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Loki (lō`kē), Norse giant (or deity) who personified evil. He hated the gods of Asgard and continually sought to overthrow them. His worst exploit was the murder of Balder, for which he was punished by Thor. It was prophesied that when Ragnarok (the doom of the gods) occurs, Loki, with the aid of his monstrous children—the Fenris wolf, the Midgard serpent, and the goddess Hel—would lead the enemies of heaven.

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Loki

In Norse mythology, a trickster who was able to change his shape and sex. His father was the giant Fárbauti, but he was included among the Aesir, a tribe of the gods. A companion of the great gods Odin and Thor, Loki helped them with his clever plans but sometimes embarrassed them. He also appeared as the enemy of the gods, entering their banquets uninvited and demanding drink. After causing the death of the god Balder, he was punished by being bound to a rock. Loki created a female, Angerboda, with whom he produced three evil progeny: Hel, the goddess of death; Jörmungand, the evil serpent surrounding the world; and Fenrir, the wolf.

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Loki

god of fire, evil, and strife who contrived the death of Balder. [Scand. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 560]

See : Evil

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Loki

a popular character in Scandinavian mythology, a trickster in whom demonic and comic traits are interwoven. Loki participates with Odin in the creation of people and, as a companion to the straightforward Thor, uses cunning to help him in the struggle against the Giants. In Elder Edda (“Loki’s Blasphemies”), Loki appears as a perfidious reviler of the gods.

In eschatological myths, Loki is the father of horrible monsters—the universal serpent, Fenrir the wolf, and the goddess of the dead—and he is the instigator of the murder of the good hero Balder and a participant in the last battle before the end of the world (piloting the Ship of the Dead against the gods).