Facts about Norse Loki

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   Loki engineered the death of the beloved god Baldr by tricking the blind god Höðr into throwing a mistletoe dart at him.

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   Loki's blood is mixed, as he is the son of the giant Fárbauti and the goddess or giantess Laufey, making him neither fully Aesir nor Jotun.

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   The trickster god Loki is bound beneath the earth with serpent venom dripping onto his face, a punishment for orchestrating the death of Baldr.

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   A cunning shapeshifter, Loki transformed into a mare to distract the stallion Svaðilfari, later giving birth to the eight-legged horse Sleipnir.

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5. 01

   In Norse mythology, Loki is the father of the monstrous wolf Fenrir, the world-encircling serpent Jörmungandr, and the ruler of the dead, Hel.

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