Miscellaneous Myths: Loki

"And he's canonically pretty so the fanfic kinda writes itself" W H E E Z E

“*Arrested for fish crimes* and also murder” is absolutely fantastic

something this doesn't point out about the conclusion of Loki being a god of family, is that he's simultaneously a father, mother, and playful mischievous child

Loki as a protector of families and children definitely makes sense. He's basically the John Wick of mythology. You banish his daughter, banish his son, enslave his son, chain his son, kill his final children and use their intestines to bind him to a rock to suffer torture. In response, Loki brings about the end of the world and the death of the gods; seems like they had it coming. You don't mess with someones kids.

“Loki finds a half-burned heart, eats it, and becomes pregnant” Another Tuesday

"You can't be Jesus and Satan at the same time" Loki: "Observe"

"8 legged horse." "Invented the net" "Loki" or other variants meaning spider in modern scandinavian. Yeah, Loki is the spider god.

All this convinces me of what I’ve always known, Bugs Bunny is the purest form of Loki.

Imagine how ironic it would be if his worship was mainly from mothers that needed to deal daily with their children's mischief, and they prayed to Loki to protect them

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who saw Odin yeeting Loki's kids into various abysses and thought "Ah yes. The beginning of the revenge arc."

Wait a minute: Loki is a mischievous household spirt. We always hear that if you don't treat household spirits well, they mess with you. So in the Aesir are shown treating Loki badly, and Loki thus messing with them. Perhaps Loki's deific function is that he is the household spirt, the "Loki" of the Aesir's household. Ultimately helpful to them, but they keep messing with him. So if the Aesir are shown as flawed, perhaps one of their flaws (which would have been a flaw to the culture) is that they often mistreat their household spirit. . .and it is that flaw that ulitimately does them in.

Red: apologizes for calling Loki a fire deity Also Red: explains why loki might absolutely be a fire deity

“Loki is a mass of contradictions.” Honestly, I think that’s exactly what Loki wanted in the first place.

I feel like the whole "Loki's history being frustrating to try and figure out" thing is the biggest long con from everyone's favorite green trickster.

The thing I love about Loki is even with all the trickery and mischief he never once did anything mean to humans. In one story it's said that he actually had a love for humans.

The story of Tyr and Fenris is ripe for dramatization- a man and his beloved wolf companion, ultimately made to betray his lupine friend over matters of a greater good, sacrificing a literal piece of himself while abusing Fenris' trust to capture him, losing a metaphorical piece of himself by the end of it and leaving Fenris alone and bitter, to one day join the enemy and thus fulfil the prophecy that this was meant to subvert. A great tragedy, given the right story telling and emphasis.

"Loki's name could mean The Entangler" "Loki is a mass of contradictions without a linear narrative" Ah so he's done his job perfectly to this very day

Loki is just pure chaotic neutral Like I can imagine him in this scenario genuinely thinking its funny "I didn't do it" "Then why are you laughing" "Cause whoever did it is a fucking genius"

Loki being a household spirit does kind of make sense. In other folklore, household spirits are often mischievous or tricksy.

Odin: “I see in the future, Loki, I see a scholar appreciating the well-documented history of your role in Norse mythology.” Loki: “Uh, the scholar just easily finishes my story? No challenges? BORING! Let me fix that.”