norse and greek mythology?

Question

Please somebody answer me what is the similarity between Loki (norse god) and Zeus (Greek god) because i know something is going on and i know it's between them. And i know i'm not crazy lol so no ******* stupid answers please....if you don't know....please dont answer

Answer 1

There is a lot of similarity between Zeus and Thor, but I can't say that I find a lot of similarity between Zeus and Loki, except perhaps that they're both very bold about doing whatever they want, damn the consequences.
Perhaps you can give some specific examples of things you feel are connected between them so that people can comment more easily?

Answer 2

Zeus is the Greek God of the sky and rulership, He is the king of the Greek Gods. There are many stories of Him shape changing in order to seduce other Goddesses and mortal women.

Loki is the trickster God of the Norse. He is the half-brother to Odin, who is the King of the Norse Gods. Loki is known for his shape shifting ability as it was he who changed himself into a woman to trick Freya into telling him how the god Balder could be killed and then when only if everything could weep for Balder would bring his return, Loki changed into the giantess Thokk and refused to weep so that Balder had to remain in Hel's domain.

Other than that I don't really see any resemblance. Basically Zeus is seen as a generally good God and Loki is seen as a bad God although Loki did do somethings to help the other Norse Gods from time to time.

Answer 3

Loki occasionally works with the other gods. For example, he tricked the unnamed giant who built the walls around Asgard, out of being paid for his work by distracting his horse while disguised as a mare—thereby he became the mother of Odin's eight-legged horse Sleipnir. He also commissioned Odin's spear, Freyr's ship and Sif's wig from Dvalin, the dwarf, as well as rescuing Iðunn. Finally, in Þrymskviða, Loki manages, with Thor at his side, to get Mjolnir back when the giant Thrym secretly steals it, in order to ask for Freyja as a bride, in exchange.

Even though Loki may have been a liability to Gods (leading to the death of Baldr, the birth of Fernis and other monsters that would eventually engulf the world), he provided the Gods with all their magical artefacts from Thor's hammer to the flying ships, and these artifacts help the Gods ultimately defeat evil. He leads to the birth of Ragnarok, but also provides the means to overcome it.

As god of fire, Loki could be compared to Hephaestus, the Greek god of fire. Hephaestus was ejected from Mt. Olympus by Zeus over an argument about one of Zeus' favourites, Heracles. However, these two gods cannot be considered direct counterparts because Loki is a major figure in Norse mythology, while Hephaestus is a much more incidental figure in the myths of the Greeks.

Answer 4

Here are the only similarities i can find between the two gods.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Loki does not have an obvious counterpart in Greek mythology, although many other cultures -- such as North American aboriginals, Oceanic, West African and Chinese -- have myths which feature tricksters. There is one Greek god, however, that is considered somewhat of a trickster, although certainly not to the same extent as Loki -- Hermes. As soon as Hermes was born, he displayed this trait by stealing Apollo's cows. He was taken for judgement to Zeus after this crime, but he used his cunning, offering the lyre he invented, to escape punishment. In many ways this is much like Loki's behaviour, in that Loki often was able to talk his way out of predicaments.
He was also somewhat like Zeus, known for his shape-changing. This was one of Loki's favourite "tricks."

As god of fire, Loki could be compared to Hephaestus, the Greek god of fire. One of the major stories about Loki is his exile from Asgard for being indirectly responsible for the death of Balder. This punishment was meted out by Odin. Similarly, Hephaestus was ejected from Mt. Olympus by Zeus over an argument about one of Zeus' favourites, Heracles. However, these two gods cannot be considered direct counterparts because Loki is a major figure in Norse mythology, while Hephaestus is a much more incidental figure in the myths of the Greeks.

There are many symbols present in Norse myths. The giants represent the powerful forces of nature for example. One major symbol applies to Loki specifically. This is fire, both in its good and bad sense. Loki often helps out the gods (fire in the good sense). Loki also sets the gods very far back -- even to death (the bad sense of fire). This would sum up Loki's character perfectly, as Loki was both good and bad, just like the fire he was the god of.


Wish i could have been of more help.

Answer 5

they both shape-shifted so that they could do things in hiding like Zeus cheat on wife and Loki cheat on Norse gods

Answer 6

not really familiar with similarities between Loki and Zeus as Loki was more of a trickster and troublesome type of god rather than a beneficial one.

Answer 7

There is no similarity between Loki and Zeus. There is some similarity between Apollo and Loki, and also Poseidon.

Apollo and Heracles are compaired with Thor

Heracles is also compaired with Baldur

Hades is comparative to Hel

etc...

Answer 8

Zeus was a father god, much more the position of Odin, not Loki. Odin was also a shape shifter. most of the greek gods were shape shifters by the way. Sorry gotta go.

Answer 9

The naturegir is completely wrong
Zeus was the God of underworld ??( Mercy )
Was the King of the Gods
Pluto was the God of the underworld
concerning your question well I don't know

Answer 10

Loki was somewhat like Zeus, who was known for his shape-changing (he took such forms as a bull, swan and a quail).
This was one of Loki's favourite tricks.