Loki, the god of deceit

LOKI

Loki

Loki is known as the creator of tricks and he could take any form, that is, it is a change-forms and in different stories appears in the form of salmon, mare, seal, fly and as an old woman.

Loki's relationship with the gods varies according to the source. Loki sometimes attends the gods and sometimes acts wickedly towards them

Loki had three important children: Jormungandr, Hel and Fenrir.

Some of the stories that include it are the following:

Sleipner, it has eight legs

Once they were going to build a wall around Asgard.

A giant called Hrimthurs was offered to build it in exchange for the goddess Freya, plus the sun and the moon. The gods accepted as long as the wall ended in 6 months, as Loki had advised them. The giant accepted on condition that they let him use his horse Svadilfare. The project started and moved forward very quickly. When the 6 months were about to be fulfilled, the gods began to worry. They did not want to lose Freya, nor the sun and the moon, and they demanded that Loki find a solution. Loki became a mare that distracted the horse Svadilfare, without which the giant was unable to meet the deadline. Then Loki gave birth to a horse with eight legs and gave it to Odin, who called him Sleipner.

Another story says that Loki envied Balder, the mother of this, enchanted him, so that nothing in the world could harm his beloved son, nothing less the mistletoe.

Loki and Höor shooting Balder

Loki, who was very clever, disguised herself as an old woman and managed to get Friggs (Balder's mother) to get the information she wanted. Now that Loki already knew what Balder was not immune to, he waited at the exact moment to assassinate him, in a way no one knew he was. Friggs, after bewitching his son, challenged all the gods to throw any harmful object at Balder, then Loki, drew an arrow of mistletoe, which he gave to the blind brother of Balder, Höor. This one shot the arrow with a bow and his brother died.

Loki and Sigyn picking up the venom of the snake.

Loki also married Sigyn, and they had two children named Narfi and Vali. In punishment mode for the death of Balder, the gods turned Vali into a wolf and this, by not controlling himself, destroyed Narfi's throat. In addition, the gods tied Loki to three rocks and placed a snake on top of his head while it dripped poison. His wife Sigyn, picks up the poison of the snake with a wooden bowl so that it does not fall to Loki, but when it has to empty it, some drops fall to Loki, writhing in pain.

Loki will be unleashed on the Ragnarök.