The Messed Up Origins of Loki, the Trickster God | Norse Mythology Explained - Jon Solo

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» 0:00 - The God we Love to Hate
» 1:33 - Manscaped Ad
» 3:12 - The Trickster
» 5:20 - Loki's Children
» 10:06 - Loki's Wager
» 15:49 - The Death of Baldur
»19:39 - Ragnarök

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[JonSolo]

If you voted for Loki and don't hit the like button I'm coming to your house with a nerf gun full of mistletoe darts... ಠ_ಠ

[piffba]

“Yeah, my children, they’re gonna cause some mischief”
“What kind of mischief? :)”
“The end of the world :)”
“WHAT-“

[darthplagueis]

Interesting detail on Fenrir: He originally wasn't hostile towards the gods and even became good friends with the god Tyr. The Aesir were however scared of Fenrir because how how fast he grew and because Odin had visions of him dying to the wolf, so they tried to bind him repeatedly, attempting to disguise it as tests of strength. Fenrir was able to break any chains he was bound with until the gods comissioned the dwarfs to make a legendary band named Gleipnir (not to be confused with Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse) which was indestructible, even if it seemed just like a thin scarf.
Fenrir was suspicious of it and only agreed to be bound with Gleipnir after the gods promised that they would free him again if he was unable to break it and only after Tyr offered his right hand as a security by putting it in Fenrir's mouth.
When he couldn't break free, the gods of course abandoned their oath and instead sacrificed Tyr's hand to keep Fernrir tied down. In his last moments before having a sword thrust in his mouth, Fenrir cursed Odin, told him that he just had sealed his own fate through his cowardly betrayal and that the gods had just turned the one who could have become their greatest ally into their fiercest enemy.

[heatherturner]

I remember learning that Loki was constantly getting screwed over every time, no matter how much he helped the others so he retaliates

[thoughtslikerabbits]

I heard the only condition loki had about giving oden the eight-legged horse was that he couldn't ask where it came from.

[ladyoftheabyss]

There is someone on TikTok that dresses up as Loki and hosts a show called Norse of course. They will say, 'I am your host Loki, Norse God of...' and inserts something different each time. For example Loki, Norse God of People without an Inside Voice, Norse God of People who Play the Kazoo at Inappropriate Times, Norse God of Eat my Shorts.

[wordforger]

I admit Loki's my favorite of the Norse gods just because I'm a big fan of tricksters in general. Seeing the fact that most of his tricks never quite worked out well for him in the end just makes his stories better.

[fernandorios]

Can you hate Loki? Yes
Can you love Loki? Yes
Can you send Hulk after loki then say "Puny god."? Yes

[thefoxesmind]

It honestly feels like the Norse Gods just overreact to everything that Loki does. Also, Ragnarok is 100% a self-fufilling prophecy.

[susannebeer-eyk]

As a survivor of breast cancer, I am all about cancer awareness. So, thank you Jon, and thanks to the TCS for helping men to get in touch with themselves to detect cancer early.

[LTTSilver]

How could you miss one of the funniest damn stories about the guy? He had an epic game of tug-of-war between a goat and his balls.

[micah]

I'm actually surprised you haven't covered this yet considering how popular Loki after the MCU. Either way I'm excited for this video

[blumcamp]

I feel so bad for Loki's children, Nari and Vali. They did nothing wrong, but Vali was forced to kill the other, and then got himself killed. So horrible.

[aceanarchy]

Loki slamming down insults while blackout drunk is iconic and the punishment for it will always make me mad because the gods are bitches and i have an authority problem

[benjaminbruno]

Since you mentioned a possible association with fire...
Let my add to it.
His parents names translates to "fierce strike" and "pine needles". Depending on what the fathers fierce strike was, there's potential of sparks and tinder.
Loki was described as having fiery red hair.
Loki is one letter away from logi, the Norse word for fire.
So basically, Loki might have actually been the God of fire.
This would explain his duality in the myths, when closely supervised he was very useful to the aesir, when unsupervised he was destructive. Just like a fire would be

[khalidhenry]

He's my favorite God and Marvel villain

[cas]

It’s pretty ironic how in Odin’s attempt to stop Loki’s kids from ending the world he gave them the power and motivation to start ragnarok. Fenrir was super chill with hanging out with the Aiser until they tricked and betrayed him. Jormingander wouldn’t have been able to destroy the world if he wasn’t cast into the ocean where he then was able to grow big enough. And Hel was just hanging out in jogtenheim doing her godly suitors until Odin decided to trap her in Hel

[anna.owo.]

Ok can we say how mess up is what they did to his children? As a greek person i can say when there is a prophecy that someone will do something bad and you hurt them before before they do it then you get your self fulfilling prophecy. Also making his kid to be a beast and kill his brother? They deserve ragnarok

[embermoto]

I think Loki gets the short end of the stick. Yes, he does a lot of awful things but so do the other gods and yet Loki's punishments are so much worse. This might have something to do with most of his deeds being done to the Gods and the Gods deeds mostly being done to mortals and other races like the giants.

[fayjune]

Gotta be honest, none of the Norse gods sound like good people to me. I mean, they locked up Loki's kids based on dreams, they thought it was fun to just throw shit at Baldur to the point his blind brother was sad he couldn't throw anything at him? All these guys seem pretty messed up, so I can't say I'd blame Loki for the shit he pulls.