Thor (Donar) Thundergod
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Loki the trickster, companion of Thor |
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connections:
son of Odin & Jord wife Sif --> Modi & Magni
iconic stuff: Mjollnir (hammer) belt and gloves goat-cart (rechargeable) |
Giantslayer
vs. Thrym
vs. the builder of Asgard walls
vs. Hymir (fishing for Midgard Serpent)
thwarted at Utgard |
character:
giant’s spawn Shaman gender ambiguous
wife Sigyn (> mortal sons) by giantess, he sired Fenris, Hel, and Midgard Serpent |
stories:
Otter’s Ransom gave birth to Sleipnir
jealous of Baldr (?) tricks Hodr with mistletoe
bound with son’s entrails on sharp stones, beneath dripping venom |
Ragnarok(r): signs of kinslaying and incest, Cataclysm Loki breaks free, leads the Frost giants Heimdall sounds Gjallar horn
Fenris vs. Odin, Fenris devours the Sun ...Tyr vs. Garm... Thor slays Midgard Serpent, then dies (Fire)Giants from Muspell led by Surtr, who slays Freyr and burns the world
Sons of the gods survive: a second Sun rises. Vidarr slays Fenris Magni and Modi inherit the hammer of Thor; Baldr resurrected, reconciled with Hodr
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