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You forgot the bit that Loki's wife catches most of the venom in a bowl before it reaches Loki, but when it fills up and she has to dump it out, that is when it pours straight into his eyes.
Freya: "Loki, why?! What was the point?! What was the point for killing Baldur?!" Loki, getting strangled with his intestines: "It was... urk... the stem of a mistletoe, you see." Intestines tighten "Okay, for real! For real! I... couldn't stand the way he walked." Freya: "... what?" Loki : "I didn't... I didn't like Baldur's gait" Freya: "... I'm getting the snake too."
While Loki did cause a LOT of issues in the Norse myths the other gods including Odin and Thor often asked him to solve impossible problems for them that he did NOT cause. And when he inevitably came up with some underhanded solution to fix things the gods never thanked him. Loki was that one supersmart friend who knew everything and loved to remind you how smart he was, but who was also the person you called when your computer stopped running.
@@agentwashingtub9167 he did he gave a murderous weapon to a blind man and guided him to kill balder thats murder try to say other wise in an actual court
@@GrueTurtle he is the one who specifically looked for and found the item that could kill balder then made it into a weapon and used a blind man to kill him thats murder theirs no disputing this
"We lie and we cheat, we cut the throat of every person who trusts us, and for what? Power. Glorious power. Glorious purpose! We cannot change. We're broken, every version of us. Forever." -- Classic Loki
From what I heard, he did not insult Odin for cross-dressing (Loki and Thor did it at one point as well) but rather for using the seidr magic, which was meant to be used only by women.
And he cross-dressed for the purpose of learning it, which would be what led to the paraphrasing being so weird. Especially since seidhkona were not witches.
The murder of Baldr and Loki's relationship to Odinn are extremely intricate. It's theorised that Loki was actually an avatar or aspect of Odinn by many and that he carried out the things Odinn couldn't be seen to be doing. Loki is believed to have been a sort of 'scapegoat' god to take the blame for when things went south. You'll also notice Odinn is the only god he doesn't attempt to roast. In the case of Baldr's murder this meant clearing the way for Odinn to reign until the end of time. In fact the entire tale of Baldr's death is an apologetic for one senior warrior having dictatorial control of society. The whole 'everyone must agree not to kill Baldr' and then 'everyone must weep for Baldr' elements are supposed to demonstrate the impossibility of group consensus and Baldr being killed by such a trivial thing by his blind brother demonstrates their unworthiness to succeed their father. Odinn had his own son assassinated by proxy and it's not the only time he murdered by proxy. Hodr died the exact same way as did king Vikar.
No he very much roasts Odin in the tale. He specifically calls him unmanly (sweet irony) for dressing as a woman and doing women's magic. As for Baldr's death, there are other (slightly older) versions of it where Loki isn't even involved at all, so I wouldn't read too much into that.
Now I’m just imagining Odin making Loki like when Flynn made Clu in Tron Legacy, telling Loki he will solve the gods problems and keep Odins hands clean
If anyone wants to read the story themselves, it's called "Lokasenna." From the manuscripts, it's possible that this poem was written to be performed, as there are notations in the margins about who is speaking. How amazing would this be as a short play?
@@kathyhavelka7612 Great Northern War. After his defeat at Poltava, the King of Sweden fled to the Ottoman Empire, ultimately overstaying his welcome there.
Apparently his overstay had one good, unexpected result. The cooks learned how to make meatballs and even improved upon them. They are now a part of the experience at IKEA, that Kingdom's biggest brand. Sure annoyed the Turks though.
The bond of blood is not the only one that binds a Family. Adoption. Extremely close friends who would do almost anything for each other. These are but two examples of family's not bound by blood. You don't even need to be of the same species, as proven by cats and dogs.
"Blood brother" (brother made by blood-oath) was supposed to be closer than your actual brother. If you die, your blood brother is the one who raises your children and takes care of your wife. Loki was definitely family to Odin.
in fairness, some versions have him confessing, accidentally or on purpose, to orchestrating the death of baldur and sabotaging the effort to get him back.
The Lokesenna this depicts is the culmination of a long series of incidents where Loki took things way too far. When you read it, each of the Gods and Goddesses he mocked were making an effort to make peace. He had his chances to walk away in one piece, he chose poorly.
I like to imagine that later, back at the party, everyones enjoying themselves, and some random god speaks up and says about how maybe they went al little far regarding Loki, and Odin responds: Naaaahhhh.
I mean gods are killing each other all the time. Give it a few months and everyone will forget, but ruining the party? Nah, this is worthy of divine punishment.
He did them a favor. Baldur was a bad thing waiting to happen. A god that no one can challenge? His fellow gods were a bunch of twits and were going to start offloading every inconvenience on him leading to Baldur Burnout and when he snaps, no one can defend themselves. Loki had the long vision.
@@ecurewitz No, it's time to grab popcorn, dive behind a set of blast shields, and watch. You will never see the like again whether you survive or not.
“Odin used to cross dress” “Frig slept with her husband’s brothers” “Freya, somehow, has slept with EVERYONE invited and her BROTHER” “Iurdur had inbred babies with his own sister” “Loki slept with Iurdur’s Wife” “Loki slept with Sif, Thor’s Wife” *I just realised the Norse Pantheon are a less decent than most people(including Loki)* 🤯🤦🏿😵
@@BaconOficial_Blox The hair cutting was something done to a cheating wife. So Loki doing it kinda implies it. Also, how would Loki had managed to fully shave Sif... Unless he did it as they were in the same bed and Sif was sleeping.
I think my love of Loki and other tricksters might explain why I keep getting into overly dramatic and slightly toxic friend groups who start trouble at bars and school club parties ...
Main reason to why Loke was imprisoned and given-a-lesson-through-pain for murder of Balder and Höðr. All the other reasons did not matter to them. Since Balder was loved by all in the nine worlds. Höðr was not so widely loved as Balder however was still Balders brother and Friggs son. Psst, Loki and Oðinn are blood brothers, which is fitting. For both of them are complex deities, that do both good and bad things. Making Loki the Chaotic Neutral and Oðinn the Lawful Neutral. Also Freja is a member of the Vaner tribe and incest was practiced by them while the asar tribe did not. In fact Njord marriage to his sister was annulled by Oden when Njord came to Asgard for that reason.
What I find most interesting about Loki is, you'll never find places of worship dedicated to him in all of germanic/Scandinavian landscape, yet he plays the role of bringing things in motion in almost every story... Most interesting theory I've heard was that the death of Baldr (the most beloved shiny Boi) was a conspiracy between Loki and Odin (for Odin being the wisest, most knowing god) to keep baldr safe during ragnarök so a new generation of Gods can start all over... Anyway, Loki gets the story started :D
I think they have found one ancient anvil with a face that has its lips sewn up. So maybe blacksmiths worshiped him the same way people worships gods of disease, misery etc. To avoid the wrath of that god. You don't want Loki to come and ruin your work, so you quietly give him some respect?
@@florians9949 Not really, there's one time where he had to save the Aesirs from problems he caused, when he was forced by a giant to kidnap Idunn and her imortallity apples, and then forced by the Aesirs to kill the giant and take back Idunn and her apples, and then forced to make the daughter of the giant laugh. Otherwise, he wasn't the one who told Thrymr to steal Mjolnir, but he was the one who knew how to get it back, and he wasn't the one who accepted that a shady worker build a wall and be paid with the sun, the moon and Freyja, but he was the one the Aesir forced to distract the giant so he couldn't finish in time. Until the death of Baldr, Loki is never really evil, he's mischievous and cunning, yes, and often get forced to do things he don't want to, both to the Aesirs and to the Giants, but he's not evil ^^'
"murder ... nope" Err, the gods were exessively gracious considering the story starts with Loki killing one of the host's servants for the heck of it. 😅 Also you seem to have left out Loki's wife at the end there. She sits by his side, gathering the poison in a bowl. Occasionally she has to empty it out tho, and that's when it drips in his eyes and he writhes, which causes earthquakes, because of where the entrails are tied down. 👀 Also slightly butchering Bragi's name there, but details. 🤭
I have to say, congrats to the E.H. crew for picking the absolute perfect story for this month. I hadn't heard this story about Loki before and given the way he was portrayed in this video, he couldn't be more emblematic of our state- and corporate-backed aristocracy.
I find it funny in Greek mythology and in Norse mythology there is a God who's not quite like the other gods and is bound to a stone meant to suffer. I referencing Prometheus
@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 not really he made things worse like any government zeus wanted a tax and when prometheus disrespected him he took fire from man as a punishment prometheus gives it back and zeus lets loose the sins so he left us off worse
Loki in this story kind of reminds me a bit Daffy Duck when he's paired with Bugs Bunny "That Despicable!", he can be a occasional villain where he can be portrayed as a selfish, mean, attention-stealing braggart, or as a greedy crook who covets fame and riches and who doesn't really care about honesty. I hope that loki's "punishment" doesn't apply to poor daffy too (Eh... What's Up Thor?)
IIRC in some versions of that myth the gods go that far ‘cause an inebriated Loki admits he was the one who not only caused Baldur to die, but also the one who refused to cry for him in order to bring him back to life.
It seems like Loky was the first most stupid criminal in the world, in modern times he would left his facebook open in Thor's computer... on purpose, I guess the moral is, when you a letting everything out, don't let your own sh out and if you are planning a heist, never fall in love with a cow.
Apart from the specific things that are wrong, saying "Ragnarök tore the world asunder" is incomplete and misleading. All the Gods, and likely humanity, dies. A lot of the planet is torn apart. But in the end, there are survivors. Survivors who restart the entire cycle of the mythos.
I must raise objections here. There are a number of very wild takes on this story. Loki's parents are not spoken about in clear terms and the hole giant thing is mostly marvel and not historical. In fact giant and gods are not that different so we should be careful spending so much time on this. And this entire feast scenario and the murder of Balder comes on a long row of slights against Loki and his family. The versions I have read shows a Loki that was not invited to this party in the first place that just crashes it and unleashes a row of alligations and truth bombs against his former allies and gets thrown out. He is later hunted down and gets the punishment from this story. So this video is a bit of a let down. The real story is about friendships, family and fear of prophesies. That would have been way more interesting as a story this this version ended up as and been way more faithful to the source material!
From what little I know, Loki's father is consistently named the giant Farbauti. His mother varies, but his father was always Farbauti. Which from what I understand is some kind of allegory for lightning strikes creating fire. i.e. Farbauti (lightning) strikes Laufey (leaves) and creates wildfire.
Loki's father *was* a giant. But the world "giant" doesn't mean a big person in this context. "Giants" were simply diffrent godlike beings, like Aesir and Vanir, except that most giant's seem to be shapeshifters of some sort.
“His family did that to him” I’m not an expert myself but if I’m not mistaken in the sagas Loki is only ever referred to as a blood brother to Odin (and Thor?) but he was never really accepted as a full Aesir was he?
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Why does Odin have two eyes in this? Isn’t being one-eyed one of his whole things?
Loki, the primary example of someone who just can't keep it to himself
LOL so true!
@@extrahistory Noooooooooooooooooooooooo, He dabbed
Narcissus was too, he was a "mr ME"
Paired with Odin who wants to know everything about everyone, they would be the ultimate gossip duo
@@extrahistory *Steam up* is the opposite of *calm down.*
You forgot the bit that Loki's wife catches most of the venom in a bowl before it reaches Loki, but when it fills up and she has to dump it out, that is when it pours straight into his eyes.
Sigyn's fate was the real tragedy.
Dont forget how these entrails were removed and that odin transmuted them into IRON once they were in place
And also that he was put there for killing baldur
Sigyn ❤
@@Hrafnskald that's what REALLY happens when you fall in love with a villain. He'll take you down with him.
Freya: "Loki, why?! What was the point?! What was the point for killing Baldur?!"
Loki, getting strangled with his intestines: "It was... urk... the stem of a mistletoe, you see."
Intestines tighten
"Okay, for real! For real! I... couldn't stand the way he walked."
Freya: "... what?"
Loki : "I didn't... I didn't like Baldur's gait"
Freya: "... I'm getting the snake too."
While Loki did cause a LOT of issues in the Norse myths the other gods including Odin and Thor often asked him to solve impossible problems for them that he did NOT cause. And when he inevitably came up with some underhanded solution to fix things the gods never thanked him. Loki was that one supersmart friend who knew everything and loved to remind you how smart he was, but who was also the person you called when your computer stopped running.
It's also worth remembering that this particularly murderous bent only comes after he ate the corrupt heart of a witch to gain power.
So basically me
"He was really annoying."
Also, he kinda murdered Baldr.
I was about to type that
No, he didn't. He's not the one who decided 'let's all shoot at Baldr!'
But he didn’t tho. Also, Baldr didn’t stay dead. He came back after Ragnorok
@@agentwashingtub9167 he did he gave a murderous weapon to a blind man and guided him to kill balder thats murder try to say other wise in an actual court
@@GrueTurtle he is the one who specifically looked for and found the item that could kill balder then made it into a weapon and used a blind man to kill him thats murder theirs no disputing this
"Sometimes his schemes would go wrong". Correction, Occasionally is schemes DON'T go wrong
*gasp* 'Consequences!? For MY actions!? Absolute fucking blasphemy!!'
He’d think maybe these schemes aren’t such a great idea
"We lie and we cheat, we cut the throat of every person who trusts us, and for what? Power. Glorious power. Glorious purpose! We cannot change. We're broken, every version of us. Forever." -- Classic Loki
Someone receive a compliment.
Loki: "Your free trial of life just expired...".
From what I heard, he did not insult Odin for cross-dressing (Loki and Thor did it at one point as well) but rather for using the seidr magic, which was meant to be used only by women.
And he cross-dressed for the purpose of learning it, which would be what led to the paraphrasing being so weird. Especially since seidhkona were not witches.
The murder of Baldr and Loki's relationship to Odinn are extremely intricate. It's theorised that Loki was actually an avatar or aspect of Odinn by many and that he carried out the things Odinn couldn't be seen to be doing. Loki is believed to have been a sort of 'scapegoat' god to take the blame for when things went south. You'll also notice Odinn is the only god he doesn't attempt to roast. In the case of Baldr's murder this meant clearing the way for Odinn to reign until the end of time. In fact the entire tale of Baldr's death is an apologetic for one senior warrior having dictatorial control of society. The whole 'everyone must agree not to kill Baldr' and then 'everyone must weep for Baldr' elements are supposed to demonstrate the impossibility of group consensus and Baldr being killed by such a trivial thing by his blind brother demonstrates their unworthiness to succeed their father. Odinn had his own son assassinated by proxy and it's not the only time he murdered by proxy. Hodr died the exact same way as did king Vikar.
No he very much roasts Odin in the tale. He specifically calls him unmanly (sweet irony) for dressing as a woman and doing women's magic.
As for Baldr's death, there are other (slightly older) versions of it where Loki isn't even involved at all, so I wouldn't read too much into that.
Now I’m just imagining Odin making Loki like when Flynn made Clu in Tron Legacy, telling Loki he will solve the gods problems and keep Odins hands clean
If anyone wants to read the story themselves, it's called "Lokasenna." From the manuscripts, it's possible that this poem was written to be performed, as there are notations in the margins about who is speaking.
How amazing would this be as a short play?
Charles XII has nothing on Loki when it comes to being a lousy guest.
Elaborate, I don’t remember that story about him
Yes, please.
@@kathyhavelka7612 bender...
@@kathyhavelka7612 Great Northern War. After his defeat at Poltava, the King of Sweden fled to the Ottoman Empire, ultimately overstaying his welcome there.
Apparently his overstay had one good, unexpected result.
The cooks learned how to make meatballs and even improved upon them. They are now a part of the experience at IKEA, that Kingdom's biggest brand.
Sure annoyed the Turks though.
I'm just thinking that Prometheus heard about Loki's punishment and counted himself very lucky not to face the same punishment
Now I’m picturing a place where figures from multiple mythologies go 🎶where everybody knows their naaaaaaaaame.🎶
"His family did that to him!" Thor: "He's adopted." But for real, he was Odin's blood brother, so not technically related
The mcu marvel was.
The mythological counterpart was different.
@@GinamosWithCherryOnTop The mythological version was blood brother. The MCU version was adopted.
The bond of blood is not the only one that binds a Family.
Adoption. Extremely close friends who would do almost anything for each other. These are but two examples of family's not bound by blood. You don't even need to be of the same species, as proven by cats and dogs.
@@HrafnskaldI thought he was Odin oath brother? Been awhile since I read up on Norse mythology though
"Blood brother" (brother made by blood-oath) was supposed to be closer than your actual brother. If you die, your blood brother is the one who raises your children and takes care of your wife. Loki was definitely family to Odin.
Matt: "Loki was punished for being annoying."
Loki: *Kills a Man*
Loki: "Couldn't stay away from my sparkling wit?"
Thor: "I'm about to sparkle your wits halfway across the ocean." - OSP Red
The idea that they would have forgave the murder if he wasn't such a dick is hilarious 😂
in fairness, some versions have him confessing, accidentally or on purpose, to orchestrating the death of baldur and sabotaging the effort to get him back.
ah never mind, he does it in this one too.
The Lokesenna this depicts is the culmination of a long series of incidents where Loki took things way too far. When you read it, each of the Gods and Goddesses he mocked were making an effort to make peace. He had his chances to walk away in one piece, he chose poorly.
"He was *really* annoying." Well, god of mischief has to protect his rep.
It’s kinda his brand
bruh, they PUNISHED him for being HIMSELF
Hey, ive got another one to add to my list:
Unfortunately, Zues was feeling thristy
Unfortunately, Loki was feeling prideful
I like to imagine that later, back at the party, everyones enjoying themselves, and some random god speaks up and says about how maybe they went al little far regarding Loki, and Odin responds: Naaaahhhh.
As far as I know, the cruel punishment Loki received was for the (orchestrated) murder of Baldur! And that makes perfect sense!
I could see it being both. I mean mythology is extremely messy with a hundred different “correct” reason for what happened
I mean gods are killing each other all the time. Give it a few months and everyone will forget, but ruining the party? Nah, this is worthy of divine punishment.
He also murdered a servant which to me personally isn’t cool
yes its cause baldurs death...by an arrow made by thorne hes only weaknes
He did them a favor. Baldur was a bad thing waiting to happen. A god that no one can challenge? His fellow gods were a bunch of twits and were going to start offloading every inconvenience on him leading to Baldur Burnout and when he snaps, no one can defend themselves. Loki had the long vision.
Loki is to Norse mythology as Zeus is to Greek mythology. Without them the myths would be considerably shorter
Moral of the story here--Parties and Trickster gods don't mix. Just ask Sun Wukong the Monkey King.
Also the whole "golden apple" debacle when the olympian pantheon tried to uninvite the literal goddess of making a scene at parties.
@@GaldirEonai Hail Eris, All Hail Discordia!
Eris, Loki and Coyote all show up at a party, you know it’s time to leave
@@ecurewitz No, it's time to grab popcorn, dive behind a set of blast shields, and watch. You will never see the like again whether you survive or not.
@@lysanamcmillan7972 Yeah. One way or another, that'll be a party for the history books.
“Odin used to cross dress”
“Frig slept with her husband’s brothers”
“Freya, somehow, has slept with EVERYONE invited and her BROTHER”
“Iurdur had inbred babies with his own sister”
“Loki slept with Iurdur’s Wife”
“Loki slept with Sif, Thor’s Wife”
*I just realised the Norse Pantheon are a less decent than most people(including Loki)* 🤯🤦🏿😵
Slept with Thor's wife where did you get that? The only thing he did was cut Thor's wife's hair
@@BaconOficial_Blox 6:40
@@BaconOficial_Blox The hair cutting was something done to a cheating wife. So Loki doing it kinda implies it. Also, how would Loki had managed to fully shave Sif... Unless he did it as they were in the same bed and Sif was sleeping.
You just now realized that?
I see Loki is that Plot Device character every tales needed
Loki, god of thrown shade and spilled tea
I think my love of Loki and other tricksters might explain why I keep getting into overly dramatic and slightly toxic friend groups who start trouble at bars and school club parties ...
Loki also learned the hard way never to bet against the Dwarves who forged the tools of the Aesir themselves. They sewed his mouth shut.
That party sounds like the most chaotic feast in a CK3 Norse playthrough.
Odin :- Okay maybe only this time . But I will let him get away with murder .
Frigg :- But he's annoying .
The Gods :- That can't be excused .
I swear Loki played a lot of ace attorney because he keeps telling secret evidences from gods and goddesses
As someone who has an annoying sibling I can confirm this is what we do to them
Main reason to why Loke was imprisoned and given-a-lesson-through-pain for murder of Balder and Höðr. All the other reasons did not matter to them. Since Balder was loved by all in the nine worlds. Höðr was not so widely loved as Balder however was still Balders brother and Friggs son.
Psst, Loki and Oðinn are blood brothers, which is fitting. For both of them are complex deities, that do both good and bad things. Making Loki the Chaotic Neutral and Oðinn the Lawful Neutral.
Also Freja is a member of the Vaner tribe and incest was practiced by them while the asar tribe did not. In fact Njord marriage to his sister was annulled by Oden when Njord came to Asgard for that reason.
NEVER tell a Loki to calm down
I always figured Loki killed Baldr as retaliation for his own monstrous kids treatment by the gods
I think the best way to sum up Norse mythology is with three words: Loki was bored.
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What I find most interesting about Loki is, you'll never find places of worship dedicated to him in all of germanic/Scandinavian landscape, yet he plays the role of bringing things in motion in almost every story... Most interesting theory I've heard was that the death of Baldr (the most beloved shiny Boi) was a conspiracy between Loki and Odin (for Odin being the wisest, most knowing god) to keep baldr safe during ragnarök so a new generation of Gods can start all over... Anyway, Loki gets the story started :D
I think they have found one ancient anvil with a face that has its lips sewn up. So maybe blacksmiths worshiped him the same way people worships gods of disease, misery etc. To avoid the wrath of that god. You don't want Loki to come and ruin your work, so you quietly give him some respect?
You know someone's a god when they have arms
To be faire Loki had put his family through so much shits that they were feed up with him by this point.
More like Odin put his family through stuff
He also saved their ass a few times XD
@@krankarvolund7771 A lot of times it was from his own mess so.
@@florians9949 Which often only happened because his family put near impossible task for him to solve.
@@florians9949 Not really, there's one time where he had to save the Aesirs from problems he caused, when he was forced by a giant to kidnap Idunn and her imortallity apples, and then forced by the Aesirs to kill the giant and take back Idunn and her apples, and then forced to make the daughter of the giant laugh.
Otherwise, he wasn't the one who told Thrymr to steal Mjolnir, but he was the one who knew how to get it back, and he wasn't the one who accepted that a shady worker build a wall and be paid with the sun, the moon and Freyja, but he was the one the Aesir forced to distract the giant so he couldn't finish in time.
Until the death of Baldr, Loki is never really evil, he's mischievous and cunning, yes, and often get forced to do things he don't want to, both to the Aesirs and to the Giants, but he's not evil ^^'
And the moral of the story is: Be faithful in marriage and be humble.
You'd think but most people don't see it.
I think it's pretty cool that The Gods in extra mythology have their limbs (arms and legs) than The Mortals who only have hands and feet!😂❤
*feet
Ragnarok hasn't happened yet. The gods and warriors of the Vikings are still waiting for it.
I mean this was probably a Christian addition but the 1 source we have talks about Ragnarök in the past.
This version of Loki is so cute I can't hate him no matter what evil he does
Wowzers! Love this work on the videos!
Loki has a great talent when it comes to doing funny trolling
I really enjoyed this video. You make great content.
I appreciate that! Thank you
"murder ... nope" Err, the gods were exessively gracious considering the story starts with Loki killing one of the host's servants for the heck of it. 😅
Also you seem to have left out Loki's wife at the end there. She sits by his side, gathering the poison in a bowl. Occasionally she has to empty it out tho, and that's when it drips in his eyes and he writhes, which causes earthquakes, because of where the entrails are tied down. 👀
Also slightly butchering Bragi's name there, but details. 🤭
*3:11* Odin: YOUS HOULD AT LEAST ASK IF YOU CAN KILL HIM AND THEN DO IT HAVE YOU NO MANNERS!!?!!
I can't stop rewatching this
Loki, always causing or landing into trouble.
I have to say, congrats to the E.H. crew for picking the absolute perfect story for this month. I hadn't heard this story about Loki before and given the way he was portrayed in this video, he couldn't be more emblematic of our state- and corporate-backed aristocracy.
I find it funny in Greek mythology and in Norse mythology there is a God who's not quite like the other gods and is bound to a stone meant to suffer. I referencing Prometheus
At least Prometheus did it all for the sake of Humanity, his own children, to survive...
@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 not really he made things worse like any government zeus wanted a tax and when prometheus disrespected him he took fire from man as a punishment prometheus gives it back and zeus lets loose the sins so he left us off worse
Loki in this story kind of reminds me a bit Daffy Duck when he's paired with Bugs Bunny "That Despicable!", he can be a occasional villain where he can be portrayed as a selfish, mean, attention-stealing braggart, or as a greedy crook who covets fame and riches and who doesn't really care about honesty.
I hope that loki's "punishment" doesn't apply to poor daffy too (Eh... What's Up Thor?)
Teutonic gods are the most dysfunctional family -- EVER.
I thought mine was bad.
Sheesh.
Does nobody else realize that this the first time the extra history art style had arms????
Usually they have stick arms 😅
Wonderful!!
Luv from Portugal!! 🇵🇹
See, this is what happens when Loki doesn't have Kratos keeping him in line like a good dad.
IIRC in some versions of that myth the gods go that far ‘cause an inebriated Loki admits he was the one who not only caused Baldur to die, but also the one who refused to cry for him in order to bring him back to life.
It seems like Loky was the first most stupid criminal in the world, in modern times he would left his facebook open in Thor's computer... on purpose, I guess the moral is, when you a letting everything out, don't let your own sh out and if you are planning a heist, never fall in love with a cow.
"I went in a little too overconfident. But of course I was a little overconfident! I mean, have you ever met me? I'm me! I'm a big deal!"
Loki was the original call of duty player 💀
Loki getting into shenanigans again
i wasnt expecting to see arms for once lol, it looks super weird but i kinda like it
Apart from the specific things that are wrong, saying "Ragnarök tore the world asunder" is incomplete and misleading. All the Gods, and likely humanity, dies. A lot of the planet is torn apart. But in the end, there are survivors. Survivors who restart the entire cycle of the mythos.
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Seems like Loki, with his ego problem, must have been raised in an abusive household.
Okay so Loki was a toxic narcissist. Now he'd not be kicked out of a party, he'd be elected to lead it!
You need to find difference between this two pictures
Loki
My cousin
Me: They are the same picture
loki messed around and found out
I think this episode is my favorite in the entire series.
Loki being very annoying is the best reason for him to be punished.
He’s so goofy he sillied his way to torture 😭😭 what a drama queen
Its funny, im from denmark, and ive never heard the story like this. The story of balders murder and this one are usually just cobbeled together
1:56 LOL THAT WAS PERFECT 😂😂😂
Why does Odin have two eyes?
Lmao I noticed too.
It's a sticker he puts over the empty socket. It unnerves people more.
@petertrudelljr7143 Now I'm imagining Odin with a googly eye instead of an eyepatch 😂
PANR has tuned in.
0:46
People in retail: Yeah that sounds like a good enough reason
Mischievous Ahh Loki just killing people for fun
8:00 when he said that line I thought him getting acidic venom on him while he said aw damnit.
When I saw the title of this video, I IMMEDIATELY knew which Norse Mythology story this one was gonna be!
He was really annoying... oh and confessed to the murder of Odin's favorite son.
I must raise objections here. There are a number of very wild takes on this story. Loki's parents are not spoken about in clear terms and the hole giant thing is mostly marvel and not historical.
In fact giant and gods are not that different so we should be careful spending so much time on this.
And this entire feast scenario and the murder of Balder comes on a long row of slights against Loki and his family.
The versions I have read shows a Loki that was not invited to this party in the first place that just crashes it and unleashes a row of alligations and truth bombs against his former allies and gets thrown out. He is later hunted down and gets the punishment from this story.
So this video is a bit of a let down.
The real story is about friendships, family and fear of prophesies.
That would have been way more interesting as a story this this version ended up as and been way more faithful to the source material!
From what little I know, Loki's father is consistently named the giant Farbauti. His mother varies, but his father was always Farbauti. Which from what I understand is some kind of allegory for lightning strikes creating fire. i.e. Farbauti (lightning) strikes Laufey (leaves) and creates wildfire.
Loki's father *was* a giant. But the world "giant" doesn't mean a big person in this context. "Giants" were simply diffrent godlike beings, like Aesir and Vanir, except that most giant's seem to be shapeshifters of some sort.
The reason why me a norse mythologist hates loki the most is that he killed baldur EVERYONE LIKED BALDUR FOR GOD SAKE
Funny lol , well crafted video !
The Freya part was the wasn't Loki per say, the other asiers had already screwed up that deal.
Thor was out of town
Yeah, my family sucks too I'm just glad they don't have godlike powers.
Please, you keep on uploading exactly when I open UA-cam, are you spying on me?!
Blighted pods to make evil copies of people could be great
Love him 🖤💚
This came out when I was watching other Extra Credits videos
At least Loki had his wife for support.
Rumors state you can still hear Loki endlessly repeat "...rent free..."
When I first read the title, I stared at it long and hard wondering what it had to do with RPG parties.
oh that loki what a kidder!
“His family did that to him” I’m not an expert myself but if I’m not mistaken in the sagas Loki is only ever referred to as a blood brother to Odin (and Thor?) but he was never really accepted as a full Aesir was he?
Loki is literally me I just can’t keep my mouth shut