Loki:
He’s a trickster who has the ability to change his shape and sex. He is included among the Æsir, although his father is the frost giant Fárbaut. He’s represented as a companion of Odin and Thor. Loki’s three children with the Jotunn Angrboda include the female being Hel, the wolf Fenrir, and the serpent Jormungandr. Though he sometimes used his trickery for good, he mainly caused trouble among the mortals and the gods. As I said in part two, Loki cut the hair off of Sif, infuriating Thor. When Thor threatened to shatter his bones, Loki promised he could get Sif even better hair. Thor let Loki go, and Loki went to the dwarves of Svartalfheim. But, not only did they create the new locks for Sif, they also forged two other items, Skidbladnir, the best of all ships, and Gungir, the deadliest of all spears. Since he accomplished the task, he was overcome with an urge to stay in the cave where the dwarves were and taunted the brothers Brokkr and Sindri until they forged more items. One of these items was Mjolnir. During the forging of the hammer, Loki transformed into a fly and stung Brokkr’s eyelid, which prevented him from properly seeing the work he was doing. Sindri produced a hammer of great quality that never missed it’s mark and would return to its owner after being thrown. The only flaw in the hammer was the short handle. When the two dwarves were finished, they made their way to Asgard to claim their wages. But Loki got to the god before the dwarves did, giving Thor Sif’s new hair and the hammer Mjolnir. He gave Odin the ring Draupnir and the spear Gungnir. And he gave Freyr Skidbladnir and Gullinbursti. Loki was the cause of Baldur’s death. Baldur was the son of Odin and one of the most beloved gods. After traveling to the underworld and finding out from a dead seeress how Baldur would die, he returned to Asgard and told Frigg, his wife. Frigg, desperate to save her son, traveled to every entity, living or not, in the cosmos, getting oaths not to harm Baldur. Afterwards, the gods made a sport/celebration out of the situation. They threw sticks, rocks, and anything else at Baldur, laughing as the objects bounced harmlessly off of him. Loki felt he had a chance to cause mischief. In a disguise, he asked Figg, “Did all things swear to swear not to harm Baldur?” The goddess told Loki, “Everything but the mistletoe. But the mistletoe is such a small and innocent thing that I thought it superfluous to ask it for an oath. What harm could it do my son?” As soon as Loki heard this, Loki left Frigg, located the mistletoe, carved a spear out of it, and brought it to where the gods were having their fun. He went up to the blind god, Hodr, and said, “You must be feeling left out.” When the Hodr agreed, Loki gave him the spear and pointed his hand in the direction of Baldur, telling him to throw it at Baldur. So, happy to be joining the fun, Hodr threw the spear. It went straight through Baldur and he fell, dead. This is Loki’s symbol:
- Wolf of 300
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