Freyja lends Loki her falcon cloak to search for it ; but upon returning, Loki tells Freyja that Thrymr has hidden the hammer and demanded to marry her in return.

Loki tells her to be silent, and says that he knows all about her — that Freyja is not lacking in blame, for each of the gods and elves in the hall have been her lover.

Thor tells Loki of his missing hammer, and the two go to the beautiful court of Freyja.

In stanza 35 of the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, a völva tells Odin that, among many other things, she sees Sigyn sitting very unhappily with her bound husband, Loki, under a " grove of hot springs ".

Loki tells Iðunn to be silent, calling her the most " man-crazed " of all women, and saying that she placed her washed, bright arms around her brother's slayer.

Loki tells Njörðr to be silent, recalling Njörðr's status as once having been a hostage from the Vanir to the Æsir during the Æsir-Vanir War, that the " daughters of Hymir " once used Njörðr " as a pisspot ," urinating in his mouth ( an otherwise unattested comment ).

Loki tells Njörðr to maintain his moderation, and that he won't keep it secret any longer that Njörðr fathered this son with his sister ( unnamed ), although one would expect him to be worse than he turned out.

Loki tells Tyr to be silent a second time, and states that Tyr's wife ( otherwise unattested ) had a son by Loki, and that Tyr never received any compensation for this " injury ," further calling him a " wretch.

Loki tells him to be silent, that Byggvir does not know how to apportion food among men, and that he hides among the straw and dais when men go to battle.

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 tells Beyla to be silent, that she is " much imbued with malice ," that no worse female has ever been among the " Æsir's children ," and calling her a bad " serving-wench.

Thor arrives, and tells Loki to be silent, referring to him as an " evil creature ," stating that with his hammer Mjöllnir he will silence Loki by hammering his head from his shoulders.

Thor again tells Loki to be silent, and threatens him with Mjöllnir, adding that he will throw Loki " up on the roads to the east ," and thereafter no one will be able to see Loki.

Thor turns to Loki first, and tells him that nobody knows that the hammer has been stolen.

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.

The stanzas of the poem then begin: Loki mocks Andvari, and tells him that he can save his head by telling Loki where his gold is.

Andvari, now in the form of a dwarf, goes into a rock, and tells Loki that the gold will result in the death of two brothers, will cause strife between eight princes, and will be useless to everyone.

Hreidmar tells them to leave, and the poem continues without further mention of Loki.

Freyja and Loki Flyting | flyt in an illustration ( 1895 ) by Lorenz Frølich

In the poem Lokasenna, where Loki accuses nearly every female in attendance of promiscuity and / or unfaithfulness, an aggressive exchange occurs between Loki and Freyja.

In verse, after Loki has flyted with the goddess Frigg, Freyja interjects, telling Loki that he is insane for dredging up his terrible deeds, and that Frigg knows the fate of everyone, though she does not tell it.

The poem Þrymskviða features Loki borrowing Freyja's cloak of feathers and Thor dressing up as Freyja to fool the lusty jötunn Þrymr.

Loki in turn also accuses Freyja and Freyr of having a sexual relationship.

The goddess Freyja declares that Loki must be mad, stating that Frigg knows all fate, yet she does not speak it.

Freyja replies that Loki is lying, that he just wants to " yelp about wicked things " that gods and goddesses are furious with him, and that he will go home thwarted.

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.

Freyja agrees, saying she'd lend it even if it were made of silver and gold, and Loki flies off, the feather cloak whistling.

" 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.

Þrymr finds the behaviour at odds with his impression of Freyja, and Loki, sitting before Þrymr and appearing as a " very shrewd maid ", makes the excuse that " Freyja's " behaviour is due to her having not consumed anything for eight entire days before arriving due to her eagerness to arrive.

Loki states that this is because " Freyja " had not slept for eight nights in her eagerness.

After Loki has an exchange with the goddess Freyja, in stanza 33 Njörðr states:

Eventually they find the thief, who turns out to be Loki who has transformed himself into a seal.

That Bragi was also the first to speak to Loki in the Lokasenna as Loki attempted to enter the hall might be a parallel.

In both the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, Fenrir is the father of the wolves Sköll and Hati Hróðvitnisson, is a son of Loki, and is foretold to kill the god Odin during the events of Ragnarök, but will in turn be killed by Odin's son Víðarr.

Lindow compares Fenrir's role to his father Loki and Fenrir's brother Jörmungandr, in that they all spend time with the gods, are bound or cast out by them, return " at the end of the current mythic order to destroy them, only to be destroyed himself as a younger generation of gods, one of them his slayer, survives into the new world order.

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.

Heimdallr is said to be the originator of social classes among mankind, once regained Freyja's treasured possession Brísingamen while doing battle in the shape of a seal with Loki, and Heimdallr and Loki are foretold to kill one another during the events of Ragnarök.

Two of the figures are understood to be Baldr and Odin while both Loki and Hel have been proposed as candidates for the third figure.

Loki may be depicted on the Snaptun Stone, the Kirkby Stephen Stone, and the Gosforth Cross.

The etymology of the name Loki has yet to be solved.

" Loki responds that Bragi will always be short of all of these things, accusing him of being " wary of war " and " shy of shooting.

Odin says that Loki must be insane to make Gefjun his enemy, as her wisdom about the fates of men may equal Odin's own.

Frigg, a major goddess and Odin's wife, says that what Loki and Odin did in the ancient past should not be spoken of in front of others, and that ancient matters should always remain hidden.

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.

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.