Loki

Their Descents, Their Reasons The world was created by many methods for various reasons; according to the myths, a lot of gods and goddesses were born after this world was created. By their own roles, they have ruled over from a small tribe to a big society that is larger than a country with diverse names. Inanna, Ishtar, and Aphrodite are the goddesses who have similar roles, personalities, and characteristics but different names because those three regions of myths are adjoined. However, the…

are still used today. Vikings were influential. Vikings were polytheistic in their religion. The vikings worshipped seven gods in their religion. “Viking gods were believed to be part of nature and could be as foolish as humans.” Odin, Thor, Freya, Loki, Balder, Idun, and Frey, The father of the gods was Odin, and he was the god of wisdom. Odin is missing an eye, and he gave that eye for wisdom and knowledge. Odin rode into battle on an 8 legged horse (Higgins, 2015). In the afterlife, vikings…

Mythology is “a popular belief or assumption that has grown up around someone or something” according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (“Mythology”). Myths are passed down from generation to generation and hold a great deal of significance for believers by giving meaning to the things that happen in life. Two groups that have deep roots in their own mythology are the Greeks and the Nordics. Both sets of mythologies share a lot of similarities in the types of gods they contain. King of the gods,…

In Germanic mythology, Odin (from Old Norse Óðinn) is a widely attested god. In Norse mythology, whence most surviving information about the god stems, Odin is associated with healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, battle, sorcery, poetry, frenzy, and the runic alphabet, and is the husband of the goddess Frigg. In wider Germanic mythology and paganism, Odin was known in Old English as Wōden, in Old Saxon as Wōden, and in Old High German as Wuotan or Wodan, all stemming from the…

As Thor: Ragnarok has about a year left until its official premiere in theaters, many are wondering about its plot. It is a good thing the Doctor Strange end credits scene features the story line of the upcoming Chris Hemsworth movie. However, there is still confusion about the involvement of Stephen Strange. A theory surrounding Doctor Strange’s involvement in Thor: Ragnarok requires the former neurosurgeon’s knack for healing. In the Marvel comics literature, Thor’s severe injuries in a…

Do you know who the Vikings were? If your thinking of a bearded man wearing a horned helmet and rusty battle axe, then your wrong. The Vikings were a much more complex society then you may have thought; they had their own religion, were excellent farmers, and a single man could build an entire ship in just a couple weeks. But if you were a Viking, you had to be ready for anything. In the norse religion, there are many gods, but the most powerful was Odin (all father). Odin is the king of all…

Thor just talked to me for like 30 minutes about jesus. i hate easter time because thing happens like every few hours. anyways, i thought id write you something cute to wake up to. So today was scary for you, you had to go to church with my cult loving family. While we were there i got to thinking how crazy devoted you are to me, how you’ll sit through this crazed crowd just because its important to my family, not me specifically, but my family. You are the best thing to happen to me. I say that…

Both Odysseus and Telemachus play extremely pivotal and important roles in Homer’s The Odyssey. The phrase “like father like son” can easily describe the similarities between Odysseus and Telemachus’s characters. However, no human beings are exactly alike as both characters also share a great number of differences. So although Odysseus and Telemachus are both similar in the way that they’re great heroic warriors, they differ in craftiness and arrogance which reflect Ancient Greek values.…

in a constant state of war. However, there are a few cases where the two groups did not outright attack each other. According to Snorri in Gylfaginning (pages 37-47), Thor does not outright kill Útgarda-Loki and even travel together and share provisions. Even after it is revealed that Útgarda-Loki has tricked Thor, they do not outright kill each other. After their encounter, Thor goes fishing for the Midgard Serpent. He goes fishing with the giant Hymir, and without his help Thor would not have…

destruction of the world. Although the gods are knowledgeable about this impending doom, they resist tampering with events that would alter this fate. For instance, at one point in the Deluding of Gylfi the gods resolve to deal with Fenrir, a son of Loki who appears as a monstrous wolf. Although Fenrir is prophesied to swallow Odin during Ragnarok, the gods refuse to kill the wolf in advance and instead bind him with the magical fetter Gleipnir (Deluding of Gylfi 57-69). In this instance, even…