Loki God of War Ragnarok: Origin and Relations in Nordic Mythology

At the end of God of War 2018, we found that Loki is Show Atreus, son of Rates and Faye (Laura) and, with that, the role of God in God of War Ragnarök is simply crucial. In Nordic mythology, Loki causes the death of Balder and it is this event that starts the catastrophes before Ragnarök . In the new game, the story also walks to this side.

• Loki: Origin and relationship between the characters
• Loki: Function and attributes
• mythological references and possible connection with the game
• Family
• His name
• God of what?
• How can we recognize it?
• Thor's hammer
• The death of Balder
• Loki and Ragnarök

This text is part of the sequence of articles made by MGG that tell a little of the origins of the gods and joins of the Nordic mythology that will appear in Go Ragnarök. Check out the text about the origin of Loki, the god of cheating.

Loki: Origin and relationship between the characters

Family

Loki is one of the rare children of two giants: Farragut and Laura . Nevertheless, he lives with the gods air (though not a de facto member) and this may explain the conflicts between him and the other gods.

As we mentioned in the text of Anybody he has three monstrous children with John: Henri , Jörmungand and Held . He was also married to the goddess Sign with whom she has a son Nazi (Marci or Navy).

However, there is a controversy, since in a poem poetic it is described that Nazi/Navy became wolf and killed Nazi, implying that they were two sisters and not a single child.

His name

Loki does not have a clear meaning the way it usually happens to other beings of mythologies. The closest meaning would be _Småland. Sometimes it is also called Hearing or Lop tr.

Loki: Function and attributes

God of what?

Associated with fire, earthquakes and magic , Loki is not an original Air God and, instead, was admitted among them playing a role friend and enemy of the gods at the same time. He is therefore often considered by them as his inferior, a simple messenger and even a court silly.

Loki is a figure of malice, lies, impulsiveness or even deception : Through it many of the misfortunes that the gods find. On the other hand, Loki is a cunning and manipulative god, skills he uses mainly to get away.

How can we recognize it?

Loki is described without further details by your physical beauty . Being metamorph , it is able to turn into an animal like a salmon, a wolf or even a fly. He also has the ability to change gender.

mythological references and possible connection with the game

Thor's hammer

Loki appears in several stories , often as an opponent, sometimes as a helper. Here, he is the one who invents a scheme to recover Thor's hammer, stolen by the giant Thrum.

The death of Balder

Balder (Balder or Bald) is the son of Odin and Frigga (Freya), known for his beauty and admired by all. A forecast announces your murder and the gods are then busy doing all living and elemental beings (including Loki) swear the promise of not killing it.

They forget to take a view of a disco speak , and Loki, with jealousy of Balder , ends up becoming aware of it. With invulnerable Balder, the gods have fun playing all kinds of projectiles in the god, as nothing hurts him.

Loki then approaches the Blind Hour (god and other of Balder) and gives him an arrow with a anch of disco . Hour, unaware of the plan, throws the arrow and kills his other instantly. In Go 2018 the scene is different, but it is Atreus who takes Balder's unbeaten record with the same disco.

Loki later is the only being who refuses to shed a tear for Balder in a ritual that would have ought the god back to life if he was all crying. Hunted, Loki is captured by the gods and locked in a cave.

Loki and Ragnarök

During Ragnarök, it is said that all currents will be oken . Loki, like his sons Senior and Jörmungand are therefore liberated and form the army that will face the gods. Loki's outcome on the Ragnarök will be show fight against handball , his sworn enemy, and they will kill themselves.

In mythology, Balder's death is what begins the natural disasters and the long winter three years before Ragnarök. The end of God of War 2018 and the beginning of God of War Ragnarök seem to follow the same line.