Loki
In Norse mythology, Loki is a shape-shifter (hence, a trickster) who is ascribed various powers in different versions or accounts. He is sometimes described as helping the other members of the Norse Pantheon and sometimes as working against them. This diversity makes him nuanced and interesting. In the original myths, he is completely unrelated to Odin, Freya, and Thor.
This Norse god has been skillfully re-written in Marvel Comics. In their version, he is the adopted son of Odin and Frigga (Freya) and the envious stepbrother of Thor.
This unavoidably sets him at odds with the Avengers (get a load of the old Iron Man).
The imagery for this character has been effectively re-invented in the comics. Below is a later version.
Disney Marvel also got Loki’s imagery right, and Tom Hiddleston excellently portrays him in the movies. In my opinion, he has become one of the best villains in cinematic history.
Loki (Tom Hiddleston)
Ph: Film Frame
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We’ll look at one more Norse god next week and then move back to the Greek pantheon.
PNEUMYTHOLOGY 
This is a slight tangent to your discussion… but do you watch the CW show, “Supernatural” ? They have done some interesting takes on various mythologies, including some Gods (Norse, Greek, and Christian)… and they did a particularly interesting thing with Loki at one point. I won’t say more to spoil it for anyone… but I can go further if you don’t mind the spoiler.
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That is a show which I must admit I haven’t seen. Some of those topics sound interesting…
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Admittedly they stumble in the execution from time to time… but they have done a very old-testament interpretation of God and angels and demons… and somehow managed to work in some other mythologies as well, and one kind of clever thing with Loki that was a spin I hadn’t heard or thought of previously. Without spoiling anything else… in Supernatural’s world, sometimes the Angels are just as dangerous to us mortals as are the Demons… like two sides of the same coin.
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Hiddleston really brought to role of Loki alive, when it could have been just another self-important villain.
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I agree. I went from wanting him to die in the first Thor movie to wishing he hadn’t in the second.
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Egyptian Gods could be interesting to see you analyze although their mythology isn’t present in comics as Greek or Norse ones.
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I might have to give this a look some day. I just don’t know that much about it. Right now, I’m busy trying to fill the hole in my knowledge of Norse mythology.
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