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These are family trees of the Norse gods showing kin relations among gods and other beings in Nordic mythology. Each family tree gives an example of relations according to principally Eddic material however precise links vary between sources. In addition, some beings are identified by some sources and scholars.
Loki with a fishing net (per Reginsmál) as depicted on an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript (SÁM 66). Loki is a god in Norse mythology.He is the son of Fárbauti (a jötunn) and Laufey (a goddess), and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr.
Þjálfi and Röskva turn away in fear as Thor and Loki face the immense jötunn Skrymir in an illustration (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith.. In Norse mythology, Þjálfi (Old Norse: [ˈθjɑːlve]) and Röskva (O.N.: Rǫskva), also known as Thjalfi and Roskva, [1] are two siblings, a boy and a girl, respectively, who are servants of the god Thor.
Helblindi (Old Norse: [ˈhelˌblinde], 'Helblind') is a jötunn in Norse mythology. According to 13th-century poet Snorri Sturluson , he is the brother of Loki and Býleistr . [ 1 ]
Býleistr (Old Norse: [ˈbyːlˌɛistz̠]; also Byleist) is the brother of Loki in Norse mythology. [1] Name. The meaning of the Old Norse name Býleistr is uncertain ...
The extant sources for Norse mythology, particularly the Prose and Poetic Eddas, ... Parents: Loki, Angrboda Siblings: Jörmungandr, Fenrir Half-siblings: Narfi, ...
In Norse mythology, Narfi (Old Norse: ) is a son of Loki, referred to in a number of sources.According to the Gylfaginning section of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, he was also called Nari and was killed by his brother Váli, who was transformed into a wolf; in a prose passage at the end of the Eddic poem "Lokasenna", Narfi became a wolf and his brother Nari was killed.
In the Old Norse religion, Eitri (Old Norse: ; or Sindri) is a dwarf and the brother of Brokkr. [ 1 ] According to Skáldskaparmál , when Loki had Sif 's hair, Freyr 's ship Skidbladnir and Odin 's spear Gungnir fashioned by the Sons of Ivaldi , he bet his own head with Brokkr that Eitri would not have been able to make items that matched the ...