Loki and the giantess Angrboða produced three monstrous offspring — Fenrir, Jörmungandr, and Hel — whom the gods scattered across the worlds after learning they were fated to destroy them at Ragnarök.
Loki, Helblindi, and Býleistr are the sons of the jötunn Fárbauti and Laufey. Loki is unusually known by the matronymic Laufeyjarson rather than a patronymic.
Loki and Sigyn are husband and wife. Their sons Váli Lokason and Narfi met tragic ends when the gods punished Loki for Baldr's death — Váli Lokason was turned into a wolf who killed Narfi, whose entrails bound Loki.
⚠ Gylfaginning 50 names the sons as Váli and Nari (or Narfi), while the Lokasenna prose names them Narfi and Váli. Manuscript variants create confusion over whether Narfi and Nari are two names for one son or two separate figures.
Loki, shapeshifted into a mare, lured the stallion Svaðilfari away from the master builder's work on Asgard's walls. Loki later gave birth to Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse who became Odin's steed.
Loki and Odin swore a blood brotherhood oath, as Loki reminds the gods in Lokasenna: Odin vowed never to drink ale unless it were brought to Loki also. This bond gave Loki his place among the Æsir despite his jötunn origin.
Heimdall and Loki are fated to destroy each other at Ragnarök, and their enmity runs deep — in the Lokasenna, Loki singles Heimdall out with particular spite, and a lost poem referenced in Úlfs Hustaða tells of their battle over the Brísingamen at Singasteinn.
Loki tricked the blind god Höðr into throwing mistletoe at Baldur, killing the otherwise invulnerable god and setting in motion the chain of vengeance that led to Ragnarök.
Loki killed Ótr with a stone while Ótr was fishing in otter form at Andvari's waterfall. This act triggered the demand for cursed gold as weregild.
Heimdall and Loki slay each other at Ragnarök on the plain of Vígríðr, the watchman and the trickster locked in mutual destruction.
The Æsir are the principal tribe of Norse gods who dwell in Asgard, including both native members and Vanir hostages received after the Æsir-Vanir War, as catalogued in Gylfaginning.
Loki wagered his head against the dwarves Brokkr and Sindri that they could not forge treasures surpassing those of the Sons of Ívaldi. He lost, and Brokkr sewed Loki's lips shut as punishment.
After the gods bound Loki, Skaði placed a venomous serpent above his face. Sigyn, Loki's wife, catches the venom in a bowl to spare him, but when she turns to empty it, the drops burn his face and his writhing causes earthquakes.
Loki forced his way into Ægir's feast hall and killed the servant Fimafeng, then proceeded to insult every god present in the Lokasenna. Ægir's hall was the setting for this pivotal flyting.
Loki seized the cursed ring Andvaranaut from the dwarf Andvari, stripping him of his last piece of gold as part of the ransom for Ótr's death. Andvari cursed the ring to bring ruin to all who possessed it.
Loki's counsel led the gods to accept the giant builder's bargain for Asgard's walls. When the builder nearly finished, Loki shapeshifted into a mare to lure away his stallion, saving the gods from paying the price.
Loki orchestrated Baldur's death by discovering that mistletoe had not sworn the oath, then guided Höðr's throw. He further ensured Baldur could not return by refusing to weep while disguised as the giantess Þökk.
Loki mocked Bragi as a bench-ornament and coward at Ægir's feast, and Bragi offered to settle the matter with Loki's head torn from his shoulders — restrained only by Iðunn, who urged him not to trade blows with Loki in Ægir's hall.
Loki stole Brísingamen from Freya on Odin's orders, slipping into her sealed chamber as a fly and unfastening the clasp as a flea while she slept, then delivering the necklace to Odin.
In the Lokasenna, Loki publicly accuses Freya of having lain with every god and elf in the hall, including her own brother — insults that Freya dismisses but that expose the tension between the trickster and the Vanir goddess.
In the Lokasenna, Loki accuses Freyr of having given away his sword foolishly and mocks his lovesickness. Loki also instigated the wager with Brokkr and Sindri that produced Freyr's treasures.
Loki exploited the one weakness in Frigg's protection of Baldur — the mistletoe she overlooked. In the Lokasenna, Loki taunts Frigg about her son's death, and she accuses him of his role in the tragedy.
Geirröðr captured Loki in bird form and starved him for three months, forcing the trickster to lure Thor to Geirröðr's hall without Mjölnir as a condition of release.
Loki's mischief in cutting Sif's golden hair drove him to the Sons of Ívaldi in Svartálfheim, where they forged Gungnir alongside replacement hair and Skíðblaðnir to appease the gods.
Hreidmar captured Loki, Odin, and Hoenir after Loki killed his son Ótr, demanding they fill the otter skin with gold as wergild.
Loki lured Iðunn out of Ásgarðr and delivered her to the giant Þjazi, depriving the gods of her rejuvenating apples. When the gods began to age, they forced Loki to rescue Iðunn using Freyja's falcon cloak.
Loki's wager with the dwarves led to Mjölnir's creation, but his interference as a gadfly caused its famously short handle. Loki also helped recover the hammer in the Þrymskviða by devising Thor's bridal disguise.
In the Lokasenna, Loki insults Njörðr by mocking his role as a hostage and making crude accusations. Njörðr responds with restraint, noting that Loki's own offspring will bring the gods' doom.
At Ragnarök, Loki breaks free from his bonds and captains Naglfar, the ship of the dead made from the fingernails of corpses, leading an army of the damned against the Æsir on the plain of Vígríðr.
Loki borrowed Rán's net to capture the dwarf Andvari in his salmon form beneath a waterfall, seizing the hoard of cursed gold that would set the Volsung tragedy in motion.
Loki cut off Sif's golden hair as a prank. To appease Thor's fury, Loki commissioned the dwarven Sons of Ívaldi to forge new hair of real gold for Sif, along with other treasures for the gods.
Loki made Skaði laugh by tying a goat's beard to his own genitals and engaging in a tug-of-war, fulfilling one of the gods' conditions for compensating the giantess after they killed her father Þjazi.
Loki commissioned the Sons of Ívaldi to forge Sif's golden hair, Gungnir, and Skíðblaðnir after cutting off Sif's hair and facing Thor's wrath.
The giant Þjazi, flying in eagle form, dragged Loki through rocks and treetops until the trickster swore to lure Iðunn and her apples of immortality beyond Ásgarðr's walls.
Thor and Loki frequently journey together in Eddic tales — to Þrymr's hall to recover Mjölnir, to Útgarða-Loki's fortress, and to the giant Geirröðr. Loki's cunning complements Thor's strength across these adventures.
Loki borrowed Freyja's falcon cloak and flew to Jötunheim, where he found Þrymr sitting on a mound braiding golden leashes for his hounds. Þrymr freely admitted he had buried Mjölnir eight leagues deep and would return it only for Freyja as his bride.
In the Lokasenna, Loki taunts Týr for the loss of his hand to Fenrir and mocks his role as a peacemaker. Týr retorts by reminding Loki of the wolf that will devour him at Ragnarök.
Útgarða-Loki challenged Loki to an eating contest against Logi, who devoured trough and all. When the illusions fell away, Útgarða-Loki revealed that Logi was wildfire itself — nothing eats faster than flame.
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