Miscellaneous Myths: Loki

[@justadanette5017]

Imagine how ironic it would be if his worship was mainly from mothers that needed to deal daily with their children's mischief, and they prayed to Loki to protect them

[@Southseapirate]

That wouldn't be ironic, that would be prolific. Judging by his character he is both a problem solver and a maker of problems so if his origins are connected to the home, it would not be too hard to argue that he would conjure a feeling of safety for mothers, they would pray to him that their children would be safe. Hypothetically "Gods that child is such a troublemaker, better pray to Loki so that he will help them get out of trouble"

[@juliadonati8245]

@@Southseapirate that interpretation is honestly super sweet.

[@jynxwolfe]

aMAZING

[@yellowsnake7300]

@@Southseapirate headcannon accepted

[@LeafyK]

YES! Many pieces of the puzzle fall into place under this schema. Very cool

[@Codebreakerblue]

"And he's canonically pretty so the fanfic kinda writes itself" *_W H E E Z E_*

[@alexanderstavroulakis335]

Is this a Shenpai joke?

[@meganmcdonald3333]

And Marvel made it even better by having Tom Hiddleston play as Loki in the Marvel Films.

[@Climbacliffandjumpoff]

Loki. That one pretty god no one knows the domains of.

[@nevergonnagiveyouup894]

@@Climbacliffandjumpoff OF WHAR

[@nxdiaz5916]

@@nevergonnagiveyouup894 That would make him like, what the fifth one in Norse mythology?

[@WlngDlngBat]

“Loki is a mass of contradictions.” Honestly, I think that’s exactly what Loki wanted in the first place.

[@desrochessimon3044]

I've heard that Sobek has the same problem. But in his case, it wasn't on purpose.

[@rebeccaconlon9743]

@@desrochessimon3044 changed with the Nile...

[@fartedonmyfamlastnight2243]

lol

[@mixstardust429]

I mean it's Loki

[@jordanloux3883]

Loki: I AM ALL AND I AM NOTHING!!! I AM THE BEGINNING AND THE END!!! I WAS HERE BEFORE YOU ALL AND I WILL BE LONG AFTER YOUR NAME IS FORGOTTEN TO THE SANDS OF TIME!!! Odin: This is why we don't give him too much attention.

[@dusksentry5836]

something this doesn't point out about the conclusion of Loki being a god of family, is that he's simultaneously a father, mother, and playful mischievous child

[@shadowclaw7210]

He is whole package

[@dan_asd]

the father, the son and the mother

[@siddiqarizwan7718]

Yes

[@feliperoa5821]

*starts writing conspiracy theories about Loki being the holy trinity but with a norse name*

[@andistansbury4366]

1K like! Also yea that's Loki

[@vladprus4019]

"You can't be Jesus and Satan at the same time" Loki: "Observe"

[@Cybernaut551]

Agreed.

[@TheBestOne_hi_34]

🙄😅😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@Lemuel928]

He could do what now?

[@Lemuel928]

He should work at McDonald’s.

[@paitentdew8784]

He just can be whoever he wants a male or female, a human or horse, satan or Jesus he’s just that ｍｙｓｔｅｒｉｏｕｓ

[@alicehellman8445]

“*Arrested for fish crimes* and also murder” is absolutely fantastic

[@benikujaku4567]

Loki has always been a bit fishy

[@Ropetrick6]

@@benikujaku4567 I'm pretty sure he handles salmon suspiciously

[@sciencefun2724]

@@Ropetrick6 is that fucking FISH JENGA

[@gialonn7599]

IS THAT FUCKING FISH JENGA?!

[@festethephule7553]

*fintastic

[@TazTheYellow]

Honestly, Loki being a deity of children would honestly explain a lot, and I mean a *lot* about him.

[@nicomoist5336]

XD your right your right

[@erikrungemadsen2081]

Santa Clause? Maybe a Crampus connection.

[@redwitch12]

All I can think of in this context are kids trying to explain a questionable point of behavior by (a) coming up with extremely lame lies or (b) outright admitting they have no fucking idea what they were thinking when they stuck a banana in their nose, or whatever idiot thing it was that they did.

[@NerdySalemSays]

@@erikrungemadsen2081 That might also go with the fact that one of the people Santa is based on, other than St Nick is Odin....

[@anarchomando7707]

Narfi: Jingle bells Hel: Odin smells Sleipnir: Loki is the rightful king Jorm: He had these feels Fenrir: Everyone kneeled Vali: Until Thor ruined everything! Loki, tearing up: I am a proud parent~

[@EivindurToftegaard]

"8 legged horse." "Invented the net" "Loki" or other variants meaning spider in modern scandinavian. Yeah, Loki is the spider god.

[@ThePugDawg3]

Where's my Loki as Spider-Man fanfic?

[@SerDerpish]

Based on the vid we just watched, domestic-fire-illusion-trans-parent-spider god sounds more accurate 😜

[@Silverwind87]

@@ThePugDawg3 Anansi

[@anonymousdratini]

I see this and raise you: Octopus god. Mostly because Octopi are clever lil fuckers and are known for being fairly tricksy as far as invertebrates go.

[@connormcconnell7805]

@@SerDerpish ah so he's like Apollo attributed to a lot of things, worshiped for a couple of things

[@cassiethelily]

"Loki's name could mean The Entangler" "Loki is a mass of contradictions without a linear narrative" Ah so he's done his job perfectly to this very day

[@theknifezone]

Entangler is another term for rigger, so loki God of BDSM confirmed?

[@ladykoiwolfe]

@@theknifezone given his shapeshifter abilities and the fact he never escaped those terrifying bindings in the cave....yes. I'd say he's masochistic as well.

[@diavoloalexander485]

Why is it that you have 666 likes? Must it be that you’ve been called here by humans? Those wished to pay you tribute?

[@Zorovee]

@@diavoloalexander485 why does that number matter?

[@justyouraverageblackstar3672]

@giadragon 666 is a number that is/has been associated with “The Beast” or Satan for a while. I’m not entirely certain of how that came to be but I can tell you that that is the relation.

[@mariuchiha4664]

Loki’s whole convoluted history is what he would have wanted.

[@overlyfriendlycryptid6080]

Me, shedding tears as the only consistent characterization of Loki I can scrape together is “probably villainized later”: it’s what they would have wanted. It’s what they would have wanted. It’s what-

[@jeffreyhill1011]

You win my internet point of the day, congrats!

[@CalypsoRaven618]

If I'm going to have a backstory, I want it to be multiple choice.

[@ianmcpherson2171]

... Maybe.

[@vadandrumist1670]

Or would he?

[@jasongeorgiou4620]

The fact that even modern scholars are sacrificing their sanity to identify him makes Loki the ultimate trickster god.

[@kortmann9]

He's probably enjoying all this very much lol

[@Bluecho4]

Oh look, Loki _does_ have sacrifices after all. Still does, in fact.

[@ewwpoorpeople5684]

Scholars: go mad from stress Loki: lol get prankt nerds I don't mean anything

[@erikrungemadsen2081]

Somewere Loki is sitting with a horn of mead giggling his arse of screaming “screw your thesis little mortal.”

[@나는윈드워커를사랑한]

He’s looking at us with a funny smile

[@orangehokage7]

Loki as a protector of families and children definitely makes sense. He's basically the John Wick of mythology. You banish his daughter, banish his son, enslave his son, chain his son, kill his final children and use their intestines to bind him to a rock to suffer torture. In response, Loki brings about the end of the world and the death of the gods; seems like they had it coming. You don't mess with someones kids.

[@adriftinglink]

Kratos will remember that…

[@olenickel6013]

Pretty sure Loki used to be some kind of mother goddess that got gender-switched somewhere along the line of oral tradition.

[@oneoflokis]

No, you don't! 🙂👍👍

[@claracclenky]

Well he also murdered the god of goodness soooo…he kinda had it coming?

[@seanbigay1042]

And don't forget killing his dog.

[@caitlinkuykendall6529]

The Aesir: throws one of Loki's kids a snake into the sea, and the other newborn goddess into the realm of the dead Also The Aesir: keep a killer wolf around until he becomes the size of a mountain because aww puppy

[@willmungas8964]

Good doggo

[@1224chrisng]

good snek

[@optillian4182]

"snek bad doggo good" -The Æsir, probably.

[@dylantennant6594]

Half dead girl. Creepy, really, really creepy.

[@rosalindalaboy7111]

But Puppy!!!

[@AshleyBreads]

Loki, the God of: We’ve been tricked, we’ve been backstabbed, and we’ve been quite possibly bamboozled

[@AshleyBreads]

For a God of Trickery, being utterly confusing as a character makes a lot of sense

[@skeleman5883]

Loki: God of being smeckledorfed

[@livtube6145]

Dionysus God of wine and getting drunk. Will come to bless me and get drunk with me? Oh great Dionysus God of wine.

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

I swear to fuk if he is to be referred by that title God of trickery, backstabbing and bamboozling

[@Heroeye]

Or God of Information

[@sophie9419]

Okay, that picture of him holding his children is legitimately adorable.

[@christinagarrett7696]

Timestamp?

[@zEr-ne5ri]

@@christinagarrett7696 also this 7:35

[@christinagarrett7696]

@@zEr-ne5ri Thanks!

[@zEr-ne5ri]

@@christinagarrett7696 you’re welcome

[@zEr-ne5ri]

@@christinagarrett7696 26:42 Think I found it.

[@pentalarclikesit822]

Wait a minute: Loki is a mischievous household spirt. We always hear that if you don't treat household spirits well, they mess with you. So in the Aesir are shown treating Loki badly, and Loki thus messing with them. Perhaps Loki's deific function is that he is the household spirt, the "Loki" of the Aesir's household. Ultimately helpful to them, but they keep messing with him. So if the Aesir are shown as flawed, perhaps one of their flaws (which would have been a flaw to the culture) is that they often mistreat their household spirit. . .and it is that flaw that ulitimately does them in.

[@niserresin2006]

So he's a household spirit, but for the entire world?

[@UrpleSquirrel]

According to my Swedish stepfather, "Don't piss off your household spirit" is practically a subgenre of Scandinavian folktales, so Loki being the Gods' household spirit who brings about the end of the world they ruled because they mistreated him feels very believable. Who knows if that was the "original" intention of Loki in the mythology, but it would make for a great premise for some Norse mythology inspired stories.

[@Dokataa]

Yeah! Maybe Loki was just the word for a household spirit? Maybe Utgard-Loki is just the Loki for that castle, which is why he protects it?

[@VideoMatoran]

Wait a minute! Does that mean that the white smurf that curses Nills Holgersson is Loki?

[@fangirl38]

@@niserresin2006the way I interpreted it is that Loki’s domain is essentially an equivalent to Hestia is Greek mythology. At least, that’s the way it makes sense to me- 😅

[@nellmorrey5112]

Loki is just pure chaotic neutral Like I can imagine him in this scenario genuinely thinking its funny "I didn't do it" "Then why are you laughing" "Cause whoever did it is a fucking genius"

[@i.cs.z]

Thats the visiting Uthgard story in a nutshell.

[@ZpEB2741]

Utgard-Loki: _Sike!_ You've been in an eating contest with a _wildfire_ this whole time! Loki: >:O Also Loki: Well played

[@EVOKE7347]

@@ZpEB2741 Loki: "Outstanding move."

[@michami135]

Being a pure chaotic neutral may actually define who he is, the god of chaos. Random things happen all the time and can be good or bad, so people may prey to Loki for the chaos to end up good. Chaos can completely mess up the best plans. He may define why an act of god may not make sense. ("Loki's playing his tricks on the gods again")

[@i.cs.z]

@@ZpEB2741 I'm really sure that he at least expected something fishy. I mean. The "prize" was to feast with the giants, and he asked for an eating contest.

[@DarkExcalibur42]

"Which is more irresponsible: the guy who gives birth to a horse, or the one who rides his nephew into battle" This is one of the best written criticisms and jokes at the same time. I love this.

[@Klaaism]

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth?

[@shoyupacket5572]

@@Klaaism I think it's "Would you help your uncle Jack, off a horse?"

[@darkryder4698]

This is somewhat off topic but do y'all know which video there's a little scene where Loki covers up the image of the marvel actor?

[@CollinMcLean]

@@darkryder4698 I think it's the poetic edda video

[@orangeyellow9695]

What about the guys who show up to your city in a giant wooden horse?

[@fuyukothewhitefox4048]

Loki being a mischievous household deity makes even more sense once you consider that households usually have kids. And kids play pranks.

[@BeautifulObscurity]

It also makes more sense when you think about how most cultures have house spirits of some kind that are often times blamed for minor “tricks” like hiding things, spooking animals, or causing food to go bad.

[@Emily-ye1rj]

@@BeautifulObscuritySo that's taking the cookies, not getting how to approach new animal friends, not putting the lid back on the snack container. My little brother = Loki/Brownie/demi-fey/whatever

[@doubleoof7907]

@@BeautifulObscurity So Loki’s the one who’s making my socks disappear in the laundry

[@roseforest8950]

@@doubleoof7907 yes

[@coolcat3404]

@@BeautifulObscurity we have these things in the winter here in Norway called "loftnisser" Basicly around christmas time they are blamed for those small acts of misschief around the house, and if you wanna be kind to them, give em some porridge with a large wooden spoon And they love themselves some porridge alright, we even have christmas songs about them Fun for the kids!

[@Fem_Witch]

"Loki, please watch over my kids." "Sure thing, I have so many kids, what's a few million or so more?"

[@Moonstar79]

“Loki finds a half-burned heart, eats it, and becomes pregnant” Another Tuesday

[@JoshSweetvale]

*Half*-burned. Yeah that's Hel. Loki _Athena'd_ Hel!

[@jabberwockthelemur2961]

Another Tyr's day

[@thyrlindberg9310]

Woah slow down there. Don't bring Týr into this mess.

[@thewraithwriter22]

It's Friday

[@shino4242]

@@thewraithwriter22 Nobody's talking about Freya, we're talking about Loki.

[@FringedHorizon]

I feel like the whole "Loki's history being frustrating to try and figure out" thing is the biggest long con from everyone's favorite green trickster.

[@TheBlueninja2000]

💯

[@marcindzamroga8945]

But WAS he actually green in the first place? The plot thickens...

[@AxxLAfriku]

I am thinking about dropping out of school to focus on my career as a star on KZbin. I already make a lot of money on KZbin. School bores me so much. I need more opinions and since I don't have any friends, I gotta ask you, neil

[@securecontainpikachu6718]

@@AxxLAfriku you should keep doing both,that's my opinion

[@ShadowoftheMask]

@@marcindzamroga8945 Yeah, isn't he red haired or something?

[@Evan_L_Rodriguez]

Odin to Baldr’s Corpse: Bro, trust me, this will be totally worth it in a couple centuries.

[@LuckySketches]

Imagine if he just whispered something like "You smell like updog."

[@srijanumesh5355]

Imagine if he whispered "why are you called Balder. I am going Balder. "

[@AnnaCurser]

@@LuckySketches Baldr sits up like "what's updog?" and everyone laughs

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

"Sooooo....can I have your things? I mean, it's not like you need them anymore...."

[@Evan_L_Rodriguez]

@@Mo7amed_obaid no

[@SylvieGrimalkin]

The thing I love about Loki is even with all the trickery and mischief he never once did anything mean to humans. In one story it's said that he actually had a love for humans.

[@starry-eyedgirlscout6027]

Probably cause we're chaotic as all hell.

[@FioreCiliegia]

And really, you can’t call him a bad guy if he is the one parents ask to babysit their childrens souls or whatnot :) he is literally seen as the one who safeguards the innocent and weak.

[@jacobfoxfires9647]

It actually made me think that Loki has his realm in our world. Forget what it's called but the Norse have our world as a realm and I don't THINK I remember any god ruling here. So it makes me think his realm is here and that his war on the gods and the aftermath of Ragnarok with starting new again has the gods start anew and have new humans to protect. Also him making a fishing net. Makes me think of a god of civilization in a way. These are just my conclusions tho, don't have anything to really back it up.

[@SylvieGrimalkin]

@@jacobfoxfires9647 our realm is Midgard. But I have a feeling you are right.

[@irondragonmaiden]

Yeah, he usually goes toe to toe with the Aesir, Jotnar, Dwarves, Ljosafar/Svartalf, Vanir, etc... but never with humans. Usually his "victims" (if you can call most of them that) are beings that are just as strong as him and can fight back

[@chaos396]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who saw Odin yeeting Loki's kids into various abysses and thought "Ah yes. The beginning of the revenge arc."

[@eduardofeijolle8049]

That's the power of tropes, baby!

[@3asianassassin]

Sounds like a perfect story to turn into a tragic tale of fatherhood for modern audiences

[@nicolecurrie2896]

@@3asianassassin The MCU fanfic writers are already on it lol.

[@chaossin7425]

And of course, the classic self fulfilling prophecy. Which is usually more of a Greek thing, but it works.

[@cdawg9218]

I genuinely always found the story of fenrir sad. They were so worried about him and in cruely betraying him for little real reason bought about his hate and revenge. Who knows, he may have made a powerful ally and friend. It's a good example of the norse gods being flawed, not always good beings.

[@mullac1992]

So Loki's backstory, character, powers and meaning in the mythology are a complete mystery. This is the most Loki thing Loki could have done.

[@polarknight5376]

Being a jesus figure just to mess things up even more is also a very Loki thing to do.

[@vedangchada2790]

It hurts how much this makes sense

[@CollinMcLean]

The Gosforth cross which was made in the 10th century and is in England. It’s not necessarily portraying Jesus... it may be another instance of Loki being compared to the Devil. Depicting the bound Lucifer or bound Anti-Christ...

[@pablomonsalve3911]

I think he has many things in common with Prometheus: he opposes the Pantheon, he tricks them, and has an association with fire for the benefit of humanity

[@marche800]

@@polarknight5376 "Your Savior is here!"

[@mashakravchenko5796]

Hades: I can't believe they mixed me with Satan! Loki: First time?

[@willnorman-bargo]

I wonder what would those two get up too? Well more like hades and Persephone meat hel.

[@mashakravchenko5796]

@@willnorman-bargo Yeah. Hades, Persephone, Hel, Ereshkigal and Izanami. And Loki... Loki is Hestia 😂 (24:45)

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

@@mashakravchenko5796 I feel like Izanami-sama would be like... Ranting about her husband breaking his promise, while Persephone like... Headpats her or something...

[@mashakravchenko5796]

@@shanedoesyoutube8001 Headcanon approved!

[@yunamchill9169]

@@mashakravchenko5796 Double approved! Oooh, while Loki plays with Cerberus and tells him about Fenris!😍

[@firerulezz116]

The story of Tyr and Fenris is ripe for dramatization- a man and his beloved wolf companion, ultimately made to betray his lupine friend over matters of a greater good, sacrificing a literal piece of himself while abusing Fenris' trust to capture him, losing a metaphorical piece of himself by the end of it and leaving Fenris alone and bitter, to one day join the enemy and thus fulfil the prophecy that this was meant to subvert. A great tragedy, given the right story telling and emphasis.

[@irondragonmaiden]

The even bigger tragedy is that, had Tyr and the Aesir NEVER betrayed Fenrir, then Fenrir wouldn't be out for revenge. This was a self-fulfilling prophecy

[@vismaykedilaya1318]

You could even go further and dramatize Loki and Odin in a similar manner, with odin being a paranoid a-hole and Loki being manipulated to look like a villain, gaslit into doing evil things and subsequently becoming the villain they all feared. Kinda like Mizu from Blue Eye Samurai.

[@nkanyezihlatshwayo3601]

Tyr is often canonically portrayed as a god of oathkeeping for this reason, and this has always been my favourite myth in the cycle

[@mrcheese1328]

The god of mischief's last act before being supplanted by Christianity was to make a living hell out of anyone trying to research him.

[@alexandermackie7621]

Sounds right

[@luckywolf8171]

That is so him

[@mariuchiha4664]

It’s what he would have wanted.

[@cormorantcolors]

Nice pfp

[@marzi8087]

It would be cool if they do Pokémon mythology

[@abthedragon4921]

"Who's more irresponsible: the guy who gives birth to a horse or the guy who rides his nephew into battle." Wow, and I thought Norse mythology couldn't sound any weirder. XD

[@alexritch6747]

Are they not the same person?

[@ธนาเดชศุภนัทนพร]

Both

[@charlottekraker4152]

@@alexritch6747 no, Loki gave birth to the horse and Odin (his bloodbrother) rides it into battle

[@mitsusah2612]

For real... I didn't know Odin's horse was Loki's child. I just thought Odin or someone created a horse when he was too lazy to walk.

[@magic8ball237]

@@charlottekraker4152 But later in the video she says that maybe they are aspects of each other

[@educatedlaziness3268]

The idea of Loki being "protector of the home" would also fit with the fact that most of the myths regarding him involve him solving everyone's problems

[@emilybarclay8831]

And him, you know, literally being a mother, albeit to a horse

[@CollinMcLean]

Provided he often had a hand in causing those problems to begin with...

[@emanuelly.santos]

Is he, by chance, an ISFJ?

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

@@emanuelly.santos ???

[@CollinMcLean]

@@emanuelly.santos Nah... I'd say he's more ESFP or ESTP...

[@emmarichardson965]

Loki being a household spirit does kind of make sense. In other folklore, household spirits are often mischievous or tricksy.

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

Every time I wash my socks, they steal one - and ONLY one - from the dryer.

[@misteraskman3668]

@@cheezemonkeyeater In Spanish folklore (I am not Spanish, btw), duendes are many types of spirits, and often household ones (the are the equivalent of gnomes I think). They are mischieveous at their best morality (downright demonic at their worse). They are so linked to everything that dissapears in the house that their name, "Duende" is short for "DUEño DE la casa", "owner of the house.

[@UrpleSquirrel]

According to my Swedish stepfather, "Don't piss off your household spirit" is practically a subgenre of Scandinavian folktales, so Loki being the Gods' household spirit who brings about the end of the world because they mistreated him feels very believable.

[@metarcee2483]

​@@cheezemonkeyeater Trolls are real! They steal your socks! But only your left ones. -Gobber

[@crimsonpresents]

Can we appreciate that Red worked on this video for roughly two years?

[@nooneisheretryagain]

We stan a research-thorough queen

[@NicaremE]

Holy shit really??

[@honeyispure]

@@NicaremE check the description

[@WanderingRonin509]

@@nooneisheretryagain that we do my friend that we do

[@socialanxiety9153]

Holy shit you’re right

[@Artista_Frustrado]

Loki being the God of "What are you even God of?!"/"Confusing the hell out of everyone who talks about him" sounds like the most Loki thing possible

[@hihi-so4yb]

Yes 😌

[@moonbox0929]

Yes

[@jordanloux3883]

Odin: Loki stop picking on the historians! Loki: Can't stop me from playing the long game one-eye! Suck it!

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

@@jordanloux3883 Odin:... ah fine it's a good one anyways..... Hey wanna see me convince Gahndie to commit genocide?

[@idiotgoddess2114]

So, basically Loki is the god of trolling.

[@AegixDrakan]

Sorri: "Ok, so there's this god, Loki, who invented lies-" Monks everywhere: "devil figure, got it Sorri: "I actually made him a jesus figure, but you do you"

[@i.cs.z]

Like, the ones calling him a devil figure weren't monks.

[@clayxros576]

@@i.cs.z Just add more irony onto the pile. At this point I wouldmt be surprised if Loki's deific epithet was that of irony

[@NovaSaber]

If Loki had similarities to Prometheus to start with, Snorri might not have had to change THAT much.

[@silvermist4110]

@@luxinvictus9018 this what i find so ironic with Christianity wanting make him seem holyer then thou for all this....yet shun an berate anyone that doesn't fit their mold AKA doing exactly they hated people cor in bible for doing to [out-casting] Jesus. **i say this as a Christian who just also questions everything an loves looking all views an learning about various religions and beliefs. This actually part reason like many I've left the church [👀 no realize how toxic an culty it all is till take step back..]**

[@irsyadsyauqi3105]

@@luxinvictus9018 GOATMAN, IM DANCING ON YOUR BRIDGE

[@Queen1001N]

I saw a piece of fan art someone made. It featured Loki along with four of his children, Sleipnir, Hel, Jormundgandr, and Fenrir. Sleipnir says “No, that’s Mommy!” Hel (or one of the other three kids) replies “No, that’s Daddy!” Sleipnir: “I’m the oldest, so that makes me right!” Hel: “There’s three of us and one of you! That means we’re right!” And Loki has his hand on his face and a look saying “Oh, Odin, I shouldn’t have had these kids so close together.”

[@Iliadic]

Please find that. I want to save it lol

[@Queen1001N]

@@IliadicI can’t provide a link. But try putting these terms in a search engine: siblings' dispute, loki, drawing.

[@Iliadic]

@@Queen1001N Found it. Quite funny lol

[@itscznben8728]

@@Queen1001N why can’t you?

[@matthaeikellie8591]

"Huh, this fish got bigger when I put it in a bigger pond." "Weird. You gonna help me chuck Loki's serpent son into the ocean now?" -- fateful last words.

[@cd8048]

Jormungander is female, afaik.

[@mistral_minstrel6669]

Loki being a "patron god" of children actually makes quite a bit of sense. Kids usually get themselves in trouble a lot- e.g. climbing a tree to get fruit but oh no, they can't get down now- and who better to help you get out of trouble than Loki, who consistently fixed the gods' messes for them?

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

Plus, children are easily thr most Chaotic humans that exist

[@hugsandchaos9554]

He’d probably be the one to encourage them into doing harmless pranks

[@ryoumakoushiro7447]

@@hugsandchaos9554 While helping them get away with that

[@hugsandchaos9554]

@@ryoumakoushiro7447 That’d be really fun. He’d be like “Okay, we knocked on the door! Run! Hurry, before they come outside!” and he just laughs along with the excited and uncontrollable giggling of the children.

[@ryoumakoushiro7447]

@@hugsandchaos9554 Oh, he'd ABSOLUTELY do that

[@Br4x]

How fitting is it that the “Inventor of lies & trickery” has the most confusing and cryptic history ever

[@theschwoopsiedaisy953]

Indeed

[@dinadina2000]

there are some interpretations that loki wrote his own stories because he would wouldn't he?

[@ruby_loveyt]

Essentially is DnD Asmodeus

[@joaomrtins]

And may have some Jesus vibes in some interpretations

[@dinadina2000]

@@joaomrtins that's what he wants you to think

[@SaturnaliaRhys]

Btw, in Loki's feast poem in Edda, apart from some other charming accusations that fly across the table, Odin calls Loki out for living for nine years at Midgard as a lass - Loki being the shapeshifter he is changing his biology to that one of a human woman and giving birth to many kids in the meantime. Loki retorts by reminding Odin that he himself, the allfather, walked around Midgard as a prophet - that being pretty much the same thing, therefore not Odin's place to really talk. The thing is, Odin in his obsession with knowledge wished to obtain the ability of prophecy, which by aesir rules was obtainable only for women. His only chance was to live both sexually and socially as a woman at Midgard for some time, to prove himself worthy of this ability and the status of an aesir woman. Just a bit of a trans-Norse mythology fun fact, sorry.

[@Jumpoable]

Yes the Allfather lived as a female witch to obtain his/her Wiccan knowledge LOL.

[@IraessRanza]

Haha well hey if it means power I'll live as anything to get it

[@blooeagle5118]

The reason why Odin does this is not because he's "Trans" that's ridiculous. The reason is because in Pagan cultures, the Gods are shown doing acts that were outside of the norm or even illegal. Crossdressing, murder, practicing Feminine arts like Seiðr, and adultery. It was examples of not only of things not to do, but also understanding divinity, the Gods would go to great lengths to get done what needs to be done, but those things were not available to the Creation, us. Please stop using a modern filter on history, that is how you rot tradition and the faith as a whole. Odin, Loki, Thor, none of them were transgender. Crossdressing was criminal and gay sex was seen as indecent, especially if you were taking it. Distorting history distorts the present.

[@Tacuara7]

​@blooeagle5118 ofc it wasnt a word back then but loki was definetly non binary by our standards changing with no problem lots of time with no real reason beyond cause he liked to, give it whatever name you want

[@blutygar]

Loose me with the transphobia and homophobia disguised as being historically accurate bs

[@Blake_Stone]

"27 minutes to say we legitimately don't know" - you are now a fully qualified historian.

[@emblemblade9245]

Hahahahaha

[@Dyneamaeus]

Hahahahaha

[@emmanuelpena2228]

Hahahahaha

[@VoidLantadd]

Hahahahaha

[@emmanuelpena2228]

Hahahahaha

[@blueteller]

Loki is like the joker card. He can play any role you want in the narrative.

[@maxortof8553]

I literally cannot see the words Loki and Joker together because of Shuake brainrot help

[@little_tornado1804]

Yes but now I want a production where every character is Loki.

[@Frame_Late]

@@little_tornado1804 Romeo and Juliet but everyone is played by Loki.

[@IDontReallyWantAYoutubeHandle]

@@maxortof8553 Huh, I didn't expect to see another shuake brainrotter here. Dope

[@doubleoof7907]

Loki: “If I’m going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice.”

[@decodelifehacker3446]

Hel: *gets thrown into hel* World serpent: *gets thrown into the sea* Fenrir: *gets bound to an island* Loki: *bound by his son's intestines with acid dripped in his eyes for all eternity* Oden: I don't get it why do they hate me

[@trevorparker6400]

Modern parenting in a nutshell

[@anarchomando7707]

That intestines were made because Odin had Loki's one son turned into another wolf and attack his twin brother Bright side is his wife was the only one to stay by his side Catching the acid in a basin(this is a woman who gave birth to the twins

[@roseforest8950]

Loki: betrays the gods Odin: surprised pikachu

[@anarchomando7707]

@@roseforest8950 of course I'm going to betray you after all this shit

[@charles_capet321]

Saddest thing is that Odin and Loki were once something like best friends

[@Sam-zu7fv]

I can't wait for the far distant future where historians somehow mix Loki from Marvel with Loki from mythology to the point where Tom Hiddleston is either thought to be Loki, a different name for Loki, or an avatar of Loki

[@laughingwarlock]

Red: Loki doesn't seem to have any connections to spiders. Loki: *has a child with a horse that literally is born with eight legs*

[@aroncondorchoa989]

You are onto something.

[@CollinMcLean]

@@aroncondorchoa989 I actually have my own hypothesis with regards to that. Sleipnir was actually an important figure in Shamanist practices and in myths Sleipnir is frequently used to carry the gods to Helheim to speak with Hel, both by Odin and Hermod. He may represent travel between the realms of the living and the dead. So that's why he has 2 sets of hooves, to gallop between the 2 different planes of existence. 1 set of hooves for traveling amongst the living and another set for traveling amongst the dead.

[@ANGELiki1992]

OH GOD YOU JUST BLEW MY MIND

[@ThingsStuffington]

@@CollinMcLean That's an interesting theory. It seems pretty plausible.

[@th3rasave]

Peter Parker: Am I joke to you?

[@AdeptArcanist]

Odin: “What are you the god of, again?” Loki: “Hell if I know!”

[@kohakuaiko]

Karmic justice.

[@takealilpill347]

Literally my favourite comment

[@linusmota9712]

Hel: "Yes Dad?"

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

Hel: pa? what you want? Loki: sorry my adorable little daughter

[@Ismael-kc3ry]

I think Red likes talking about Loki so much because she relates to his chaotic nature so much.

[@wrldwide4817]

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhAHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@rainbowmothraleo]

She is a Loki, remember

[@ธนาเดชศุภนัทนพร]

That’s makes Sense

[@darklight4992]

Chaos superiority.

[@xleplex7070]

I read that as catholic and was rather confused. 😂 😂 😂

[@BewareTheCarpenter]

"Before we all judge Loki, let's consider whose more irresponsible. The guy who gives birth to a horse or the the guy who rides his nephew into battle." XDXDXD

[@pri-the-writer8892]

“Step up your game, Duolingo.” You are very brave to challenge the eldritch abomination known as Duo.

[@AnimeSunglasses]

Well, at least she'll arrive in Folkvangr to great applause...

[@cartoonishidealism582]

Brave? Or foolish?

[@lilithmotherofmonsters6055]

I bet don't time this century somebody is gonna be doing this type of a video about that particular eldritch being

[@chaserose5127]

WHAT. DUO FOLLOWED ME HERE? DUO, PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR SKIPPING YESTERDAY MY SINUSES WERE REALLY BAD DON'T HURT MY FAMILY

[@Jskierka2295]

It’s simple: Spanish or vanish

[@zachary8586]

"Anyone who says they know what Loki's deal is is trying to sell you something." *Immediately tries to sell me stickers and pins about Loki's whole deal.* How very Loki of you. I will be buying those thanks.

[@Fisinocean]

I will now add how very loki of you in my personal lexicon. Thank you good sir.

[@catfoy8888]

I mean she did admit to it in the apology video

[@nadineehab8834]

@@catfoy8888 wait apology for what?

[@mohammedyousef4005]

@@nadineehab8834 it's an april fools video

[@eliram13]

Schoolers: Furiously research and debate Loki: rolling on back laughing, "I can't believe they took the bait"

[@disa5641]

That sounds like him

[@panek6443]

um... *scholars

[@Dignified_Deviant]

Was that pun intended?

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

Let be honest.... Loki owns reddit

[@erik9243]

@@craytherlaygaming2852 this this doesn’t need to be explained

[@Queen1001N]

Odin: “I see in the future, Loki, I see a scholar appreciating the well-documented history of your role in Norse mythology.” Loki: “Uh, the scholar just easily finishes my story? No challenges? BORING! Let me fix that.”

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

Odin: Yeah... say how about I burn the entire library, that ought to get under their nerves. Loki: already done, I think I already hear people screaming in annoyance. Odin: I can already smell the chaos... hold on... hear me out... what about, we just comission a shit load of fan art and stories about you. Loki:.... that is... THE BEST IDEA EVER COME ON! *Later that day* Thor: Father... why is the entire treasury empty? Odin: It's loki's fault Loki: What? oh come on.... totally worth it

[@inkedseahear]

"The greatest trick Loki ever played was conveniencing others that Loki existed."

[@generalalduin9548]

Odin: “Loki, can you explain why you converted all of Scandinavia to Christianity and added stories where you’re the father of your pet snake and dog, birthed a horse, killed Baldur, got chained up, and will cause Ragnarok?” Loki: “Oh, believe me, you’ll see.”

[@hugsandchaos9554]

He’s probably just sitting wherever his domain is wondering if he should tell us yes or not because it’s so funny, yet so painful to watch us struggle to figure him out.

[@robertchaney2704]

“Mischievous but benevolent protector of the home and family”, Loki is Norse Kevin McCalister Edit: WOW I have NEVER had a comment blow up this much before

[@emizaquel8779]

this is so perfect!

[@juliagoodwin9510]

That makes too much sense...

[@estellesmith4118]

I’m fucking rolling

[@Zanzabarchocolate]

It wasn't a mistletoe spear that killed Balder. Balder came over to visit Loki and Loki forgot to undo his security system. The death was so comical that the pantheon thought it wasn't fit for a God, so they made up the whole mistletoe story.

[@cursedalien]

Kevin McCslister is an avatar of Loki

[@annakrawczuk5221]

"Break the contract at any cost." "Any cost except the actual price?" The background jokes omg

[@Grim_Sister]

“Whatcha got there?” “A smoothie." Welp, that’s adorable

[@thefirstofthelastones8952]

Loki: Kids, I'm going to Greece. Stay off of the Internet.

[@Mark_Goddin]

I think that’s an iCarly reference to when Spencer comes into the apartment with an Ostrich. And a smoothie.

[@azulBjort_1406]

(time stamp) 7:35

[@AnimeWolf5193]

Plot twist: The smoothie _was_ his kid!

[@Grim_Sister]

@@AnimeWolf5193 (checks my charts) Yep. That is a possibility

[@diogenesthecynic5172]

The story about Fenris Wolf being bound is very well written by Neil Gaiman in his book "Norse Mythology", and oddly enough is fairly emotional as well. It really showed how it wasn't just Tyr's hand that he lost, but also his friend.

[@Gat720Dua]

I like the idea of Loki actually making his myth muddled so people would debate about it for centuries.

[@artemis_smith]

Odin and Loki in a contest to see who can mess with their mythologies and survive into the future the best. Odin becomes Santa, Loki gets his own TV show.

[@mistletoecanary]

Sounds like a sitcom

[@teatalks3426]

That’s a very Loki thing to do.

[@teatalks3426]

@@mistletoecanary I think it is…? Edit: oh wait that show was about him seeing/meeting other myths of him, not creating them

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

@@artemis_smith plot twist Tom Hiddleston is Loki, playing a mortal, playing a fictional version of himself

[@abthedragon4921]

Never thought I'd ever hear Loki and Jesus figure in the same sentence.

[@luckywolf8171]

I foo

[@minecraftgirl8733]

I'll tell you one more believable Loki tricked a jesus figure. There.

[@Silverwind87]

turning wine into clamato

[@krankarvolund7771]

@@minecraftgirl8733 Or Loki killed the Jesus-figure Baldr :p

[@itayeldad3317]

Your saviour is here!

[@jaxbeck9550]

All this convinces me of what I’ve always known, Bugs Bunny is the purest form of Loki.

[@dodonixx953]

Seems about right ✅

[@boo-mx1yg]

That, I believe, is Brer Rabbit, which is congent to the hare in many African myths

[@nkyfong]

I mean, the cross dressing/gender fluidity, the trickery, the trolling while still being benevolent... It all fits perfectly.

[@takealilpill347]

oh he absolutely is

[@AmigoRoberto]

Does that imply Daffy or Elmer is Odin?

[@newtypealpha]

It's interesting that trickster figures in mythology always seem to have the most confusing and self-contradictory legends. It's ALSO interesting how many tricksters are depicted as having some association with spiders.

[@bonemeal_boi]

Ancient Aliens be like: did the spider people decide to screw up mythological history to troll modern people.

[@frozenlizard3370]

Spider-myth, spider-myth, does whatever a spider-myth can.

[@malaksafa4074]

You could say they liked to....weave a web of lies?

[@coltonwilliams4153]

@@malaksafa4074 Take my like, now go stand in the corner and think about what you’ve done.

[@cartoonishidealism582]

@@malaksafa4074 I mean, spiders are small, fast creatures that entangle prey with careful and delicately crafted webs. Plus they’re venomous and can sometimes take down larger prey. I don’t think it’s too out there to see them as cunning, intelligent or tricksy creatures.

[@KanuckStreams]

"Comfy in there?" "If I say yes, will you let me go?" "Not a chance." I lost it here.

[@KanuckStreams]

Followed closely by "and he's *canonically pretty* so the fanfic kinda writes itself." OH LAWD. XD

[@molliescrizisbryck797]

i liked at 420 lol

[@El_Chico_des_Galos]

Adding the context that Loki might be a spirit of family and the home does make a lot of sense, and could even turn Baldr’s death into a revenge plot, a whole “this is what you get for imprisoning three of my children and riding the fourth like a show pony.”

[@peytonreed937]

YES

[@Darkishappy_2872]

dog

[@roseforest8950]

I’ve said this before but Norse mythology seems to have an eye for an eye kind of thing. They by hel the queen of well hell and they kinda trapped her there loki in killing baldr made baldr go to hel as one of the dead. “You send my kid to hell I’ll send your kid to hell”

[@roseforest8950]

@animeizzy_ ninetails an eye for an eye usually means “that if a person who has been injured by another person returns the offending action to the originator in compensation” but it can also mean “you hurt me am going to hurt you” in this case am meaning the second

[@roseforest8950]

@animeizzy_ ninetails I see that let me change that sorry Idk why I did I that

[@damdork2419]

"Thor wasn't the god of getting drunk and hitting stuff" And Zues wasn't the god of one night stands

[@Kat-gp6gj]

This comment killed me 🤣

[@xSaraxMxNeffx]

yeah, but like what to they get remembered for huh?

[@iggylo7867]

Zeus

[@larry1816]

Ah, yes *ZUES* Sí, Zues, el dios del trueno y el cielo.

[@djbronze9179]

Send him to rehab for cheating or just throw him into Tarterous

[@themushiest1550]

LOKI IS LITERALLY THE FIRE IN THE HEARTH. “Mischievous” is surprisingly accurate take on fire! Like if you don’t keep your eye on it, it’ll catch something on fire or go out!

[@HrabiaVulpes]

Actually "Loki" being a catch-all title for spirit-protector of hearth-fire would shed a completely different view on stories concerning him and also would not be that strange - even Slavic mythology has household spirits. This would explain why Odin and co tolerate him - he appeared in Asgard because they live there, he is their household spirit-protector. Nobody invited him, he just appeared in their home and started helping or causing mischief. Also would explain why he accompanies Thor on some adventures - it's dangerous out there, take spirit-protector with you. And would be the reason why we have Uthgard-Loki and his behaviour - Uthgard-Loki would be just household spirit-protector of Uthgard and his last lines in story being basically "You guys are too scary, so I will hide my home from you. You shall never find it again" makes complete sense - Loki would probably do a similar thing if Asgard was in danger. In Slavic folklore there are stories about what will happen if you mistreat your household spirits and Loki bringing literal apocalypse upon Odin ass for treating him and his children like shit fits there quite well. It's a powerful story of "Even gods will face retribution if they mistreat their household spirit". Of course that's just my interpretation of his role in mythology.

[@rezazorro00]

Reading The Ancient Magus Bride tell me that household spirit/fae are usually like to create mischief, and that aligned very well with loki with the interpretation of him being a god of hearth/household/weaving also is a trickster

[@jadespades4237]

I like this. This is good.

[@crusaderking2157]

*Please* write a book

[@comradewindowsill4253]

hmm yeah, don’t piss off the domovoi

[@Fisinocean]

Oh yeahh this amkes a lot of sense

[@jsc1jake512]

How do you learn a new language? Normal people: With time and practice, everyone goes at their own pa- Odin: *IMPALING MYSELF ON A BIG TREE UNTIL I HALLUCINATE A LANGUAGE INTO EXISTENCE*

[@azulBjort_1406]

Lol, mood

[@tompatterson1548]

Isn't that learning to write a language you already know?

[@6611nitro]

I mean given a lot of language is learned by writing that's basically what we do with children. Only we do it with a lot of very small sticks instead of one big one.

[@Duiker36]

Look, conlanging is hard, okay.

[@thesunwillneverset]

@@Duiker36 What, you don't sacrifice your body to Odin and then spend every Wednesday for the next year feverishly writing down all your conlang/worldbuilding details?

[@dionadair8195]

I just have this mental image of Red sneaking into Blue’s office and stealing some maps before he gets back home. And then bribing Cleo to not say anything.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Cleo: I gotcha back, sis!

[@azulBjort_1406]

I bet Blue is going to make such a fuss once he sees the video, and it could go both ways

[@Sevren_]

Or Cleo is already dead probably

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

@@Sevren_ That's an unseemly thought

[@camblycreeper7999]

Red: *Slides $20 to Cleo*

[@Shinn4703]

Hypothetically if Loki was a god of the hearth and family, could Ragnarok have been a warning on betraying family?

[@MyaKHamilton]

Võluspá says that family will turn against family during Ragnarok, so yeah.

[@camilaalmiron5588]

That makes sense to me

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

Loki being the chief Housespriit makes sense. If you don't appease your house spirit they start playing pranks and being cheeky little shits. If you continue to not, they start causing real problems. Odin disrespected Loki's children and so he ruined their world. Seems fitting.

[@loreenabradley]

This is literally so Loki. Keep him happy and amused, your life is easy. Disrespect him or his family, and you'll probably end up finding things breaking or little fires starting.

[@Ribbons0121R121]

can confirm, live with one really likes the pillows to be stacked a certain way

[@shadowdroid776]

It's like Brownies, little Celtic house elves essentially. They clean and tidy things up when you sleep, but only if you give them food and treat them with respect. If you don't, they'll let your shoes get ruined, your things will start breaking, and the house will slowly go into disarray.

[@UrpleSquirrel]

According to my Swedish stepfather, "it's a bad idea to tick off your household spirit" is practically a whole subgenre of Scandinavian folktales, so that definitely would fit.

[@blazeswordpaladin9357]

So Loki is a Godlike Brownie

[@moonflower1759]

I feel so bad for Fenrir. He was just a cute doggo hanging out 😔

[@AshGreen359]

One theory is that he kills Tyr. Tyr is said to face Garm which is a dog that barks to alarm the Aesir, so he's on the wrong side. Also, Odin transcends death as he's already died so can't be killed again.

[@winggweeps]

Loki: "How adorable like a puppy. KILL IT!"

[@starorcarina8525]

@@winggweeps dude that's his son

[@Rick586]

And red just had to make him extra cute and fluffy in this video :,(

[@JMDarkly1]

Sad and ironic. If they had just left Fenrir Good Doggo alone to be best friends with Tyr, they could have had a bad ass wolf friend and Odin might not have had to die. Tragic.

[@silverloony1170]

Loki being a deity of the hearth and family makes a lot of sense. Few things in this world are as chaotic as family.

[@oshawottblue5648]

I can drink to that 🍻

[@yourlocalbartender3499]

I can drink to that 🍻

[@VoidKing666]

Sounds about right

[@its_saval]

sounds about right mate, cheers! 🥂

[@shewolfblacklink1062]

Cheers!

[@L0rdLexan01]

People have mentioned Loki as a God of the Hearth/Family/Children and Loki as a spider so; why not both? Spiders are common in houses, I see a spider almost once a week. They have eight eyes and eight legs and like to tie up webs in high up places, almost "watching over" families. Furthermore, there's a lot of stories about spinners being spiderlike (Ariadne, though likely not relevant here, is a good example) and in a country that lives in Northern, cold places, the value of spinners and cloth-makers was probably very important-- it's likely that the women, caretakers of the family, were also in charge of textile production. This also ties into the fact that he keeps getting pregnant all the time, since he would be intrinsically tied to motherhood and weaving, along with his story about the fishing-net, in a similar way to how spiders catch their prey in webs. Loki as a character would then be representative of the family in a spider-like way, always watching the family, good at hiding, and masterful at spinning both webs and nets.

[@audiobooksforfree7857]

This is actually a good theory. Spiders are the descendants of Arachne the weaver in Greek mythology, according to the Arachne myth. A little syncretism can really affect the characterization of creatures in mythology. We also don’t really know about the OG Arachne myth, so maybe it was from Scandinavia. Weavers provide cloth which gives warmth, tying into the hearth. Spiders also are tricksters considering they trick bugs into getting stuck in the webs, tying into the trickster idea. Children are tricksters, tying into the trickster idea. Then, the hearth creates families.

[@PirateQueen1720]

I kinda love that Loki is both "mother of monsters" and maybe has Hestia-like origins, besides being Mercury-ish and even a tad Jesus-y.

[@salenebrom6476]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@theeaglemaster388]

Would that mean he's a Jack of all Trades?

[@wildcardjoey4776]

Mercury, Jesus, Hearth, scars

[@annawing770]

I love that Red decided that "Ancient Aliens" can be used as a verb.

[@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts]

That and "For ritual purposes"

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

Anything can, if you try hard enough

[@desrochessimon3044]

That gives me an idea.

[@traestoflux]

"Oh, such tangled webs we weave, So tangled we catch centuries' worth of future scholars in it" - Loki, probably

[@jynxwolfe]

Ok I snorted 🤣😂🤣

[@TekkenGirl4Lyfe]

Why did I hear that in MCU!Loki's voice? (curse you Tom Hiddleston)

[@AnimeSunglasses]

An old saying from British intelligence: "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. But once we've practiced quite a bit, we find we get quite good at it!"

[@Kaijugan]

You forgot to mention Skoll, Hati and Garm. The wolves who eat the Sun and Moon and kill Tyr respectively. They're all the children of Fenrir, effectively making them Loki's grandchildren.

[@niserresin2006]

Fun fact, in the Poetic Edda Fenrir is the one who eats the moon, and there's no mention of garm being related to Fenrir

[@Kaijugan]

@@niserresin2006 I’m more going off of the Pros Eda, but really that doesn’t mean anything when Skoll and Hati are ESTABLISHED characters-so it wouldn’t make sense for them to not play their intended roles. Because they are mentioned in nearly every version since, so clearly, they exist. Don’t go trying to um actually me, pal.

[@Kaijugan]

@@niserresin2006 Garm has got to be related because he’s a wolf giant just like Fenrir, and Garm’s parentage is unknown so a lot has to be inferred. Norse mythology is all fuzzy. And contradict all over the place. So you saying that it’s definitive is wrong because that’s only in one source. Whereas my knowledge also comes from one source. So we could be equally wrong or right. So don’t start with me

[@niserresin2006]

@@Kaijugan I didn't intend for my comment to be nearly as combative as you're interpreting it as. If anything you're the one starting with me.

[@Kaijugan]

@@niserresin2006 It seemed to be rather combative from the way it was written. Seems I misinterpreted.

[@SalinaMoonfall]

Suddenly the line "Your savior is here!" becomes even funnier.

[@sinistertwister686]

All hail our Lord and Savior, Spider-Jesus!

[@friendlystoryphantom2043]

Spider-Jesus! My old man would be pissed, if I shared this with him, which makes it 10x more funny!!

[@Mt.Berry-o7]

Red: So Loki is a Satan figure... and also a Jesus figure. Audience: ... What!? Loki: PARKOUR

[@Duiker36]

I mean, one of his epithets is Skywalker.

[@loonflam8910]

I read that as Susan

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

@@Duiker36 WTF

[@saschamichel5393]

It could be explained with loki´s role as a scapegoat, which as Red expained , involved two scapegoats one got sacrificed(Jesus) and one got banished (Satan) and noone could agree who to equate loki to making him both

[@potatothecat6647]

"Which is hilarious because mythological Loki literally can't manipulate his way out of a box-" XD

[@artemys5197]

And it's funny because it happens multiple times. One time he didn't got trapped into a box, but thanks to funny shenanigans he basically got glued to a pole and swanged around into trees and rocks by a giant Eagle and the only thing he did was "ok I'm gonna give you the golden apples" The giant Eagle set him free and he just Did that He didn't even lie He doesn't even lie that much in the prosetic Edda actually???? Anyway I'm not gonna continue the myth, mostly because no one asked but let's just say that this story kinda explains why season's exist and also that Loki being naked in one scene was probably one of the most important plot point of the tale.

[@plutoisaplanet5533]

@@artemys5197 quhat

[@aisnota5192]

MCU Loki is in a box and he can't get out either.

[@heartofthewild680]

@@artemys5197 please elaborate. You said you wouldn’t continue because no one asked, well this is me, asking.

[@TheDragonForest]

Loki in a box What will he do

[@wouldiwasshookspeared1087]

As a Norwegian, the reveal Askeladden (Ash Lad) might be an evolution of Loki absolutely launched my brain into outer space. It’s like hearing Mary poppins was actually derived from some eldritch god. It is of course known that Askeladden is old folklore, but it’s so alive in the current culture while the Norse gods in their original form aren’t, so it’s insanely cool.

[@kbye2321]

Sidenote to this, I kinda wanna see what myths about Mary Poppins evolving out of an eldritch being would be like now…

[@Mewse1203]

The fact that the stories of Loki have him as fairly fluid in shape, sexuality, and gender, it's point fitting his mythology are pretty fluid as well.

[@tompatterson1548]

I mean with shape shifting (there is so much shape shifting in the myths about the gods), it makes sense.

[@neroquin]

Loki is whatever you want Loki to be

[@teatalks3426]

Ooh possibly gay

[@teatalks3426]

@@neroquin **gasp** HE’S A CAT NOW YOU CAN’T STOP ME

[@bunga4670]

Like the SCP Foundation?

[@lunarumbreon7420]

Loki: *is a shapeshifter* Loki: *looks around to see if anyone is watching* Loki: *turns into Jesus*

[@takealilpill347]

Hahahahhahaha and then straight into Satan

[@margaretgraver-dowd7827]

Then back to himself somewhere along the line between Hell and getting back to Asgard for tea and little fairy cakes.

[@chaossin7425]

On easter.

[@Omnywrench]

He doesn't look a thing like jesus, but he talks like a gentleman

[@maryammahdavi]

I’m ur 1kth like. I swear I’m not a bot. I am actually the 1,000th like.

[@BlazeBurnBlade]

When a guy who turned into a horse to distract another horse and gave birth to a 8 legged horse is the god with the biggest mood in the pantheon.

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

I hate you

[@bloodstoneore4630]

Mood

[@weldonwin]

He also gave the world my favourite Man-O-War song

[@grfrjiglstan]

The fact he carried it to full term and birthed it shows more commitment than most of the Aesir.

[@marocat4749]

@@grfrjiglstan Thats why i think he is one of the gods carrying the motherly aspect. Seriously he has a maternal aspect.

[@yuuthehobo]

Loki playing the "multiple choices backstory" card before it was cool.

[@sammorgan9526]

It’s honestly iconic that the god of mischief is so hard to track down and analyze

[@tinear4]

Well, he was just too low key for anyone to notice. ;-)

[@turquoisesnowflake4613]

Loki did that himself

[@pedrodomingos3438]

can't believe Loki is Hestia, all the way down to "we have no histories about them because they remained on their own corner of housekeeping"

[@eduardofeijolle8049]

The most unexpected takeway of this video tbh.

[@alexandersen1372]

would be even more funny if Rick Riordan made that cannon in his world. i mean we already have bleed through for thos who worship the gods. i could just see the greeks meeting with hestia and a couple einherjar walk up and boom loki.

[@timvanrijn8239]

Clearly there both patreon gods of gamers

[@DeanDon333]

@@alexandersen1372 That would be epic no lie

[@professorbutters5201]

*brain explodes*

[@melgibsonero]

"Thor isn't the god of getting drunk and hitting stuff" That's not a god, that's just a scandinavian person

[@disa5641]

damn, they caught us SCATTER

[@camrynpham635]

“is ur god always drunk and hitting things? that’s not ur god, that’s just a scandinavian citizen.” lol

[@holaholahoy]

It's why we scandinavia is at the top of the happiness charts so much :V

[@kalajel]

Using that logic, I wonder what this says of the ancient Greeks...

[@sureindubitably3771]

Dionysus: no....

[@kyanite8451]

Its so very Loki to have an inconsistent, unpinable, origin and spinning legends out of legends without a singular thread to follow and I completely love it even though it is kind of sad to not have a specific story to follow. Just kind of makes him all the more interesting

[@artemiswolf4508]

*Odin to Loki* : When will you learn... THAT YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!! *Odin in Ragnarok* : Uh oh

[@shadowclaw7210]

Odin:You know I feel great Irony and want to atone for my sins but on other hand ha CALLED IT ... now I get why Loki loved this

[@thyrlindberg9310]

Why did I hear a very much Red voice when I read this?

[@nobledamask]

*Loki in a mocking imitation of Odin's voice as he stands atop Fenris, who is slowly closing in on a wounded Odin,:* Heeeey Odin! When will you learn that your actions have consequences?

[@CollinMcLean]

@@nobledamask Loki immediately getting impaled by Heimdallr's sword:Oh come on! Vidarr killing Fenrir with a giant boot:*Nothing because he's Vidarr*

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

Surtur Slicing up the Tree: EVeryone just shut up already!

[@patrickstar5136]

"he and snakes don't really get along" so we know who the least favorite child was

[@doddthedodo7435]

No. Jormungandr was the exception.

[@benikujaku4567]

@@doddthedodo7435 I'm not snakist! I have a son that is a snake!

[@hamsterratje]

It's the only one without a name, jormungandr is a title "big monster"

[@doddthedodo7435]

@@hamsterratje well that paints Thor Ragnarok in a WHOLE new light :3

[@shugoibaka]

Jormungandr deserves better than this

[@alexlynn5111]

My favorite quote from the Loki wiki page is "No conclusions about Loki could be made"

[@hufflepuffsith5465]

I just have to say, I love the drawing Red did of Fenrir and Tyr after the Aesir put Fenrir in Gleipnir. It looks so simple (not saying anything about it was simple, for the record) but they both just look so sad. Also, I noticed on that wikipedia page it described Loki's gender-fluidity as an inclusion in modern stories (while still adressing Loki's tendency to magically change gender,) and I do wanna point out that it's not as modern as wikipedia implies. In the story where Thor's hammer is stolen and Thor is disguised as Freyja and Loki is his handmaid; Thor continues to be referred to in masculine terms (husband of Sif, son of Odin, etc), while the story switches to using feminine terms when describing Loki (the handmaid.) So, even in that story, it's clear that Thor being dressed as a woman is just a disguise; but Loki's only disguise is who they're pretending to be, not what gender they are.

[@MoonbeamPony]

The image of Loki wearing fishnet anything is absolutely hilarious to me.

[@roseforest8950]

He invited them of corse he would ware them

[@alexiswelsh5821]

I want to see this in the MCU

[@mayo3767]

this reminds me of that one tumblr post where it's: fisherman 1: help! im stuck in my fishing nets and I can't get out fisherman 2: hey uh. is dave looking extra sexy today or what?

[@bluegreenandapackofkittens6812]

@@mayo3767 and this reminds me that someone used this meme with the sound of corpse saying he thinks that anything looks better with fishnets (like an apple)

[@padriazozzriaorizifian8672]

@@bluegreenandapackofkittens6812 DOLPHIN CONSERVATION

[@kizzyuzui1497]

Honestly, all I just want is a scene in modern media where someone’s asking Loki about Sleipnir, asks who the mother is, and Loki just deadpanning “me”

[@kronoscamron7412]

dont bring up sleipnir, he hates it when you bring it up.

[@davidbanan.]

@@kronoscamron7412 yes, because you wouldn't hate to have to answer the question "whos the mother of this 8 Legged horse" with "me"

[@Starmadien2019]

I mean at least Loki was a horse when the "mating" happened. So........at least they risk dying like some who try to mate with horses and bulls.

[@gralmakaren9919]

Loki is the guy that made the "there's no cock like horse cock" song

[@teatalks3426]

With like, no soul visible in his eyes. (I’m thinking of what this would look like as a comic, sorry)

[@sytzekamphuis2939]

“Is Loki a spider? While possible and delightfully creepy, that particular spin-“ ‘Spin’ is Dutch for ‘spider’ and I find this a delightful, if probably unintended, pun with the emphasis Red puts on the word.

[@chaonis24601]

It was already a pun! Spiders spin webs after all. Double puns!

[@comradewindowsill4253]

oh, no, definitely intended. After all, spiders spin webs, no?

[@sytzekamphuis2939]

@@chaonis24601 Yeah... forgot about that. Still, double the pun, double the fun.

[@sunspotmill1291]

Anansi enters the chat

[@RocRolWriter]

Just saying, I'd be very curious to see a "Mother of Monsters" video specifically talking about that motif. It's probably not common enough to be considered a Trope, but from the short list you gave it could probably be a Miscellaneous Myth of its own (maybe even a Halloween Special if you don't have anything else planned, although for all of the "this is the source of all the troubles in the world" I'm not sure it's necessarily all that _scary_).

[@madelainebertelsen8188]

As a Norwegian, I can add in a phrase we use in everyday language where Loki is a verb. Example: "Slutt å loke rundt og gjør det du skal!" which translates to "Stop messing around, and do what you're told!" - where "loke" (Norwegian word for Loki is Loke, but as a verb it's with lowercase L) translates to "messing around", and is very commonly used by mothers to their children. It can also be used casually in a phone call like this: "Whatcha doin´?", answer: "Ah, jeg bare loker." - which loosely translates to "Ah, I'm just chillin´". So the verb "loke" can also mean "chillin´" or "relaxing" - not doing much. I don't know how far back this verb goes linguistically, but I think it's pretty old and it seems to fit the character of Loki quite well, so I'm positive there's a connection there.

[@spritemon98]

Cool

[@LuisAldamiz]

That's great etymological insight, TY.

[@GusOmega]

...Are you telling me Loker meaning Chilled like his ice giant roots?

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@GusOmega - No. She means that Loki or Loke is probably a nickname. I guess he had another (or maybe several) more ancient names. In Greece they called him (or a very similar character) Prometheus (foresight), which also sounds like a nickname. Due to their similarity, I (following Stephany 2012) suspect that the character represents a pre-Indoeuropean deity, never fully assimilated, maybe the same as Basque Sugaar (which maybe compares better to Loki's son Jormungandir, both being snake gods or dragon gods) and that the core mythology was developed in Central Europe in the time of Corded Ware (and its Vucedol offshoot, which is surely ancestral for the Greek branch) and the later Vasconic-influenced Bell Beaker period.

[@liseegeskov8769]

Im danish so i understand Half of What your saying but i also dont understand What your saying.

[@matthewcourtney8239]

Red: "Loki's name could me the entangler" Also Red: makes entire web flow chart full of Loki conspiracies trying to figure out his nature

[@luckywolf8171]

Exactly

[@devonthurgood9381]

You've done it. You've solved it.

[@ivy-ql7uz]

RED IS LOKI

[@fantasyshadows3207]

@@ivy-ql7uz (Weren't thy Sun WuKong?)

[@connormcintyre26]

@@fantasyshadows3207 They can be both

[@CC-rg3tc]

I love how Loki is drawn as clearly having fun in all his roles, even Cartoon Lucifer, but he is visibly uncomfortable as the Antihero!

[@Transgirly420]

I am

[@CollinMcLean]

I find it a little funny though considering Red has an entire video about why anti-heroes aren't really an actual thing.

[@tkhero7045]

8:00 well now I need a story of Tyr continuing to bond with the bound fenrir with neither holding a grudge for the other only feeling melancholic for knowing that one day both fight on opposite sides of the final war