Loki

Loki is the Norse god of trickery and deceit. Like Skadi, Loki is half-Aesir and half-Jotun. He is the god of fun, trickery, treachery and being an asshole. When not spawning monstrous god-children, Loki is often cavorting with the unsavory types of the cosmos or stirring up trouble among mortal men. That or he's off doing something that will piss off Thor. 
AKA: The Trickster God.
== Facts: ==
-Loki's relationship with his fellow Nordic gods is complicated. He clearly identifies as one of them and will help to defend the Pantheon, but at other times he seeks to destabilize them and undermine Odin's authority. 
-The one god who is most often the target of Loki's tender ministrations is Thor. Loki has repeatedly played pranks on Thor and Thor's wife Sif. Conversely, the one member of the Pantheon that Loki does get along with is Skadi, who is also half-Jotun just like Loki. 
-Loki is like the rebel kid in the family of Nordic gods, he openly chastises others and calls them out for their faults, even if doing so is a major faux pass. Loki has repeatedly angered Freya by charging her with rampant polygamy among several Pantheons of gods. 
-However, Loki has crossed the line and been punished for it. Loki, in a spite of jealousy, engineered a prank that resulted in the death of Baldr the Handsome. Baldr, a fellow Nordic god, was highly favored among the Pantheon and Loki was subsequently punished severally by being tied to the 'Earth' with a gigantic snake that drips venom above his head. It is unknown for how long Loki was bound like this, but it served to further push him away from his fellow gods. 
-Loki is a master shapeshifter and often appears in a variety of forms. 
-Loki's second greatest power is his intellect. Loki has crafted grand schemes orchestrated over several generations and involving entire regions of people. Loki is a manipulator who is quite good at reading people and finding their character flaws.
-The mythological stories concerning Loki are very complex, highly divergent and often contradictory (much of that being due to Loki himself). In some of the earlier stories of the gods, Loki is the son of two Jotun, while in some only his mother is Jotun. In others, he is presented as the half-brother of Odin or his son (making him Thor's brother)! 
-What is known about the ancient cycles is that Loki is the father of Fenris, Jormungandr, and several other half-deity monsters who all have a strong taint of Chaos. Loki himself is believed to have an inherent connection to the primordial forces of Chaos, however, he is able to cloak that connection from the detection of others. 
-A powerful connection to Chaos would help to explain Loki's often schizophrenic behavior in regards to his own Pantheon. 
Category:Pagan
Category:Nordic
Category:Chaos