![]() Meanwhile, Loki became pregnant after his interaction with the horse and soon gave birth to an eight-legged horse named Sleipnir, meaning “the sliding one” or “the slippery one”. The horse saw the beautiful Mare chased after Loki, causing the Jötnar to fail his side of the agreement. Seen as the Jötunn’s incredible horse was responsible for most of the heavy lifting, Loki went to the horse in the shape of a Mare-as Loki was a renowned shapeshifter. ![]() The agreement, which involved the Jötnar finishing the job very quickly in exchange for the hand of a goddess in marriage, was largely unacceptable for the gods, and they expected him to fail.Īfter seeing that he was likely going to complete it on time, they threatened violence upon Loki, and he knew he had to sabotage the Jötunn work in some way. Loki was the one to forge the agreement between them and the Jötnar. The story has already been mentioned in previous articles, but I’ll repeat it here for completion’s sake.ĭuring the fortification of Asgard, when the gods hired a Jötnar to construct walls around their realm. Of the situation with Loki’s children, Loki giving birth to Sleipnir, the horse, is among the strangest. Practically nothing else is known of these children. The brothers’ entrails were then used to bind Loki to some stones in a cave. One of these children was transformed by Odin into a wolf who proceeded to devour his brother. There’s some confusion on their names between Nari, Narfi or Vali, but at least one of them was the son of Loki’s wife, Sigyn. The two most normal of his children was only mentioned concerning the binding of Loki after the death of Balder. His children can also be technically considered Jötnar-what exactly that entails is debatable as most of his children are more monstrous or animalistic than Jötnar tend to be. Loki is at least half Jötunn thanks to his father and possibly a fully Jötunn if his mother was also one. While most of these children have been covered already in other articles, this article will consolidate all the info we have on the children of Loki. Part of what makes him so unique is the various children he had and their roles in the myths. Loki is easily one of the most unique and enigmatic characters within Norse mythology, as discussed in the previous article covering him.
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