Character Analysis Of Loki

Thor, Odin, and Loki, all good marvel characters, but they didn’t originate in the minds of Stan Lee. In fact they originated nearly 1300 years earlier, in the Viking age. In that time Norse mythology was born in its entirety. The way it was shaped was an effect of the Viking way, and the Viking way was affected by their mythology. Norse mythology didn’t stay inclusive to their own gods because of their raids and trading they learned different religions. Norse mythology integrated another mythology into theirs. This in turn cause wars between those said gods, specific to this essay the Aesir-Vanir War. This affected how Vikings saw the use of Seidr and this event was directly related to them raiding and trading with other lands.

Introductions established, The Edda continues by exhibiting the questioning of Odin, chief of the Gods, by Gylfi, a traveling king (Snorri, 10). Gylfi asks about the race of Gods, to which Odin tells the story of his wife Frigg and their favorite son Balder. The purity of whom foreshadows his future significance. Balder, Odin responds, suffered from a series of foreboding dreams which prompts Frigg’s to take maternal action. She traveled the world, requiring an oath from every substance and material that they will not harm her son. Thus protected, Balder could bear the abuse of swords, sticks and fire without sustaining injury (Snorri, 65).

Our actions and interactions with others and society are what define us. Society’s perception of an individual may contrast with that individual’s perception of self. Our actions and interactions with others create certain stigmas which may not change despite progression and change an individual has undergone. But however at the end of the day we are our own creators and we chose who we interact with.

When comparing both Loki and Joker they do not seem to have the same motives in why they revel in our creation of chaos, however they both express the same desire to cause such chaos. “The Norse trickster god, Loki is undoubtedly the most debated figure from Norse mythology to this day. Though he appears to be a scheming, mischievous deity who has no real loyalties, scholars still explore what his purpose might have been in the ancient stories” (The Enigmatic Loki, Riley Winters 2014). Loki, the trickster god, had always used his antics to fool with the other gods, but over the years many of the Norse gods became angry with Loki for all the mischief he would keep inflicting upon them and as such the gods began to hate Loki. As time went on Loki began to grow increasingly evil with his constant berating of his fellow deities. He became angry with all the gods due to their mutual hate of him. Finally, after eons of constant hatred Loki arranged a scheme to murder the one of most loved and notable persons in Norse mythology Balder, son of

The legend of Thor is a bit different than what is portrayed in Marvel’s movie Thor. Thor was a very important god is from Norse mythology and was a thunder god while his wife was a fertility goddess. Odin, Thor’s father was the chief Viking god and legend says that Odin enjoyed disguising himself as a human and would seduce human women. In the Marvel movies, Odin is depicted as a completely different god and Thor is your average all brawns, quick tempered, hero myth. Norse mythology and Marvel’s rendition of Thor and the Norse gods are completely different and while prior to the course, I never would have known otherwise. I have always thought that I understood mythology prior to this course but it would seem that over the last 6 weeks, my understanding of mythology came from comic books and Marvel movies.

One of the most significant attributes of Loki is his connection to Ragnarök, or the end of the world according the Norse mythology. He triggers Ragnarök by “arranging the death of Baldur,” (Lindow, par. 6). He does this by tricking the blind god Hod into throwing a mistletoe spear at Baldur, killing him (McCoy, par. 9). He then turns against the gods and takes the side of the giant. Some of the major incidents that take place during the battle include: Jormungand, the giant serpent, slaying Thor; Fenrir, the wolf, killing Odin; and Loki and Heimdall mortally wounding each other (McCoy, par. 3 and 8). As punishment, the gods “tie him down to three rocks inside a cave” while “a venomous serpent sits above him, dripping poison onto him” (McCoy, par. 9).

The mythologies and folktales of cultures within Ancient Europe are all very different, yet peculiarly similar in the depiction of heroes. Although what makes a hero heroic is very subjective, the prominent choice of character is usually the same. The Celtic and the Vikings both had similar characteristics and traits for their mythological heroes. In the Celtic and the Viking mythologies the heroes are similar in the sense that honor, justice, courage, intelligence, and beauty are all desired and, of course, important traits. Heroes are subjective due to individuals emotional and influenced taste in appearance and action of the “hero.” In this case, Finn and Thor show similar traits and characteristics, which satisfy the desires of the readers and/or believers of the religion.

In the film, The Avengers, directed and written by Joss Whendon incorporates various heroic archetypes and their journey throughout many of the characters. In one way, Loki can be considered a magician mainly due to the fact that he has magical powers and how he uses it to manipulate other characters in the film. For example, while making his way to the city, Loki manages to manipulate the citizens through fear and asks, “Is this not simpler? Is this not your natural state? It’s the unspoken truth of humanity, that you crave subjugation. The bright lure of freedom diminishes your life’s joy in a mad scramble for power, for identity. You were made to be ruled. In the end, you will always kneel.” (Whendon, 2012). Not only that, but Whendon has

There is a wicked side to Odin. He can be erratic and at times abuse his power by causing or initiating wars. This has surfaced with many rulers throughout history. If Odin were to be compared to a

loki is from the Norse Mythology. His was the son queen Farbauti and king Laufey. His a god, father of hel, the wolf fenrir and the world serpent. He helps the god but sometimes he acted malicious towards them.

     An important point on the subject of Odin remains that unlike the Christian God, Norse gods such as Odin are fallible. They show bias towards specific mortals and often act out of their best interest. Often times, advice given by such gods has selfish intent and only serves as the means to which the god creates his ultimate end.

I think Loki ate the witch’s heart because that just who he is. He was a mischief-maker. He did not fit in with the gods; he was not very nice and liked to be on the evil side of things. Loki decided that eating the witch’s hear would be a perfect way to become completely evil on the inside. The flames could not consume the heart; however Loki just simply picks up the heart. No one could stop Loki because he was on a mission to be defiant. Loki heard the whispers from Gulveig the witch. Loki’s mind had been transformed to hate the gods.

The book Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan was exhilarating. In the beginning of the book it starts off at a run from a magical talking goat being assassinated. Then Magnus, the main character, goes on a quest to try to retrieve Thor’s hammer. In order to retrieve Thor’s hammer Magnus has to make a fake wedding with the king of the earth giants, Thrym, and his friend Alex, who is Loki’s daughter, but Loki wants his other daughter, Samantha, to marry Thrym. So that Thrym will give Alex Thor’s hammer as a wedding gift. Loki has other plans for the wedding though, Loki’s plans have Alex bring him the only sword that can break his bonds. Loki’s plans are to get free, but the giants think it’s to create an alliance for Ragnarok.

His ordinary world, Asgard was where he awaited his father’s throne. A series of events led him banished to the earth which essentially was the unknown. On earth his mission was to find Mjolner, his greedy personality led him to finding it. Once Mjolner was found, he realized he was not worthy of it. He goes through a phase of wanting to defeat the frost giants and taking his father’s throne, and thinking that power was the only way to go. Once on earth, it took him a while to figure out that he needed to change his ways. The big ordeal was when Thor was face to face with the destroyer robot and Loki was controlling him. Thor made the ultimate sacrifice by being killed, this led to him being resurrected and once again reunited with his supernatural ability. The only way to win back his way to Asgard, was to make a change within himself and to realize that power isn’t everything. Thor indeed is a hero, he traveled through The Hero’s Journey, he saves civilians on earth, he brings peace back to Asgard, and most importantly made a drastic change in his life. “ The answers you seek shall be yours, once I claim what is mine.” (Thor) The author tells us that the theme here is greed and that at the beginning of Thor’s journey it was a bit rocky in terms of being a hero. This quote just goes to show how much Thor has changed from beginning to

The myth The Death of Balder is, upon surface value, confusing and perhaps unstable in terms of character development. Most interesting to me, however, is the fact that the readers are introduced to the cunning nature of Loki and his treachery. Driven to kill Balder out of jealousy, Loki exacts an expert plan to get what he wants. He is able to deceive not one but two gods unrelated to himself into aiding in his plan. However, the most fascinating part of his deed comes from the loyalty others still show him despite his deceit. In particular, it is interesting that Hel said the only way to bring back Balder is to “prove everyone and everything in the world, both alive and dead, will weep for him” because, as Loki’s daughter, she would