Loki based on the poem Þrymskviða where he wears Freyjas feather cloak.
And because of THIS awesome cloak!
http://theraspberrychainsaw.tumblr.com/post/50106932247
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I genuinely didn’t realise it was comic-canon that Loki was definitely half-Asgardian. Possibly because I’m more in-tune with the mythology, in which he is full-blooded Frost Giant.
I suppose it makes sense, with Laufey being a Jotun and a shapeshifter, he could deceive an Asgardian woman. But then how did Loki end up on Jotunheim? If his Asgardian mother bore him, presumably in Asgard? Did Laufey come to claim him? Would he not have noticed Loki was small when he came to Asgard to claim him, and just leave him in Asgard? Why bother taking him?
Or was his Asgardian mother in Jotunheim at the time of his birth?
I am unsure as to what continuity Avengers Alliance actually falls under.
In the main 616 universe, which is Marvel’s main comic continuity, Loki is presumably a full frost giant with Laufey as his father and an unknown frost giantess as his mother as we see him a small frost giant boy living with Laufey, who’s an abusive father, before Loki manages to engineer his adoption by Odin. He’s small and blue, though this part of history was really only created recently during the JMS run of Thor.
In the Ultimates universe, however, which is where Marvel draws a lot of MCU inspiration from, Loki is half Aesir, the son of Odin and the frost giantess Laufey. A lot of Marvel stuff will have people call Loki Thor’s half brother without real regards to continuity, and because it pleases me, I go with Odin being his Aesir parent whenever this comes up because I love Terrible Dads as a ship.
Terribledads as a ship just brings so much enjoyment out of my fandom life, and one of the major ones is seeing people contort to explain how Laufey could be Loki’s father…. and yet there must be an asgardian in there for Laufey to be half asgardian….which leads to the assumption that that must default to the other partner being a biological female….
Which sometimes gets teeerribly complicated for frigga or geia or whomever is being called Thor’s mother this week when people are ALSO calling Loki Thor’s half-brother on top of calling him half-asgardian….
And there the terribledad shipper sits, idly watching atop their throne of lying parents, tenting their fingers and whispering into the void ‘Odin and Laufey totally did it~’
to OP: To clarify how this would work - as Kimm mentioned above, in ultimate comics, Laufey is a female giant, similar to how Laufey is actually Loki’s mother in the original norse Myths. However with MCU canon, some like to speculate that all Jotnar can become pregnant - This would explain how Loki could be half Aesir, known heir of King Laufey (known heir because Laufey hirself gave birth to him), who was born not on Asgard, but on Jotunheim… AND is half-brother to Thor. This fanon is reinforced by the fact that Loki in Myth is described as being pregnant and giving birth a time or four in mythology.I truely cannot fathom how he would end up as half aesir or whatever…..or how they thought it was a good idea to make him Thor’s little brother, half brother or adopted. Who did they say Thor’s mother was in there anyway? Can anyone tell me? I’m questioning now because of the fact that I have my book on my knee, and it says that Odin is lusting after Freyja, who…….» banged four dwarves for a necklace.
In mythology, Thor’s mother is a Jotun (note: Jotun = giant, not just frost giant. A frost giant is a Jotun, and as are earth giants, fire giants, etc). His mother is called Jörð (Old Icelandic for “earth”), who is an Earth Jotun and the personification of earth itself. She also has the name Gaia, which I *think* the Marvel comics follow.
Frigga is mother to Baldur, but not Thor, in the comics to the best of my knowledge.
As far as the movies go, I think they are hinting at Thor not being Frigga’s. I hope so - I love how it gives another connection between Thor and Loki, both being half-Jotun by blood.
Woah woah…..THAT is new to me. I am very aware of Jotun being the common name for giant, just as Jotunheim being where the giants are from. I need to watch the movie to really get it but thank you very much for relaying alot of this information to me. I must get back to the stories once more on these. I was very much so not aware of who Thor’s mother was but it would explain so much about him too. Damn dude…..you blew my mind right there.
Spoiler alert - in the myths, Odin’s mother Bestla was also Jotnar. (However Bestla does not appear in the comics as far as I recall)
And marrying Jotnar was pretty common in the myths. Skadi was originally a jotun and then she joined the aesir after marrying Njord. Frey’s wife is also jotun. At least one of Thor’s kids in mythology was by a Jotun, and he was kinda FAMOUS for giantslaying…
Basically Marvel aesir are a LOT more racist than actual myth-aesir.
Also, Gaia is not a jotun in marvel continuity, and thus Thor in the marvel comics is not actually half Jotun. She is one of the first gods on earth, and predate the aesir and the jotnar. Odin sired Thor with her because he wanted a son that would be strong on earth as well as in asgard. (And Gaia kinda had a thing about siring kids with lots of gods at that point…)
I genuinely didn’t realise it was comic-canon that Loki was definitely half-Asgardian. Possibly because I’m more in-tune with the mythology, in which he is full-blooded Frost Giant.
I suppose it makes sense, with Laufey being a Jotun and a shapeshifter, he could deceive an Asgardian woman. But then how did Loki end up on Jotunheim? If his Asgardian mother bore him, presumably in Asgard? Did Laufey come to claim him? Would he not have noticed Loki was small when he came to Asgard to claim him, and just leave him in Asgard? Why bother taking him?
Or was his Asgardian mother in Jotunheim at the time of his birth?
I am unsure as to what continuity Avengers Alliance actually falls under.
In the main 616 universe, which is Marvel’s main comic continuity, Loki is presumably a full frost giant with Laufey as his father and an unknown frost giantess as his mother as we see him a small frost giant boy living with Laufey, who’s an abusive father, before Loki manages to engineer his adoption by Odin. He’s small and blue, though this part of history was really only created recently during the JMS run of Thor.
In the Ultimates universe, however, which is where Marvel draws a lot of MCU inspiration from, Loki is half Aesir, the son of Odin and the frost giantess Laufey. A lot of Marvel stuff will have people call Loki Thor’s half brother without real regards to continuity, and because it pleases me, I go with Odin being his Aesir parent whenever this comes up because I love Terrible Dads as a ship.
Terribledads as a ship just brings so much enjoyment out of my fandom life, and one of the major ones is seeing people contort to explain how Laufey could be Loki’s father…. and yet there must be an asgardian in there for Laufey to be half asgardian….which leads to the assumption that that must default to the other partner being a biological female….
Which sometimes gets teeerribly complicated for frigga or geia or whomever is being called Thor’s mother this week when people are ALSO calling Loki Thor’s half-brother on top of calling him half-asgardian….
And there the terribledad shipper sits, idly watching atop their throne of lying parents, tenting their fingers and whispering into the void ‘Odin and Laufey totally did it~’
to OP: To clarify how this would work - as Kimm mentioned above, in ultimate comics, Laufey is a female giant, similar to how Laufey is actually Loki’s mother in the original norse Myths. However with MCU canon, some like to speculate that all Jotnar can become pregnant - This would explain how Loki could be half Aesir, known heir of King Laufey (known heir because Laufey hirself gave birth to him), who was born not on Asgard, but on Jotunheim… AND is half-brother to Thor. This fanon is reinforced by the fact that Loki in Myth is described as being pregnant and giving birth a time or four in mythology.I truely cannot fathom how he would end up as half aesir or whatever…..or how they thought it was a good idea to make him Thor’s little brother, half brother or adopted. Who did they say Thor’s mother was in there anyway? Can anyone tell me? I’m questioning now because of the fact that I have my book on my knee, and it says that Odin is lusting after Freyja, who…….» banged four dwarves for a necklace.
Well, since you are mentioning freyja, I assume you are asking about who Thor’s mother is in norse Mythology?
In norse mythology Thor’s mother is Jörð - which means earth. (Odin gets around in norse mythology - but Freyja’s husband is actually the ever not present Odr)
In main marvel comic continuity, Thor’s Mother is is the Elder Goddess Gaea which has been used to explain Thor’s affinity with midgard, and has even lead the earth to come to his aid a time or two.
MCU Thor’s mother is probably Frigga.
And well, you heard my headcanon for how you end up with a half-aesir Loki, and it involves the idea that Loki isn’t the only guy in the 9 realms who can give birth to strange babies….
Loki, based on the myths where he wears Frigga’s feather cloak and transforms into a bird. Now THAT is wearing your mother’s drapes! Took the hair from the new action figures of Loki they previewed at a toy fair.
Loki did not work with the original document size so I redid Thor’s cloak to match Loki’s new artboard. Apologies for the repost, but I like it better and Thor refuses to be outdone by a glorified peafowl.
Original Thor Description: I can’t leave the idea of Thor’s star crown imagery alone. Here’s the IKEA holiday lights edition (don’t try this at home). Based on photos of the new design for Thor: The Dark World.Loki and Thor © Marvel
Question: The Birth-Mother of Loki’s Brood, The Cause of Loki’s Ultimate Punishment
The birth-mother of Fenrir, Hel, and Jormungandr is, for the most part, said to be Angrboda, with Loki as the father. I disagree with this claim, and believe Loki to be the birth-mother. There is support for both the former and latter, but that point is not made clear enough in our surviving sources to make a proper conclusion.
The idea of Angrboda as mother of the brood has merit in its simplicity. Most people assume the female to be the mother, and the male to be the father. Angrboda is female, Loki is male. The mother/father is not explicitly stated, so perhaps the simplest explanation should be assumed.
This claim also tends to go hand-in-hand with the assertion that Angrboda is Loki’s mistress or other wife in Jotunheimr, but this seems completely unfounded to me. There is really no evidence of a relationship having ever existed between the two, or that they even knew one another. I suppose Loki’s self-professed promiscuity could explain him fathering children with a completely arbitrary woman, but casting Angrboda as Loki’s wife seems to be too lazy an assumption.
The incident on which Loki eats a woman’s heart comes from Hyndluljod, a source more dated than Snorri, in the Poetic Edda; as such, I feel the references therein are more accurate to authentic Norse mythology. The account is incredibly vague, and all that is revealed is that Loki eats the half-cooked heart of an “evil woman” that he takes from the embers. He becomes pregnant from this, and gives birth to “the monsters” (flagð). It is not made clear to which “evil woman” the heart belongs, or to what beings “the monsters” refers.
“The monsters” may refer to Fenrir, Jormungandr, and Hel – they are indeed the most suited for the title, among Loki’s other offspring.
These three “monsters” are usually attributed to the union of Angrboda and Loki, so if it is assumed these three are “the monsters”, then it must also be assumed that the heart belonged to Angrboda. One section of Hyndluljod states that Loki gained the wolf (Fenrir) by Angrboda, which may imply that it was Loki impregnated by Angrboda.
The heart that Loki ate is a mystery all on its own, and its origins should be considered before attributing it to Angrboda. It came from an “evil woman”, Loki took it from the embers, and it was half-cooked. The Voluspa, another entry in the Poetic Edda, mentions the Aesir-Vanir war, which came about when an “evil woman” named Gullveig was thrust with spears and burned by the Aesir in Odin’s hall. We are told she was burnt and reborn three times over, and even that was not enough to destroy her. Perhaps a half-cooked heart remained, and this was the one Loki ate? Angrboda’s heart was said to be frozen like the sea spray, so this may be why the heart did not burn when the rest of the body did. Loki’s reason for eating the heart may have been to prevent further resurrection, which is very similar to Loki’s countless outlandish solutions to unsolvable problems facing the Aesir.
There is a great deal of evidence, although still not fully accepted, that Gullveig and Angrboda are one and the same. I’ll go into Angrboda/Gullveig/Heid in detail in a later post – I need to answer your question first and foremost, and if I start talking about Angrboda, I’ll never get around to it. Angrboda is written as Aurboda in Svipdagsmal, which gives the name the exact same meaning as Gullveig. “Aur” and “Gull” both mean gold, and “boda” and “veig” both refer to a strong alcoholic drink. From the above, although there is no concrete proof, there is a clear possibility that Loki was impregnated by eating Angrboda’s heart, and thus gave birth to his famous monstrous brood.
It is simplest to assume the female Angrboda as the mother, and the male Loki as the father, but we also have evidence to the contrary. There is a bit of confusion on this point, and it seems to be intentional. Angrboda is sometimes called the father, and Loki the mother, and then vice versa. Perhaps this is intended to call attention to the fact that the parentage is different from what is expected. Loki’s androgyny is definitely a theme in many of his myths, and Angrboda’s androgyny is also mentioned at one point (An observer cannot decide if Angrboda is a woman, or a man disguised as a woman). This may be further evidence of their mismatched parental roles.
Furthermore, in Helgakvida Hundingsbane I of the Poetic Edda, two characters are insulting one another by comparing one to Loki, and the other to Angrboda. The character comparing himself to Loki says to his Angrboda-like opponent that they produced the wolf together, and that he was the father. The Angrboda companion corrects him, saying that Loki is not the true father, and that he was emasculated by giving birth to the wolf. If Loki became pregnant by eating Angrboda’s heart, then it was Angrboda’s seed that fertilised Loki, making Angrboda the true father.
So there you go. We don’t know for sure whether the father is Loki or Angrboda, but I believe it was Angrboda, and there is indeed a good deal of support for this idea. There is some more evidence, but it requires a lot more explanation, so I might go into it again once I’ve properly explained Angrboda on this blog.
As for Loki’s banishment/getting bound, it was caused by the events of Lokasenna. For the most part, it seems that the gods bound Loki because they were really angry that he had slandered all of them. Granted, some of the slander was pretty bad, but a lot of it, if not all, was true. Loki knew everybody’s dirty little secrets, and when he revealed them all at the Lokasenna, he got into some trouble. I will write a post on Baldr’s death, and another on Lokasenna as soon as I can – sorry it’s taking so long! I’m pretty busy with university right now, and my major is Chemistry, which is about as far from Norse mythology as you can get…
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Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs by John Lindow
Norse Mythology explores the magical myths and legends of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Viking-Age Greenland and outlines the way the prehistoric tales and beliefs from these regions that have remained embedded in the imagination of the world.
The book begins with an Introduction that helps put Scandinavian mythology in place in history, followed by a chapter that explains the meaning of mythic time, and a third section that presents in-depth explanations of each mythological term. These fascinating entries identify particular deities and giants, as well as the places where they dwell and the varied and wily means by which they forge their existence and battle one another. We meet Thor, one of the most powerful gods, who specializes in killing giants using a hammer made for him by dwarfs, not to mention myriad trolls, ogres, humans and strange animals. We learn of the ongoing struggle between the gods, who create the cosmos, and the jötnar, or giants, who aim to destroy it. In the enchanted world where this mythology takes place, we encounter turbulent rivers, majestic mountains, dense forests, storms, fierce winters, eagles, ravens, salmon and snakes in a landscape closely resembling Scandinavia. Beings travel on ships and on horseback; they eat slaughtered meat and drink mead.
Spanning from the inception of the universe and the birth of human beings to the universe’s destruction and the mythic future, these sparkling tales of creation and destruction, death and rebirth, gods and heroes will entertain readers and offer insight into the relationship between Scandinavian myth, history, and culture.(This is one of my favorite book about Norse mythology and I thought I’d share the PDF version with anyone who’s interested)
Loki Laufey’s Son
by Tudor Humphries
An illustration for “The Doom of the Gods”————
Probably my most favorite illustration of Loki in the entire world.
Sooo… who else is ready to accuse Neil Gaiman of being a norse god of mischief?
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this was an assignment for Sophomore Illustration; we had to make a 27” wide sequential piece from a mythology of a randomly-assigned culture.
this is a real cut-up & shortened version of the story where Thor has to pretend to be a bride in order to get his hammer back? it’s a little tough to follow, this was a really hard assignment! I had the most fun drawing Loki.
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Swedish Viking Reenactment: Vendelrus
Vilhelm’s gallery is amazing! The historical clothing looks like photos from the past and it makes me want to cry, that’s how awesome I think it is Q_Q
Part 1
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an eternally blooming maiden: PSA: the name Lothbrok and Viking-era names
Ragnar has the surname Lothbrok. “Lothbrok” is not a family name. It’s his nickname and it means “shaggy pants.”
STOP SAYING “ROLLO LOTHBROK” OR “LAGERTHA LOTHBROK”
it is incredibly horribly incorrect and just STOP please
Vikings, like modern Icelanders, did not have family names. Let’s say Ragnar’s father’s name is Thorolf. Ragnar and Rollo would both be called “Thorolfsson” but since Ragnar earned the nickname “Shaggy Pants,” people call him that instead. Maybe because Ragnar is a super common name and there were maybe other little Ragnars in the village.
Then Ragnar marries Lagertha, whose surname is also her father’s name. Let’s say her father is….Siggeir. Lagertha’s name is Lagertha Siggeirsdottr. SHE DOES NOT TAKE HER HUSBAND’S SURNAME.
All Ragnar’s children will bear the name Ragnarsson unless they get some nickname.
It doesn’t help that I think the history channel itself called Legartha by the surname Lothbrok - I was watching episde 3 and 4 again today, and I’m pretty sure I remember it being mentioned? I want to say that the guy who took the child called her Lothbrock - I mostly just remember perking up hearing her with his ‘surname’, since before this point I had yet to see anyone clarify viking surname conventions, which I was interested in!
- The Wisdom of Thor
- Balder and the Mistletoe
- The Birth of Heimdal
- Water Barriers in Norse Mythology
Norwegian forest cats are the fucking best.
The Viking Answer Lady has a LOT of great things to say about Vikings and Norwegian Forest Cats, but I rather liked this bit…
Kittens were sometimes given to new brides as an essential part of setting up a new household. It is especially appropriate that brides should receive cats, since cats were associated with Freyja, the goddess of love.
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