Deity Æsir
Loki
Norse god of mischief, trickery, and deception
Deception
Mischief
Domains on record
Family
The family of Loki
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 13
Kinship in an account 13
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (child) Fárbauti Norse mythical character; giant
- child of (child) Laufey Norse mythical character; goddess
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parent of (father) Fenrir monstrous wolf in Norse mythology -
parent of (father) Hel goddess of the underworld in Norse mythology -
parent of (father) Jörmungandr World Serpent in Norse mythology - parent of (child) Nari son of Loki in Norse mythology
- parent of (child) Sleipnir Odin's eight-legged horse
- parent of (father) Váli figure in Norse mythology, son of Loki
- partner of Angrboða Norse mythical character; giantess
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partner of (spouse) Sigyn mythical wife of Loki - sibling of Býleistr Norse mythical character
- sibling of Helblindi Norse mythical character
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sibling of Odin widely attested deity in Norse mythology
Accounts
Where Loki appears
Each work is its own account. Where two disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand.
What this means
Works this figure is recorded as appearing in. Each is an account, not a chapter of one story: where two of them disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand and this site keeps the disagreement. The earliest account below is computed from these works, not stated by any source — a fact about which texts this collection holds and when they were written, not a date for the figure, who has none, and not a floor for the tradition, which is older than anything that survives of it.
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Written c. 1270 CEEdda
pair of medieval Icelandic literary sources -
No date recordedLokasenna
Old Norse poem from the Poetic Edda -
Written c. 13th century CEÞrymskviða
poem -
No date recordedHyndluljóð
Old Norse poem often considered part of the Poetic Edda - Written 14th century CE
Sörla þáttr
14th-century Norse work
The earliest account held here Computed
Þrymskviða written c. 13th century CE
A date for the text, never for the deity.Connections
How Loki connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 2
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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Identification 2
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Attribute 2
What this means
A domain, symbol or epithet as sources record it.
Does not imply an exclusive domain · the same association in every account
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
24 statements on this record
- 17 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 6 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
- 1 Hedged in the source The source said circa, allegedly or presumably. This does not turn that into a date.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
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- Pictures
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Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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