Loki - Death of the Party - Norse - Extra Mythology

Loki! The trickster god famed for his cunning, deception, and being really, REALLY annoying. So what could go wrong when you invite him to a godly shindig filled with great food and wine?

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[marinamoraes]

Loki, the primary example of someone who just can't keep it to himself

[Suntensatsu]

You forgot the bit that Loki's wife catches most of the venom in a bowl before it reaches Loki, but when it fills up and she has to dump it out, that is when it pours straight into his eyes.

[HardCodedGaming]

Freya: "Loki, why?! What was the point?! What was the point for killing Baldur?!"
Loki, getting strangled with his intestines: "It was... urk... the stem of a mistletoe, you see."
Intestines tighten
"Okay, for real! For real! I... couldn't stand the way he walked."
Freya: "... what?"
Loki : "I didn't... I didn't like Baldur's gait"
Freya: "... I'm getting the snake too."

[cheezemonkeyeater]

"He was really annoying."
Also, he kinda murdered Baldr.

[abcdef]

Someone receive a compliment.

Loki: "Your free trial of life just expired...".

[nelsonchereta]

While Loki did cause a LOT of issues in the Norse myths the other gods including Odin and Thor often asked him to solve impossible problems for them that he did NOT cause. And when he inevitably came up with some underhanded solution to fix things the gods never thanked him. Loki was that one supersmart friend who knew everything and loved to remind you how smart he was, but who was also the person you called when your computer stopped running.

[DDlambchop]

Loki: "Couldn't stay away from my sparkling wit?"
Thor: "I'm about to sparkle your wits halfway across the ocean." - OSP Red

[SuperHGB]

"Sometimes his schemes would go wrong". Correction, Occasionally is schemes DON'T go wrong

[mathieuleader]

I'm just thinking that Prometheus heard about Loki's punishment and counted himself very lucky not to face the same punishment

[Micolino]

Matt: "Loki was punished for being annoying."
Loki: *Kills a Man*

[MegaMementoMori]

From what I heard, he did not insult Odin for cross-dressing (Loki and Thor did it at one point as well) but rather for using the seidr magic, which was meant to be used only by women.

[YolayOle]

If anyone wants to read the story themselves, it's called "Lokasenna." From the manuscripts, it's possible that this poem was written to be performed, as there are notations in the margins about who is speaking.

How amazing would this be as a short play?

[ELSTERLING]

The murder of Baldr and Loki's relationship to Odinn are extremely intricate. It's theorised that Loki was actually an avatar or aspect of Odinn by many and that he carried out the things Odinn couldn't be seen to be doing. Loki is believed to have been a sort of 'scapegoat' god to take the blame for when things went south. You'll also notice Odinn is the only god he doesn't attempt to roast. In the case of Baldr's murder this meant clearing the way for Odinn to reign until the end of time. In fact the entire tale of Baldr's death is an apologetic for one senior warrior having dictatorial control of society. The whole 'everyone must agree not to kill Baldr' and then 'everyone must weep for Baldr' elements are supposed to demonstrate the impossibility of group consensus and Baldr being killed by such a trivial thing by his blind brother demonstrates their unworthiness to succeed their father. Odinn had his own son assassinated by proxy and it's not the only time he murdered by proxy. Hodr died the exact same way as did king Vikar.

[Jayjay-qeum]

"We lie and we cheat, we cut the throat of every person who trusts us, and for what? Power. Glorious power. Glorious purpose! We cannot change. We're broken, every version of us. Forever." -- Classic Loki

[ryansmith]

"His family did that to him!" Thor: "He's adopted." But for real, he was Odin's blood brother, so not technically related

[Hrafnskald]

The Lokesenna this depicts is the culmination of a long series of incidents where Loki took things way too far. When you read it, each of the Gods and Goddesses he mocked were making an effort to make peace. He had his chances to walk away in one piece, he chose poorly.

[Dostoron]

in fairness, some versions have him confessing, accidentally or on purpose, to orchestrating the death of baldur and sabotaging the effort to get him back.

[GeneralLuigiTBC]

Charles XII has nothing on Loki when it comes to being a lousy guest.

[tylerboyce]

"He was *really* annoying." Well, god of mischief has to protect his rep.

[michaelkidd]

Hey, ive got another one to add to my list:
Unfortunately, Zues was feeling thristy
Unfortunately, Loki was feeling prideful