Of the Sagas
Loki
Loki Laufeyjarson
Loki is the crack running through the house of the gods. Born of giants but sworn-brother to Odin, he lives among the Æsir as their cleverest member and their deadliest — the one who gets them out of every scrape with a quick lie and a shape-change, and the one who finally pulls the whole order down. He is mother to Odin's eight-legged horse and father to the wolf, the serpent, and the death-goddess Hel; he is wit without loyalty, charm without conscience. His masterpiece is the murder of bright Baldr, contrived through a blind god and a sprig of mistletoe — the moment the gods' luck turns. For it they bind him beneath a venom-dripping serpent until the end of the world, when he will break free, steer the ship of the dead, and lead the giants against the gods he once called brothers. The North's sharpest study of the friend who is the enemy all along.
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Loki's Wrangling — the Feast at Ægir's Hallunlock Thor's Wedding — the Lay of Thrymunlock The Beguiling of Gylfiunlock Thor in Útgarðr — the Contests That Were Illusionsunlock The Binding of Fenrir — and the Hand of Týrunlock The Seeress's Prophecyunlock Hymiskviða — Thor's Cauldron-Quest & the Serpentunlock Baldrs Draumar — Baldr's DreamsunlockFind Loki on the map
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