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  2. Loki - Wikipedia

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    For this, Odin's specially engendered son Váli binds Loki with the entrails of one of his sons, where he writhes in pain. In the Prose Edda, this son, Nari or Narfi, is killed by another of Loki's sons, who is also called Váli. The goddess Skaði is responsible for placing a serpent above him while he is bound.

  3. Sons of Odin - Wikipedia

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    He is called "son" of Odin in most manuscripts, but in the Codex Regius version—the Codex Regius is normally considered the best manuscript—Hermóðr is called sveinn Óðins, 'Odin's boy', which might mean Odin's son but in the context is as likely to mean Odin's servant. However, when Hermóðr arrives in Hel's hall, he calls Baldr his ...

  4. Váli - Wikipedia

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    Similarly where each of these documents ascribe Váli the role of Loki's son we see only in the postscript or translation notes that this transformation was a punishment when in fact the gift of wolf's strength and rage is well attested as being granted by Odin to warriors known as ulfhednar, which would make his son Váli a Berserker and a ...

  5. Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe) - Wikipedia

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    Odin used magic to change Loki to look like an Asgardian and raised him as a son alongside Odin's biological son, Thor. During his upbringing, Odin's wife Frigga taught Loki how to use his magic. He used these powers throughout his life, constantly tricking his adoptive brother Thor, as well as pulling a heist on Earth under the alias D. B ...

  6. Family trees of the Norse gods - Wikipedia

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    Some sources, such as the prologue to the Prose Edda suggest that Thor was viewed by some as the father of Odin, and it has been argued that Thor was known in Northern Europe prior to the arrival of the cult of Odin, and thus would not have been originally viewed there as his son. [58] It has been argued that Odin began to increasingly ...

  7. Lokasenna - Wikipedia

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    Odin asked his son Vidar to make a space for Loki. Vidar rises and pours a drink for Loki. Before Loki drains his draught, he utters a toast to the gods but pointedly excludes Bragi from it. Bragi offers Loki a horse, a ring and a sword to placate him; Loki, however, is spoiling for a fight, and insults Bragi by questioning his courage.

  8. Höðr - Wikipedia

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    Loki tricks Höðr into shooting Baldr. Höðr (Old Norse: Hǫðr ⓘ, Latin Hotherus; [1] often anglicized as Hod, Hoder, or Hodur) [a] is a god in Norse mythology.The blind son of Odin, he is tricked and guided by Loki into shooting a mistletoe arrow which was to slay the otherwise invulnerable Baldr.

  9. Sleipnir - Wikipedia

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    Sleipnir is depicted with Odin on Dagfin Werenskiold's wooden relief Odin på Sleipnir (1945–1950) on the exterior of the Oslo City Hall in Oslo, Norway. [28] Sleipnir has been and remains a popular name for ships in northern Europe, and Rudyard Kipling's short story entitled Sleipner, late Thurinda (1888) features a horse named Sleipner.