I'm just curious about what other folks think Loki was.
2007-02-23 03:47:06 · 6 answers · asked by Eric W 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Loki is both a Norse God and of giant ancestry...some of you forget that many of the other Gods has giants as ancestors.
Although Loki's parents are Jotun, a race of Norse giants similar to the Greek Titans, the same could be said of several other members of the pantheon. In fact, the Aesir--the primary race of the pantheon which includes Odin--were themselves of Jotun stock and indeed both of Odin's parents were Jotun. Not only is Loki referred to as a member of the Aesir more than once in the Eddas, it is also argued that in becoming the blood-brother of Odin he in effect became one of the Aesir. It is also argued that he is Aesir by virtue of his marriage to the Goddess Sigyn.
In response to some of the other answers: Loki is Thor’s travel companion and friend, not his nemesis. Loki was never depicted looking like the Greek satyrs, you are thinking of Pan. Loki is not evil either, he is a necessarily element like wildfire.
2007-02-25 17:51:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Loki sounds like a Nordic version of a party animal with a twisted sense of humor. He was a god said to live in Valhalla with Odin and all the rest of the gods of the Scandinavian Mythology Pantheon, practical prankster by the way.
2007-02-23 04:01:16 · answer #2 · answered by Karan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the book I have called "Myths of the Norsemen" Loki is said to be half giant and half god.He was Odins cousin and after helping the gods out of a small problem(That he also caused,but they didn`t know that) Odin made Loki his blood brother so he was able to enter Asgard.He was unable to do so before because of his evil giant blood.In the end of course his evil side won out and he fought with the giants against the gods at Ragnarok.
2007-02-23 08:30:47 · answer #3 · answered by danny261178 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Loki was the Norse god of Mischief and Music... said to live at Valhalla with the other gods... Is usually depicted satyr-like; goat headed I mean...
2007-02-23 06:17:19 · answer #4 · answered by andalite_friends 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Different sources claim different things. It is possible that he was of a mixed descent, maybe he didn't quite posses the full set of strengths of one of the sides on the expense of the other, and that made him slightly bitter - because, call him prankster of not, his jokes didn't always end up in a funny way. On the contrary, it seems to me that he was searching more for revenge and to cause a lot of pain than searching for a comic relief and slight humiliation, in which a "prank" would result.
2007-02-23 07:27:23 · answer #5 · answered by Ymmo the Heathen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The norse God of mischief. Also the nemesis of the Mighty Thor.
2007-02-23 04:07:50 · answer #6 · answered by Sal D 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋