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Loki and Norse
In Norse mythology, earthquakes were explained as the violent struggling of the god Loki.
" Potentialities of Loki " in Old Norse Religion in Long Term Perspectives edited by A. Andren, pp. 326 – 330.
After being kidnapped by the Norse God Loki and used as a pawn against Loki's half brother Thor, Iceman's powers are augmented to uncontrollable levels, through a cryo-condenser.
In Norse mythology, Loki or Loptr is a god or jötunn ( or both ).
In various poems from the Poetic Edda ( stanza 2 of Lokasenna, stanza 41 of Hyndluljóð, and stanza 26 of Fjölsvinnsmál ), and sections of the Prose Edda ( chapter 32 of Gylfaginning, stanza 8 of Haustlöng, and stanza 1 of Þórsdrápa ) Loki is alternately referred to as Loptr, which is generally considered derived from Old Norse lopt meaning " air ", and therefore points to an association with the air.
The poem Lokasenna ( Old Norse " Loki's Quarrel ") centers around Loki flyting with other gods ; Loki puts forth two stanzas of insults while the receiving figure responds with a single stanza, and then another figure chimes in.
In Norse mythology, Ragnarök (, or ), typically spelled Ragnarǫk in the handwritten scripts, is a series of future events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures ( including the gods Odin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdallr, and Loki ), the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water.
Sigyn ( Old Norse " victorious girl-friend ") is a Nymph goddess and wife of Loki in Norse mythology.
Triskaidekaphobia may have also affected the Vikings — it is believed that Loki in the Norse pantheon was the 13th god — more specifically, Loki was believed to have engineered the murder of Balder, and was the 13th guest to arrive at the funeral.
Jörmungandr, alternately referred to as the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent, is a sea serpent of the Norse mythology, the middle child of Loki and the giantess Angrboða.
Scholars have theorized a potential connection between Skaði and the god Ullr ( who is also associated with skiing and appears most frequently in place names in Sweden ), a particular relationship with the jötunn Loki, and that Scandinavia may be related to the name Skaði ( potentially meaning " Skaði's island ") or the name may be connected to an Old Norse noun meaning " harm ".
The character has been compared to other trickster figures, such as the Irish hero Bricriu Nemthenga and the Norse god Loki.
In Norse mythology, Svaðilfari ( Old Norse " unlucky traveler ") is a stallion that fathered the eight-legged horse Sleipnir with Loki ( in the form of a mare ).
* Hel ( being ), Queen of Hel and daughter of Loki in Norse mythology
Þökk ( Old Norse " Thanks ") is a giantess in Norse mythology, presumed to be Loki in disguise, who refuses to weep for the slain Baldr, thus forcing him to stay in Hel.
In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (, pronounced ), often written Jormungand, or Jörmungand and also known as the Midgard Serpent (), or World Serpent, is a sea serpent, the middle child of the giantess Angrboða and the god Loki.
Laufey or Nál is a figure from Norse mythology, the mother of Loki.
In Norse mythology, Fárbauti ( Old Norse: " cruel striker ") is the jötunn husband of Laufey or Nál and the father of Loki, and possibly also of Helblindi and Byleistr.
During his search for Daniel Hall in the Norse land of Swartalfheim, the Corinthian, obviously with little effort, snaps the neck of a supernatural wolf with his bare hands, and later sees through the deceptions of the Norse god Loki and defeats the deity in single combat.

Loki and mythology
In Norse mythology, it appears as the serpent Jörmungandr, one of the three children of Loki and Angrboda, who grew so large that it could encircle the world and grasp its tail in its teeth.
In Norse mythology, however, both Odin and Loki taunt each other with having taken the form of females in the Lokasenna.
Both Odin and Loki are shapeshifters in Norse mythology.
Loki is the god of mischief in Norse mythology.
The LOKI algorithms were named for Loki, the god of mischief in Norse mythology.
In Norse mythology, the Sons of Ivaldi are a group of dwarfs who fashion Skidbladnir, the ship of Freyr, and the Gungnir, the spear of Odin, as well as golden hair for Sif to replace what Loki had cut off.
Býleistr (' bee-lightning ', sometimes anglicised Byleist ) is a giant, the brother of Loki in Norse mythology.
The largest and most famous of the stones is the Ardre VIII stone, dated to the 8th or 9th century, depicts scenes from Norse mythology, notably the Lay of Weyland the smith, Thor fishing for Jörmungandr, the punishment of Loki for the death of Baldr, and Odin riding to Valhalla on Sleipnir.
The game is based on Norse mythology, showing the conflict between the gods Odin and Loki and the build up to Ragnarok, the end of the world.
In Norse mythology, Helblindi (" Hel-blinder " or " All-blind ") is a jötunn, brother of Loki and Býleistr and son of Fárbauti (" cruel-striker ") and his wife Laufey.
* In Norse mythology, Loki tricks Hod into killing his brother Baldur with a dart made of mistletoe.
: A god in Norse mythology, Loki is the first digital devil to be summoned by Nakajima in the human world.
It was named after Fenrisulfr, a giant wolf from Norse mythology, father of Hati and Skoll, son of Loki, destined to break its bonds for Ragnarök.

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That Bragi was also the first to speak to Loki in the Lokasenna as Loki attempted to enter the hall might be a parallel.
Loki used a loophole to get out of the wager for his head ( the wager was for Loki's head only, but he argued that, to remove his head, they would have to injure his neck, which was not in the bargain ) and Brokkr punished him by sealing his lips shut with wire.
When Loki, god of mischief and strife, murdered Baldr, god of beauty and light, he was punished by being bound in a cave with a poisonous serpent placed above his head dripping venom.
Because Loki was Odin's blood brother?
Loki tells Freyja to be silent, calls her a malicious witch, and conjures a scenario where Freyja was once astride her brother when all of the gods, laughing, surprised the two.
Loki witnessed this and was angered by Baldr's invulnerability.
All things did but a giantess by the name of Þökk, regarding whom Snorri writes that " people believe that the giantess was Loki.
Modern scholars such as Lee Hollander explain that Lokasenna was intended to be humorous and that the accusations thrown by Loki in the poem are not necessarily to be taken as " generally accepted lore " at the time it was composed.
Heretic II was later ported to Linux by Loki Software and to the Amiga by Hyperion Entertainment.
Tricked and guided by Loki, he shot the mistletoe arrow which was to slay the otherwise invulnerable Baldr.
" Loki responds to Gefjun by stating that Gefjun's heart was once seduced by a " white boy " who gave her a jewel, and who Gefjun laid her thigh over.
Frigg responds that if there was a boy like her now-deceased son Baldr in the hall, Loki would not be able to escape from the wrath of the gods.
In response, Loki calls Freyja a malicious witch, and claims that Freyja was once astride her brother Freyr, when all of the other laughing gods surprised her, Freyja then farted.
The god Tyr defends Freyr, to which Loki replies that Tyr should be silent, for Tyr cannot " deal straight with people ," and points out that it was Loki's son, the wolf Fenrir, who tore Tyr's hand off.
Loki tells Heimdallr to be silent, that he was fated a " hateful life ," that Heimdallr must always have a muddy back, and serve as watchman of the gods.
Loki says that, even if this is his fate, that he was " first and foremost " with the other gods at the killing of Skaði's father, jötnar Þjazi.
Loki says that Skaði was once gentler in speech to him ( referring to himself as the " son of Laufey ") when Skaði once invited him to her bed ( an event that is unattested elsewhere ), and that such events must be mentioned if they are to recall " shameful deeds.
Loki states that Thor should never brag of his journeys to the east, claiming that there Thor crouched cowering in the thumb of a glove, mockingly referring to him as a " hero ," and adding that such behaviour was unlike Thor.
The narrative continues that Loki was bound with the entrails of his son Nari, and his son Narfi changed into a wolf.
" Loki states that it was indeed an effort, and also a success, for he has discovered that Þrymr has the hammer, but that it cannot be retrieved unless Freyja is brought to Þrymr as his wife.
The prose introduction to Reginsmál details that, while the hero Sigurd was being fostered by Regin, son of Hreidmar, Regin tells him that once the gods Odin, Hœnir, and Loki went to Andvara-falls, which contained many fish.
Gylfi is furthermore informed that when Loki had engendered Hel, she was cast into Niflheimr by Odin:

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