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Sep. 26th, 2015 10:43 amMore Norse mythology! ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
frenchroast rightly pointed out that I shouldn't hint at other stories without telling them, so that's what I'm going to do. In fact, you get two for the price of one today. 8)
I feel like I should point out a couple of things before this next story. First, it is not a happy story. There's no pleasant resolution at the end and some pretty upsetting things happen, including some involving violence towards children. Secondly, as is probably pretty damned obvious, I am a Lokean. Loki is my...I don't like the term "patron god", but that's probably the easiest way to put it. This means that I tell these stories from a certain perspective - one that is perhaps more sympathetic towards Loki and his family than others might be. If you heard someone else telling this story, they might tell it a little differently. Grain of salt, and all that.
This story can be found in the Prose Edda, as well as in the Poetic Edda as part of the Lokasenna. Here we go:
( The Binding of Loki )
And because that story is kind of a downer, I am going to tell you a second Loki story that also involves fish, but this one has a much happier ending. This is a retelling of a Faroese ballad, and thus is not contained in the Eddas.
( Loka Tattur )
frenchroast rightly pointed out that I shouldn't hint at other stories without telling them, so that's what I'm going to do. In fact, you get two for the price of one today. 8)I feel like I should point out a couple of things before this next story. First, it is not a happy story. There's no pleasant resolution at the end and some pretty upsetting things happen, including some involving violence towards children. Secondly, as is probably pretty damned obvious, I am a Lokean. Loki is my...I don't like the term "patron god", but that's probably the easiest way to put it. This means that I tell these stories from a certain perspective - one that is perhaps more sympathetic towards Loki and his family than others might be. If you heard someone else telling this story, they might tell it a little differently. Grain of salt, and all that.
This story can be found in the Prose Edda, as well as in the Poetic Edda as part of the Lokasenna. Here we go:
( The Binding of Loki )
And because that story is kind of a downer, I am going to tell you a second Loki story that also involves fish, but this one has a much happier ending. This is a retelling of a Faroese ballad, and thus is not contained in the Eddas.
( Loka Tattur )
