Loki
Profile
The most important thing to know about Loki is that he's a trickster god. A trickster is someone who generally specializes in making trouble for no other reason than his own amusement. That sounds like Loki, all right. He's a total mischief-maker. The humans of Middle-Earth call Loki the fire god. When you think of it, this title seems fitting. Like fire, Loki can be useful. Let fire get out of control, though, and you're in for trouble and destruction – maybe even the end of the world as you know it.
Basic Information
Name Loki
Nickname Trickster, Lokimotion, Loptr, Loke, Sly One, Sky Traveler
Sex (mostly) male
Current city Asgard
Work & Education
Occupation God of Fire
God of Trouble (not really)
Proud father of six adorable childrenFamily & Friends (& Enemies)
Parents Giant Farbauti and Giantess Laufey
Siblings My sworn blood-brother (but not biological brother) Odin
Children With Sigyn: Vali and Narvi
With Angrboda: Hel, Fenrir-Wolf, and Jormungand the Midgard Serpent
With the stallion Svadilfari: Sleipnir the eight-legged horseFriends Enemies All of the Aesir gods, but especially Heimdall, whom I kill at the end of time
Relationships
Relationship status Married to Sigyn, an Aesir goddess
Married to Angrboda, a giantess
It's complicated with the stallion SvadilfariInterested in Goddesses
Giants
HorsesFavorites
Quotations "Let them call it mischief. When it is past and prospered 'twill be virtue."
– Ben Jonson
"The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year."
– Voltaire
"For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies."
– Laurence Sterne
"Some say the world will end in fire."
– Robert Frost
"I solemnly swear I'm up to no good."
– Harry Potter
"I can go from zero to hero in the bat of an eyelash."
– LokiBooks 101 Easy-To-Do Magic Tricks by Bill Tarr
Othello by Shakespeare
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (especially the character Puck)
The Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
The Harry Potter series (especially Fred and George Weasley)Music The Flight of the Concords
Free Fallin' by Tom Petty
Everyday People by Sly and the Family Stone
Tenacious D
Thriller by Michael JacksonMovies Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Home Alone
I Love Lucy: The Complete Series
Anything with Jack Black
The Big Lebowski
Bridesmaids
The IllusionistActivities & Interests
Likes Fire
My faithful wife, Sigyn
Fleeing the cops
Breaking the law
Saving the dayGroups Tricksters
Aesir gods
Giants
Asgard's Most Wanted (and not in a good way)Spotter's Guide
Loki is hard to spot because he's a shape-shifter, and a tricky one at that. On Middle-Earth, he's sometimes thought of as a fire god, maybe because of his red hair and his flickering, shape-shifting nature. If you do spot him, watch out – he always has a trick up his sleeve.
Physical Description
Sex: Male (usually)
Age: Often young, but not always
Build: Fit
Complexion: Pale
Hair color: Usually red
Facial hair: Sometimes he has a full beard, sometimes he's clean-shaven
Scars/marks/tattoos: A few scars where his lips were once sewn shut. Ouch.
Jewelry and accessories: Stolen objects
Clothing: His dress style changes, and he occasionally dresses in drag
Armor: None
Type of weapon: His clever brainTypical Companions
- Thor
- His monstrous children
- The horse Svaldifari
Other Notes
Known hangouts: He could be anywhere. Like, right behind you.
Known disguises: Loki, a registered shape-shifter, has been seen in the form of a mare, dressed as a bridesmaid, and in many other disguises.
Escape vehicle: Loki has been known to borrow Freyja's magical feather dress as a form of transportation.
Sightings
Dec 20, 2019
Marvel Comics
Dec 20, 1989 - Dec 20, 1996
The Sandman
Neil Gaiman's graphic novel series The Sandman has several Norse mythology-inspired characters, including the trickster Loki.
Dec 20, 1994
The Mask
In the movie The Mask, Jim Carrey's character gets into all sorts of trouble when he puts on a mask of Loki's face.
Dec 20, 2019
American Gods
Neil Gaiman didn't leave Loki alone after The Sandman. In 2001 he wrote the novel American Gods, which includes Loki (under the name Low-Key Lyesmith) as a character.
Dec 20, 2019
LOKI: Heroes of Mythology
LOKI is a PC video game that gamespot.com calls "a solid rip-off" of Diablo II.
Dec 20, 2019
Loki God of Fire
Heavy metal band Manowar released a song about the trickster god called "Loki God of Fire." The lyrics actually sum him up kind of well.
Dec 20, 2019
Too Human
In Too Human, an Xbox 360 game, you get to play Balder (called Baldur) and fight against Loki and his army of machines.
Dec 20, 2019
Thor
The movie Thor is based on the Marvel comic books, and you know what that means: Loki is a total villain.
Dec 20, 2019
Thor and Loki: Blood Brothers
This animated motion comic from Marvel seems to have a less black-and-white take on Loki: "But just why does Loki hate his brother Thor? And could it be that this master of mischief isn’t really the villain he’s been branded? Loki's insatiable lust for power and his feud with Thor take on new meaning in this resonant epic."