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... Loki ) CULTURE OF ORIGIN : Teutonic - Nordic ( Icelandic ) PROVENANCE : the Codex Regius No. 2365. Probably composed during the later part of the tenth century AD , the manuscript lay hidden until it was rediscovered by Brynjolfur ...
... Loki ) CULTURE OF ORIGIN : Teutonic - Nordic ( Icelandic ) PROVENANCE : the Codex Regius No. 2365. Probably composed during the later part of the tenth century AD , the manuscript lay hidden until it was rediscovered by Brynjolfur ...
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... Loki has nothing but spite . Tyr , in the process of chaining up the wolf , Fenrir , which Loki is said to have sired , has previously lost his hand . Loki , far from sympathetic , reveals that he has slept with Tyr's wife and given her ...
... Loki has nothing but spite . Tyr , in the process of chaining up the wolf , Fenrir , which Loki is said to have sired , has previously lost his hand . Loki , far from sympathetic , reveals that he has slept with Tyr's wife and given her ...
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... Loki dons the magic garment and flies to the land of the giants in search of the missing weapon . He discovers their chief , Thrym , sitting on top of a mountain , plaiting golden leads for his hounds . Loki accuses the giant of ...
... Loki dons the magic garment and flies to the land of the giants in search of the missing weapon . He discovers their chief , Thrym , sitting on top of a mountain , plaiting golden leads for his hounds . Loki accuses the giant of ...
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adopted into Roman Ailill animals Baal battle becomes begins brothers Celtic child Chinese Chulainn circa classical Greek Conchobhar Connacht consort cosmos creates creation creator Cu Chulainn CULTURE OF ORIGIN Dagda Daoist dark daughter death deities demons discovers Dynasty earth Eme'mqut engenders Enki Enlil epic Ereškigal Erra father Findabair fire giant Gilgameš goddess gods Guan Yin heaven Herakles Hermes hero Hesiod Hindu human immortality Inana instructs Isis King Koryak land living Loki magic Malsum mankind Maori Marduk Medb Mesopotamian moon mortal mother mountain myth mythology Ninurta Nordic offspring oral traditions Osiris otherworld Othin pantheon primeval primordial Quetzalcoatl Quikinna'qu recorded from oral reindeer river Roman culture PROVENANCE sacred Šamaš sister Šiva slays spirit story subsequently adopted Sumerian Tablet takes tells Tenanto'mwan Tezcatlipoca tree Ulaid Ulster underworld Vafthruthnir Vedas Višnu Waldemar Jochelson Wang wife woman Zeus