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Loki: The Complete Story of the Norse Trickster God

Norse Mythology

Loki: The Complete Story of the Norse Trickster God

The Shape-Changer, the Father of Monsters and the Bringer of Ragnarok

The complete story of Loki, the Norse trickster god. Neither god nor giant, the shape-changer and father of monsters, the wit who saves the Aesir and then destroys them, from the death of Baldr to his unbinding at Ragnarok.

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  • 11 chapters, primary sources
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  • Original ink illustrations
  • From the Poetic Edda to Snorri
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  1. 01Neither God nor Giant
  2. 02The Blood-Brother of Odin
  3. 03The Trickster at Work: Theft and Recovery
  4. 04The Shape-Changer: Mare, Salmon, Fly
  5. 05The Father of Monsters
  6. 06The Cutting of Sif's Hair and the Treasures of the Gods
  7. 07The Building of Asgard's Wall
  8. 08The Death of Baldr
  9. 09Lokasenna: The Flyting of the Gods
  10. 10The Binding of Loki
  11. 11Loki Unbound: The Role in Ragnarok

About this book

About this Norse mythology guide

Blood-brother to Odin, father of the wolf that eats the sun. The complete story of Loki, the trickster who helps the gods until the day he ends them.

He is the most modern of the old gods, because we are never quite sure whose side he is on. Loki travels with the Aesir, drinks in their hall and saves them with his wit as often as he endangers them with his mischief, and yet he is the father of the very monsters destined to destroy them.

This is the complete story of Loki. The mixed parentage that made him neither god nor giant; the blood-oath with Odin; the endless cycle of theft and recovery that drives so many of the myths; the shape-shifting into mare, salmon and fly; the monstrous children, Fenrir, Jormungandr and Hel; the cruel jokes that curdled into the killing of Baldr; the flyting in which he insults every god to their face; and the binding beneath the dripping serpent until the end of the world sets him loose.

The book follows Loki through the Poetic Edda and Snorri's Prose Edda, holding the comic trickster and the agent of doom together in one figure. Every chapter cites where it comes from.

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What you will discover inside

  • Neither god nor giant: where Loki really stood among the Aesir
  • The shape-changer who became a mare, a salmon and a fly
  • The monstrous children: the wolf Fenrir, the serpent Jormungandr and Hel
  • How Loki caused, and then repaired, the theft of the treasures of the gods
  • The death of Baldr and the part Loki played in it
  • The binding beneath the serpent and the role of Loki at Ragnarok

Norse mythology book at a glance

TraditionNorse mythology
Chapters11 chapters
Length180 pages
SourcesDrawn from the primary sources, cited inline
Reading levelBeginner-friendly. Every name and place is explained from scratch
FormatPrint-quality PDF
DeliveryPDF within 24 hours

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About the author

Guillaume Henry, founder of Mythologis

Guillaume Henry

Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Mythologis

Guillaume Henry founded Mythologis to make the world's mythologies readable without losing what makes them strange. Every Mythologis book draws on the primary sources first, cross-references multiple translations, and avoids inventing details that aren't in the originals.

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Questions about the Norse mythology book

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Is this based on the original Norse sources?

Yes. It draws on the Poetic Edda and Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the oldest written sources for Loki, with references to the standard editions.

Is the Loki of myth like the one in films?

The book sticks to the medieval sources, which are stranger and darker than the modern versions, and notes where the popular image departs from them.

How long is the book?

Eleven chapters, around 180 pages depending on the final layout.

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