Loki is also credited with giving birth to Sleipnir, Odin’s eight-legged horse. With the female giant Angerboda (Angrboda: “Distress Bringer”), Loki produced the progeny Hel, the goddess of death Jörmungand, the serpent that surrounds the world and Fenrir (Fenrisúlfr), the wolf. Also like Prometheus, Loki is considered a god of fire. Loki was bound to a rock (by the entrails of one or more of his sons, according to some sources) as punishment, thus in many ways resembling the Greek figures Prometheus and Tantalus. A bit of a tricky God himself, he’s also the long-suffering victim of arch-rival in trickery, Coyote. He was the principal cause of the death of the god Balder. In the beginning, Raven was first and foremost a Creator and Trickster God especially of the Haida tribe, who claim he discovered the first humans hiding in a clam shell and brought them berries and salmon. He also appeared as the enemy of the gods, entering their banquet uninvited and demanding their drink. Loki was represented as the companion of the great gods Odin and Thor, helping them with his clever plans but sometimes causing embarrassment and difficulty for them and himself. Although his father was the giant Fárbauti, he was included among the Aesir (a tribe of gods).
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