The Poetic Edda on Loki
The > Volume I > Introductory Note
attestation: The stanza describes binding or imprisonment involving Loki.
"35. One did I see | in the wet woods bound, A lover of ill, | and to Loki like; By his side does Sigyn | sit, nor is glad To see her mate: | would you know yet more?"
attestation: Loki is characterized by gladness in the verse.
"35. One did I see | in the wet woods bound, A lover of ill, | and to Loki like; By his side does Sigyn | sit, nor is glad To see her mate: | would you know yet more?"
attestation: Loki is associated with the location Hel.
"51. O'er the sea from the north | there sails a ship With the people of Hel, | at the helm stands Loki; After the wolf | do wild men follow, And with them the brother | of Byleist goes."
attestation: The stanza describes death or destruction involving Loki.
"38. Not long had they fared | ere one there lay Of Hlorrithi's goats | half-dead on the ground; In his leg the pole-horse | there was lame; The deed the evil | Loki had done."
attestation: The stanza describes travel or movement involving Loki.
"38. Not long had they fared | ere one there lay Of Hlorrithi's goats | half-dead on the ground; In his leg the pole-horse | there was lame; The deed the evil | Loki had done."
attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Loki.
"2. "Of their weapons they talk, | and their might in war, The sons of the glorious gods; From the gods and elves | who are gathered here No friend in words shalt thou find."
Loki spake:"
- attribution: Loki delivers a speech in the verse.
"2. "Of their weapons they talk, | and their might in war, The sons of the glorious gods; From the gods and elves | who are gathered here No friend in words shalt thou find."
Loki spake:"
- attribution: Loki delivers a speech in the verse.
"5. "Bethink thee, Eldir, | if thou and I Shall strive with spiteful speech; Richer I grow | in ready words If thou speakest too much to me."
Then Loki went into the hall, but when they who were there saw who had"
- attestation: Loki is characterized by power in the verse.
"8. "A place and a seat | will the gods prepare No more in their midst for thee; For the gods know well | what men they wish To find at their mighty feasts."
Loki spake:"
attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Loki.
"23. "Though I gave to him | who deserved not the gift, To the baser, the battle's prize; Winters eight | wast thou under the earth, Milking the cows as a maid, (Ay, and babes didst thou bear;"
attribution: Loki delivers a speech in the verse.
"23. "Though I gave to him | who deserved not the gift, To the baser, the battle's prize; Winters eight | wast thou under the earth, Milking the cows as a maid, (Ay, and babes didst thou bear;"
attestation: The stanza references wealth or gifts involving Loki.
"23. "Though I gave to him | who deserved not the gift, To the baser, the battle's prize; Winters eight | wast thou under the earth, Milking the cows as a maid, (Ay, and babes didst thou bear;"
attestation: The stanza references rulership or authority involving Loki.
"23. "Though I gave to him | who deserved not the gift, To the baser, the battle's prize; Winters eight | wast thou under the earth, Milking the cows as a maid, (Ay, and babes didst thou bear;"
attestation: Loki is characterized by ferocity in the verse.
"27. "If a son like Baldr | were by me now, Here within Ægir's hall, From the sons of the gods | thou shouldst go not forth Till thy fierceness in fight were tried."
Loki spake:"
- attestation: The stanza describes an act of creation involving Loki.
"29. "Mad art thou, Loki, | that known thou makest The wrong and shame thou hast wrought; The fate of all | does Frigg know well, Though herself she says it not."
Loki spake:"
- attribution: Loki delivers a speech in the verse.
"39. "My hand do I lack, | but Hrothvitnir thou, And the loss brings longing to both; Ill fares the wolf | who shall ever await In fetters the fall of the gods."
Loki spake:"
- attestation: The stanza describes binding or imprisonment involving Loki.
"41. "By the mouth of the river | the wolf remains Till the gods to destruction go; Thou too shalt soon, | if thy tongue is not stilled, Be fettered, thou forger of ill."
Loki spake:"
- attestation: Loki is characterized by age in the verse.
"53. "Hail to thee, Loki, | and take thou here The crystal cup of old mead; For me at least, | alone of the gods, Blameless thou knowest to be."
He took the horn, and drank therefrom:"
- attestation: The stanza references wealth or gifts involving Loki.
"55. "The mountains shake, | and surely I think From his home comes Hlorrithi now; He will silence the man | who is slandering here Together both gods and men."
Loki spake:"
- attribution: Loki delivers a speech in the verse.
"57. "Unmanly one, cease, | or the mighty hammer, Mjollnir, shall close thy mouth; Thy shoulder-cliff | shall I cleave from thy neck, And so shall thy life be lost."
Loki spake:"
- attestation: Loki is associated with the object Mjollnir.
"57. "Unmanly one, cease, | or the mighty hammer, Mjollnir, shall close thy mouth; Thy shoulder-cliff | shall I cleave from thy neck, And so shall thy life be lost."
Loki spake:"
- relationship: The stanza references a wife of Loki.
"65. "Ale hast thou brewed, | but, Ægir, now Such feasts shalt thou make no more; O'er all that thou hast | which is here within Shall play the flickering flames, (And thy back shall be burnt with fire.)"
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attribution: he delivers a counsel in the verse.
"2. Hear now the speech | that first he spake: "Harken, Loki, | and heed my words, Nowhere on earth | is it known to man, Nor in heaven above: | our hammer is stolen.""
attestation: The stanza references wealth or gifts involving he.
"4. "Thine should it be | though of silver bright, And I would give it | though 'twere of gold." Then Loki flew, | and the feather-dress whirred, Till he left behind him | the home of the gods,"
attribution: Loki delivers a speech in the verse.
"6. "How fare the gods, | how fare the elves? Why comst thou alone | to the giants' land?"
Loki spake:
"Ill fare the gods, | ill fare the elves!
Hast thou hidden | Hlorrithi's hammer?"
Thrym spake:"
The > Volume I > Notes
attestation: Loki was adopted by Othin and probably represents the blending of two originally distinct figures, one being an old fire-god
"He was adopted by Othin, who subsequently had good reason to regret it. Loki probably represents the blending of two originally distinct figures, one of them an old fire-god"
attestation: Loki advised the bargain with the giant builder and was then forced to delay the work by a trick so the giant would not finish in time
"The gods, terrified by the rapid progress of the work, forced Loki, who had advised the bargain, to delay the giant by a trick"
attestation: Loki brought the mistletoe to Baldr's blind brother Hoth and guided his hand to hurl it, slaying Baldr
"Loki, the trouble-maker, brought the mistletoe to Baldr's blind brother, Hoth, and guided his hand in hurling the twig. Baldr was slain"
attestation: After Baldr's murder, the gods bound Loki to a rock with the bowels of his son Narfi, who had been torn apart by Loki's other son Vali
"After the murder of Baldr, the gods took Loki and bound him to a rock with the bowels of his son Narfi, who had just been torn to pieces by Loki's other son, Vali."
attestation: A serpent was fastened above bound Loki's head, and his wife Sigyn catches the venom in a basin; when she empties it, venom falls on Loki causing the earth to shake
"A serpent was fastened above Loki's head, and the venom fell upon his face. Loki's wife, Sigyn, sat by him with a basin to catch the venom, but whenever the basin was full, and she went away to empty it, then the venom fell on Loki again, till the earth shook with his struggles."
attestation: Loki turned into a mare to lure away the stallion Svathilfari and prevent a giant from finishing his fortress for the gods within the stipulated time.
"To delay the work, Loki turned himself into a mare, whereupon the stallion ran away, and the giant failed to complete his task within the stipulated time."
attestation: Loki rescued Ithun by flying to Jotunheim in Freyja's hawk-dress, turning Ithun into a nut, and flying back while the gods burned Thjazi's eagle wings.
"Loki, through whose fault she had been betrayed, was sent after her by the gods. He went in Freyja's "hawk's-dress" (cf. Thrymskvitha, 3), turned Ithun into a nut, and flew back with her. Thjazi, in the shape of an eagle, gave chase. But the gods kindled a fire which burnt the eagle's wings, and then they killed him."
attestation: Loki is described as the mischief-making fire-god
"Loki: the mischief-making fire-god"
attestation: Lopt is another name for Loki, as is Lothur
"Lopt: like Lothur (cf. Voluspo, 18) another name for Loki"
attestation: Loki was the son of the giant Farbauti and the giantess Laufey, making him not of the divine race but adopted by Odin
"Loki was the son of the giant Farbauti and the giantess Laufey, and hence was not of the race of the gods, but had been virtually adopted by Othin"
attestation: Loki spent eight years underground as a cow-milker, and on one occasion bore offspring after turning into a mare
"There is no other reference to Loki's having spent eight years underground, or to his cow-milking. On one occasion, however, he did bear offspring"
attestation: Loki transformed into a mare and gave birth to Odin's eight-legged horse Sleipnir after distracting the stallion Svathilfari
"Loki turned himself into a mare, and so effectually distracted Svathilfari from his task that shortly afterwards Loki gave birth to Othin's eight-legged horse, Sleipnir"
attestation: The gods bound Loki with the bowels of his son Vali, and changed his other son Narfi into a wolf
"the gods bound Loki with the bowels of his son Vali, and changed his other son, Narfi, into a wolf"
attestation: Loki's father was the giant Farbauti and his mother was Laufey, sometimes called Nal
"His father was the giant Farbauti, his mother Laufey, sometimes called Nal"
attestation: Loki's taunt that Thor hid in the thumb of Skrymir's glove is a recurring insult
"Loki's taunt that Thor hid in the thumb of Skrymir's glove is similar to that of Othin, Harbarthsljoth, 26"
attestation: The story of Loki's binding was the consequence of his part in the slaying of Baldr
"Snorri tells the same story, with minor differences, but makes it the consequence of Loki's part in the slaying of Baldr, which undoubtedly represents the correct tradition"
attestation: Loki ate a cooked woman's heart and gave birth to a monster, according to a myth mentioned in the short Voluspo
"Nothing further is known of the myth here referred to, wherein Loki (Lopt) eats the cooked heart of a woman and thus himself gives birth to a monster"
attestation: Loki built Mengloth's hall with the aid of nine dwarfs including Dori, Ori, Delling, and others from the Voluspo catalogue
"Loki, the one god named, was the builder of the hall, with the aid of the nine dwarfs. Jari, Dori, and Ori appear in the Voluspo catalogue of the dwarfs"
The > Volume I > Fragment Of "The Short Voluspo"
- attestation: The stanza contains a narrative element involving Loki.
"43. A heart ate Loki,— | in the embers it lay, And half-cooked found he | the woman's heart;— With child from the woman | Lopt soon was, And thence among men | came the monsters all."
The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Introductory Note
- attribution: Loki delivers a speech in the verse.
"2. "Andvari am I, | and Oin my father, In many a fall have I fared; An evil Norn | in olden days Doomed me in waters to dwell."
Loki spake:"
- attribution: Loki delivers a speech in the verse.
"7. "Gifts ye gave, | but ye gave not kindly, Gave not with hearts that were whole; Your lives ere this | should ye all have lost, If sooner this fate I had seen."
Loki spake:"
- attestation: The stanza references wealth or gifts involving Loki.
"7. "Gifts ye gave, | but ye gave not kindly, Gave not with hearts that were whole; Your lives ere this | should ye all have lost, If sooner this fate I had seen."
Loki spake:"
The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Pronouncing Index
- attestation: Loki is a god in Norse mythology
"Lok′-i, a god"