncertainty about the name reflects the fundamental difficulty of classifying Loki. Unlike <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/odin\/\">Odin<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/thor\/\">Thor<\/a>, whose names and functions can be grasped clearly, with Loki even the linguistic basis remains open.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp3956f50 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp3956f50\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp91b820b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp91b820b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Loki in modern reception<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp9bf52a7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp9bf52a7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp7393b72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp7393b72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The rediscovery of Norse <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span> in the nineteenth century made Loki a fixed presence in European cultural history. Richard Wagner reworked him in his tetralogy <em>Der Ring des Nibelungen<\/em> as Loge, a half-divine fire <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being to which effects in the world are attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirit<\/span> and cunning adviser to Wotan.<\/p><p>In doing so Wagner deliberately merged the mythological Loki with the flame figure, although philological scholarship already questioned this identification at the time.<\/p><p>In the visual arts of the nineteenth century Loki appears, for instance, in the work of Scandinavian painters and illustrators, often in the scene of his binding with Sigyn at his side. This depiction, which emphasises Sigyn&#8217;s faithfulness and Loki&#8217;s suffering, shaped the Romantic image of the figure.<\/p><p>In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries Loki was disseminated above all through popular culture. From 1962 the comic series of the Marvel publishing house introduced a Loki figure conceived as Thor&#8217;s adversary, who later developed into an ambivalent character.<\/p><p>The subsequent film adaptations and a series of his own considerably amplified this effect. This modern Loki figure, however, is only loosely connected with the mythological Loki. Family relationships, character and storylines were freely reshaped.<\/p><p>Loki is also present in fantasy literature, in video games and in heavy metal music. From a religious-studies perspective it is interesting that modern heathen currents, such as the \u00c1satr\u00fa milieu, have a divided relationship with Loki.<\/p><p>Some groups venerate him; others reject him as a destructive force. This internal debate shows that the ambivalent position of Loki, which already shaped the medieval sources, continues to take effect today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpacd8cbe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cpacd8cbe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp783be8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp783be8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Loki's shape-shifting and his offspring<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp1f53758 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp1f53758\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpfc8709f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpfc8709f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A central characteristic of Loki in the sources is his capacity for transformation. He changes shape and even sex and, in various episodes, fathers or gives birth to extraordinary beings. The most famous of these stories concerns the horse Sleipnir.<\/p><p>When a giant built a wall for the gods, with his stallion Sva\u00f0ilfari assisting him, Loki transformed himself into a mare, lured the stallion away and thus prevented the giant from keeping the agreed deadline. From this union Loki gave birth to the eight-legged horse Sleipnir, which later became Odin&#8217;s mount.<\/p><p>With the giantess Angrbo\u00f0a, Loki, according to Snorri&#8217;s account, fathered three beings decisive for the eschatology: the wolf Fenrir, the Midgard serpent J\u00f6rmungandr and Hel, mistress of the underworld.<\/p><p>This offspring makes Loki the progenitor of the most dangerous opponents of the gods. With his wife Sigyn he had moreover the sons Narfi and V\u00e1li, who play a cruel role in his binding.<\/p><p>Shape-shifting is not merely a narrative <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A recurring element of content in art or narrative.\" tabindex=\"0\">motif<\/span>. It marks Loki&#8217;s special position between the fixed categories of Norse <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Conception of the structure and order of the world within a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">cosmology<\/span>. Loki is by birth half giant but lives among the \u00c6sir. He is male yet can give birth. He is a helper of the gods and at the same time their undoing.<\/p><p>Scholarship, for instance Jens Peter Schj\u00f8dt, has worked out this transgression of boundaries as the actual essential feature of Loki. Unlike a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The era of Greek and Roman culture, roughly 800 BCE to 600 CE.\" tabindex=\"0\">classical<\/span> trickster, who is above all cunning, Loki structurally embodies the principle of the dissolution of order. Precisely in this lies his function within the Norse worldview.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dd7469 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36dd7469\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13760ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13760ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Further reading and links<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c87796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c87796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6538df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d6538df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"\/en\/germanic\/\">Germanic (cultural hub)<\/a>, overview of Germanic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/odin\/\">Odin<\/a>, the All-Father, with whom Loki is sworn brother according to the Lokasenna<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/thor\/\">Thor<\/a>, frequent companion of Loki in journey myths such as the \u00derymskvi\u00f0a<\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/freyja\/\">Freyja<\/a>, robbed by Loki of the Br\u00edsingamen necklace in the \u00derymskvi\u00f0a<\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/high-deities\/\">High deities<\/a>, class overview<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-grl4kl40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"grl4kl40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bzsbfrmh elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bzsbfrmh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sources and literature<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c13224a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c13224a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eymh9ub elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eymh9ub\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer class=\"iwg-literatur\" data-nosnippet=\"true\"><p>Sources on Loki:<\/p><ul><li><span data-nosnippet>Snorri Sturluson: <em>Edda<\/em>. Trans. Arnulf Krause. Reclam, Stuttgart 1997.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Felix Genzmer (trans.): <em>Die Edda. G\u00f6tterdichtung, Spruchweisheit und Heldenges\u00e4nge der Germanen<\/em>. Diederichs, D\u00fcsseldorf 1981.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Rudolf Simek: <em>Lexikon der germanischen <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">Mythologie<\/span><\/em>. 3rd fully revised edition. Kr\u00f6ner, Stuttgart 2006.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Jan de Vries: <em>Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte<\/em>. Vol. II. 2nd ed. de Gruyter, Berlin 1957.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>John Lindow: <em>Norse Mythology, A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs<\/em>. Oxford University Press, 2001.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Anna Birgitta Rooth: <em>Loki in Scandinavian Mythology<\/em>. Gleerup, Lund 1961.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/footer>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgkw-add-loki e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgkw-add-loki\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgkw-add-loki-t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgkw-add-loki-t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Loki appears in Old Norse <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The transmission of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> as an ambivalent <em><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span><\/em> who, in the Eddic poems and the Prose Edda, figures as both companion and adversary of the \u00c6sir.<\/p><p>He stems from a j\u00f6tunn lineage but is received into the circle of the gods and is father of the wolf Fenrir, of Hel and of the Midgard serpent. In religious-historical terms his original function remains contested.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91f682a e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"91f682a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad80f2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad80f2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Frequent questions about Loki<\/h2><div class=\"iwg-faq-q\"><h3>Who is Loki in Norse <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span>?<\/h3><p>Loki is the most ambivalent figure of Norse-Germanic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of transmitted divine narratives of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span>, a shape-shifter and trickster, son of the giantess Laufey and not clearly affiliated with any single divine lineage.<\/p><p>He is regarded as the blood brother of Odin, yet is at the same time father of the three cosmic catastrophe-beings: the wolf Fenrir, the Midgard serpent J\u00f6rmungandr and the death goddess Hel.<\/p><p>Loki repeatedly brings the gods into difficulties and rescues them just as often. At Ragnar\u00f6k, the end of the world, he stands on the side of the giants against the \u00c6sir.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"iwg-faq-q\"><h3>What is Loki&#8217;s role in the death of Baldr?<\/h3><p>Loki&#8217;s darkest deed is the causing of Baldr&#8217;s death. Baldr, the radiant son of Odin, had been made invulnerable by his mother Frigg through an oath taken from all beings and plants, with the exception of the mistletoe, which was overlooked as too young.<\/p><p>Loki discovers the secret and persuades the blind H\u00f6\u00f0r to shoot at Baldr with a mistletoe arrow. Baldr dies and is taken down to Hel in the underworld. 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