Loki

A trickster god who causes change, for better and for worse. He puts the story into motion. Without him and his chaos, things that need to happen don't happen. A lot of the current understanding of him (including associations with the color green and having a horned helmet) are warped by Marvel. Some modern Heathens also deride him and his worshipers due to mythology. Suffice it to say he is very often misunderstood.

Offerings

• Sponge cake

Kennings

• Friend of Odin
• Son of Farbauti
• The deep-minded retaining god of plunder
• The cargo of the arms of Sigyn
• The father of the wolf
• The confidant of Thor
• The hound of the roaring sea of corpses of Idunn
• The leading slave of Idunn
• The thought-trier of Hoenir
• The brother of Byleistr
• The leader of the troops
• The girdle thief of Brisingr
• The loyal friend of Hoenir
• The friend of Hoenir
• The amazingly cunning son of Farbauti
• The father of Midgardsormr
• The by no means trustworthy mind-tester of the Gautr of host-thunder (battle)
• The cargo of the arms of the harm-woman (Angrboda)
• The brother of Byleistr

Resources

• Pagan Portals: Loki by Loptson Dagulf
• Loki and Sigyn: Lessons on Chaos, Laughter & Loyalty from the Norse Gods by Lea Svendsen
• Kenning Lexicon

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