![]() Odin, now, had to deal with each of the children. In fact, the gods suspected that Angrboða and the other giants had made it intentionally easy to bring the children back. The gods encountered some troubles getting to Jotunheim but once they arrived at the hall of Angrboða they didn’t have much trouble finding Jörmungandr, Hel and Fenrir and bringing them back to Asgard. Odin sent Thor and Tyr to go to Jotunheim and to bring back the children of Loki. Odin was anxious about these children and had visions that they would be involved in the final battle at Ragnarok and that they might lead to the demise of the Aesir gods. Odin said that he had seen Loki sneaking away to the land of the giants, Jotunheim, and that he knew he had three children with the giant Angrboða. Jörmungandr, Hel and FenrirĪs the marriage of Loki and Sigyn began to get worse and worse, Odin demanded to speak with Loki. Odin would ride Sleipnir into battle and take him on many adventures. ![]() The horse was said to be the strongest and fastest in all the world and could outrun the wind. Loki does eventually return with a smaller horse called Sleipnir. Without the help of his horse, the stranger fails to complete the wall and the gods are able to keep the sun, the moon and Freya. Loki and Svadilfari actually don’t return for almost a year. He gets the attention of Svadilfari and lures him into the forest away from his master. That evening, when the stranger is gathering the his tools to head into the mountains to quarry the last batch of stone, Loki transforms into a female horse. The quick thinking Loki suggest to the gods that he can thwart the stranger in his attempt to build the wall. The gods call a meeting and they display great anger towards Loki for persuading them to agree to the offer. As the winter comes to an end and the deadline approaches it looks likely that the stranger will complete the task on time. To the surprise of the gods the stranger is an incredibly fast and able worker, using his horse Svadilfari to carry a lot of the stones and help greatly in the construction of the wall. The gods agree to the offer, with some persuasion from Loki, believing that the stranger has no chance of completing the task. He is granted an audience with the Aesir gods and offers to build a wall in one season around Asgard in exchange for the sun, the moon and the hand of the goddess Freya in marriage. Svadilfari is the work horse of a stone giant who works for the Aesir gods.Ī stranger visits Asgard one day with an offer. Sleipnir is an 8 legged horse which is born from the union of Loki in horse form with a horse called Svadilfari. While he is bound his wife Sigyn watches over her husband and remains loyal. The gods then use the entrails of Narfi to bind Loki. Kvasir transforms Vali into a wolf and forces him to murder his brother Narfi. When he is captured he is taken to a cave by Thor and Kvasir where they find Sigyn, Narfi and Vali waiting for them. Towards the end of the Norse myths, Loki is hunted by his fellow gods. ![]() Loki spends more and more time outside of Asgard and Sigyn becomes increasingly despondent at the whole relationship. By all accounts they had a good early marriage and together they gave birth to the sons Narfi and Vali.Īs time goes by, the marriage begins to sour. When he was there he took as a wife the Vanir goddess Sigyn. Loki lived amongst the Aesir and Vanir gods. We should look at each of the characters in some more details and dive into the myths surrounding them. The children of Loki are very interesting characters in the Norse myths. ![]() And Loki and the giant Angrboða give birth to the a serpent Jörmungandr who lives in the waters surrounding Midgard, the goddess of the underworld Hel, and a monsterous wolf Fenrir who kills Odin at Ragnarok. Loki in union with the horse Svadilfari gives birth to an 8 legged horse called Sleipnir which is later given as a gift to Odin. Loki and his wife the Vanir goddess Sigyn give birth to two sons Narfi and Vali. Loki has a number of children with different gods or creatures. Some of those children are incredibly important in the fate of the Aesir gods. Loki had a few different children with different partners. Which brings us to the topic of Loki’s children. In fact, in the final battle of Ragnarok, much of the chaos and destruction is a consequence of the actions of Loki. In the myths it isn’t clear if he is on the side of the Aesir gods, working with the giants or rather just interested in himself. Other than maybe Odin or Thor, he appears in so many of the different stories. Loki is one of the most important characters in Norse mythology. ![]()
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