Loki by Mike Vasich

Author:Mike Vasich [Vasich, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Tags: fantasy
Published: 2011-01-05T23:00:00+00:00

Loki’s Children

The Sly One, after having been banished from Asgard, took to spending long nights in Jotunheim with the giantess Angrboda in her hall. She was beautiful to look at, although her beauty did not compare to that of Freyja or golden-haired Sif. Loki had had enough of goddesses, and had even forsaken his own wife, Sigyn, in favor of the fair giantess.

Her hall had been carved from the solid rock of a mountainside in just two days, and was large enough to fit an army in its main hall, with room left over. But it was not in the main hall that the two spent most of their time.

After many a long night, Angrboda felt a quickening inside her, and months later she gave birth to three children. Loki and Angrboda’s eyes were blinded by the love that parents feel when cradling their newborn children, else they would have realized that the creatures that had sprung forth from her loins were monstrous indeed.

The first to come out was covered in fur and had a long snout and tail. They named the pup Fenrir, which means 'wolf from below', and he eagerly suckled at his mother’s teat. The second to come out was hairless and limbless and covered in scales. They named the hatchling Jormungand, meaning 'mighty wand', for they saw that he was destined to grow to an immense size and strength. The third was a beautiful daughter from the waist up. Below that, however, she was blackened and corpse-like. They named her Hel, which means ‘covered up’, for their first instinct was to cover her lower half so that no one could see it.

It was not long before word carried to Asgard about Loki’s three children. The gods met with the Norns at the Well of Urd to ask their counsel.

“The wolf will eat the sun and the father,” said Urd.

“The snake will swallow the lightning,” said Skuld.

“The corpse will bring forth legions,” said Verdandi.

All three Norns agreed that they were evil, and that they would mark the downfall of the gods.

“They will herald the end,” said Urd.

“They will arise at Ragnarok,” said Skuld.

“They will destroy the best among you,” said Verdandi.

The gods were alarmed and decided to take action to prevent the prophecies of the Norns from coming true. They stole away during the night into Jotunheim. Unseen due to Odin’s magic, they burst into Angrboda’s hall while she was sleeping. Before she could open a single lid they had bound and trussed her. Loki was nowhere to be found, and the gods were happy they did not have to contend with him, for it is often said that a father is most furious in the defense of his own home.

Odin came upon the snake first. He pulled it from its cradle and hurled it with all of his strength. Jormungand flew out of the hall, across Midgard, and landed in the ocean at the edge of the world, where he sunk down to the bottom and fed on passing fish.

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