Miscellaneous Myths: Loki Nearly Kills Everybody (Again) 

I want more journey to the west PLEASE!

The Freya pin has a kitty!

Have you guys done Sinbad the sailor?

when will we get the Psyche and Eros packs?

Love these pins...so cute

huh, very appropriate, given loki's ultimate fate.

Loki: Goddamn it Sigggyyyynnn---

Same here!

Loki: Hey Heimdall, pull my finger!

The Earthshaker does it again!

Snorri Sturluson, a contemporary of the Bronze Age Collapse.

haha, now I will confidently claim Snorri lived in icelabd during the bronze age and site YOU as my source. All the nerds will hate you for ever MHUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Snorri Sturluson, first man in Iceland

⁠@@Punapartaconsidering the recent video by Blue about Snorri Sturleson would probably put him as the cause of the Bronze Age Collapse.

Time travel!

Seeing the elder norse gods curbstomp the eagle was funny

Not that time. No, not that time either....

Loki: Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?!?

@@theanimeunderworld8338Agreed, but not nearly as much as said eagle dragging him around by a stick like a balloon and smacking him on everything he can along the way

Alphabetically or chronically?

Honestly the story this channel made of Thor’s hammer being taken puts it best: “Looookkkiiii!” “I have done nothing to warrant that…this morning.”

@@shadowwriter329 Gruncle Stan/Loki: *This* *time* I’m actually innocent!”

Part of the reason Loki appears in so many myths is that, when something bad happens, 90% of the time, Loki is the cause. And 65% of the time he is the solution.

The fault lies with you, Loki!

@@VivaLaDnDLogs I would turn those percentages around, really. Loki solves problems way more often than he causes them (and that's saying something, because he does cause them a lot).

That one was _so_ good

I wholeheartedly agree and may have replayed that part multiple times and laughed/snorted each time.

It's always the norse videos. This one's close, but my favorite is still 'unorthadox display of hubris, but very well.'

yeah this has earned a spot in my lexicon

@@jordanfitzmaurice6658 Lokibrained is my favorite from the history vids regarding snorri if anyone was legit loki incarnate... it was probably Snorri

underated comment

Indian myth : unfortunately someone got a blessing from Vishnu/Shiva/Bramha

I feel like it's more just "Unfortunately Loki.", He doesn't even need to be bored he just messes things up automatically.

Egyptian: unfortunately set was planning

Chinese Mythology: Unfortunately Sung Wu Kong ooh shinyed

Sonic in Norse mythology would be a kickass storybook game.

Wait a second... He was going to pay with Draupnir! Dude's using his infinite money glitch to pay for pizza!

@@LuckySketches they better toss in garlic bread for that.

​@@johnnygyro2295well there was a cancelled 3rd storybook game based on Greek mythology

@Tfbrave So I've heard. That could've also been cool.

It's just a rock with the number carved in. 😂

I mean, it would just be too much of a hassle to update it.

One day is "0.5" because Loki tried his best but still put salt instead of sugar in Odin's coffee.

False. They once went almost a year without his shenanigans after he dealt with the.... Ahem: "horse thing"

@@ericward8459 yeahhhh but we dont talk about *the horse incident*

I think it’s a daily occurrance.

The consequences of being smart and cunning, but lacking in wisdom and impulse control.

"Oh, this is like that time Loki nearly got everyone killed." "...Do you have ANY idea how little that narrows it down?"

@@JulianLopez-rt6kpSo Loki has ADHD?

I'd like to imagine that everybody gets a bit worried when he hasn't done anything and it's close to the end of the week, and they're all debating if they should be really worried about themselves, or send someone to check if he's ok

It might be just be a urban legend, but Bugs Bunny IS based on the trickster god archetype, which Loki spearheads He even got the genderqueer down

To be fair, every trickster god I've seen in myths is generally a looney tunes character until the myths need things to get serious, at which point they become SCARY.

Who of us hasn't done something regrettable when we're hangry? Being hangry is no fun.

When Red talked about the Eagle hitting him against every tree, I easily imagined him going "You're dethspicable."

@@margheritaparacini7729 I heard Bugs is based specifically on the trickster hare from parts of Africa. Or at least shows remarkable overlap.

3) Odin doing the wildest things to gain new wisdom/knowledge.

4) Prophecies coming true because someone tried to avoid it.

"If we keep beefing with the Aesir, it will eventually result in a dead Thor!" "The world's gonna end before _that_ happens!"

Yeah, it's weird that he needs it though. Can shapeshift into a fish, a horse and a seal (maybe) but not a bird?

​@@TheMageOfVoidWell, considering what happened that one time he turned into a horse and that the person he was going after can turn into a larger bird, perhaps he took her cloak for...protection just in case. Man I really hope Freya washed it after getting i back.

Fucking accurate honestly

Fuckin accurate honestly

@@TheMageOfVoidIn some versions of the myths he does need a cloak/hamn for all of those transformations. Which, fun fact, also includes a louse!

"Oh come on, I play with lethal force all the time. So this time someone got hurt more than usual, it's not the end of the world or anything." *Ominous rumble* "...What was that?"

​@@DragonKnightJin "Hey Loki... remember tbat Baldur had a whole prophecy about him dying just before ragnarock?" ".... No?"

"Wait, I actually did it this time? Shit, guess I have to finish the job then..."

I have noticed a trend where Loki is the one who almost gets eveyone dead, but he is also the one who end up having to fix his mistakes and save everyone in the end.

I hate this. I will never unsee Loki Kramer.

He pretty much is, yeah

But he's the fan favourite.

Newman...

It's even funnier when you realize the only reason anybody puts up with him is bc he's Odin's buddy. So he's just the crazy sitcom uncle everyone knows isn't related to them

My first thought was "Home Sweet Home" but that didn't line up, so thank you for figuring it out.

@LordRael013 I thought so too, but like you said, it didn't line up. So I went back through my notes and was like, "Ah it's not that, it's this and that's even more funny."

I FUCKIN KNEW IT

I had the same thought

Lmao I commented that was what I hoped it was before seeing this. Excellent

RIGHT? I watched that bit (and the suffering all three of Newton's Laws) at least a dozen times.

Really brings home that Loki is a character to be empathised with. You know he's a mischief-maker and a 'lie-smith' who causes trouble, but when he tries to fix it, you can't help but root for him to succeed.

Had to scroll down way too far for this!

How do you kill a God? Limitations Deity Consumption/Imprisonment/Divine Slayer/Banishment Divine Power Negation/Absorption/Immunity Divinity Nullification/Mortalization

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If you squint really hard im sure you can find connections between the betrayal of nerevar and the death of baldr

This a reference?

Ohhhh...trust me; it is. You're just not traveling the right (or maybe "twisted") social circles. 😉

Interestingly enough, the Egyptian gods were not always actually seen as people with animal heads, merely that those statues and drawings were representative of the domains the Egyptians believed the gods controlled.

To quote Gandalf from Epic rap battles of history: "You're not a reat fighter - death makes you die, it just makes my brights brighter."

Holy shit, is that an Anos Voldigoad reference from The Misfit of Demon King Academy? I'm currently reading the light novel, and it's been a blast.

@@GeonamicWarrior Watched the first season of the anime when it came out, had a good time. Think it got a second season, to which I have not gotten around to yet, although considering how the first one ended I am not too sure the story will have meaningful continuation.

@@tuukkai1841 Without saying spoilers, the second season answers a couple loose threads from the first season, but I personally didn't like it as much. Character importance seemed unbalanced compared to the first season, and I felt more confused while watching, too. Reading the LN before would probably help ease the confusion.

@@GeonamicWarrior Intresting, thanks.

So whatt happened when you were 'MiNdiNg yeR Own BzNs'?!

Unfortunately... loki isn't *nearly* that cool

Unless the JRPG is Pokémon in which case you *capture* God and make it participate in stage plays for your amusement

with a very permissive DM and your lucky set of dice

don't forget the power of friendship

A question only TTRP can solve... Sometimes.

_any_ late game JRPG protagonist, and just wait around for a while

And there would be at least one episode where - for once - Loki is actually innocent of whatever he's being accused of. And he's still expected to fix it.

@@cybertramon0012 yes! And one where Loki tells some children the Snori version of where the Asgardians come from 😂

​@@cybertramon0012 That's the one where Thor's hammer got stolen.

@@mirjanbouma _it was loki!_ *Loki?!* _well, not that loki, the other loki_ *the other loki...* _yes you se-_ *my friends, I am afraid lokis tricks were too much for my son thor, he is already seeing loki in doubles*

They should make it into a comic book series, I think that would be more successful.

Kratos is a simple man with clear motivations

How do you kill a God? Limitations Deity Consumption/Imprisonment/Divine Slayer/Banishment Divine Power Negation/Absorption/Immunity Divinity Nullification/Mortalization

I like how in the DLC for ragnorok when Kratos gets to the room of sacrifice, if he chooses to sacrifice himself Helios is just like "Wait, what the hell are you doing?!" because it is so out of character for the man Kratos used to be when he was younger.

With JRPG protagonists and a speech on the power of friendship.

Loki: uuuh, by severity?

No, he is not relatable, in my opinion he is one of the most deceitful deities.

It's true but you shouldn't say it. (The fangirls have no qualms or morals)

I really grow tired of MCU Loki fans who insult Joanna Harris' and Neil Gaiman's interpretations of the Norse Mythology because it doesn't fit with the version they're familiar with. Like, just admit that you're all into pretty faces and aren't interested in knowledge at all.

​@@njord-krakenarnesson5096Yes, and as we all know, dealing with pathological lying and pathological liars is something humans totally can't relate to at all. /s

@@MusicoftheDamnedagreed.

membet

That's why between the two I actually prefer the Lokasenna to the story of Baldur as the reason for Loki's falling out with the other Aesir, if we're making a comparison. The death of Baldur is cool and dramatic and all, but the Lokasenna is just so much more relatable. Ultimately just that one friend or relative who showed up at the party in one of his Moods, and everyone knows he's just going to spoil everything when he's Like This, but trying to get him to ease up just gets him to come in harder, and because you're family he knows just how to get everyone wound up and what raw nerves to work until one time is finally the last time, you love him and he's come through for you before, but you hate him and he's fucked you over and he's out of second chances, you're fucking done, there's just no choice except to bind him to a rock with the entrails of his son. ...okay I've never had that last part happen but, y'know, I get it.

Where I am, it's 6 PM.

@@PunapartaI’m pretty sure Red and Blue are somewhere on the EST because I know Blue was at one of the comic cons near me.

i like how that implies this video took like... 5 hours to make

got me even more since i woke up right as this video launched and saw it now after my morning routine

Frigg’s Day baby

Seriously, he gets a bad rap but he's the only reason the gods are even around long enough for Ragnarok.

The perks of having your daughter rule over the underworld!

Hes partly the reason ragnarok is happening

@@strawberrysangria1474 Honestly, killing Baldur was just a birthday present for his lovely lass, 'here, have the bishonen for yer tea party'

​@@Blaze-xe8cl Odin is halfway to blame. Jormungandr and Fenrir wouldn't have even joined if not for their imprisonment. Hel was happy with hers. She was just supporting her dad with an undead army. Baldr's death was also part retaliation, part annoyance at his bragging.

​@@adamhenry7043Honestly. I'll say it. Odin was only partially in the wrong. He probably knew the fate of the Gods was inevitable and set up the building blocks for their world being replaced by a newer, brighter future.

I need to reread that, I really do...

After eating all the heavenly peaches of immortality he went for a second course of golden apples of immortality. Why does that make so much sense? I wouldn't be surprised if these stories somehow share an ancient root and were once the same.

@@IISheireenII Sun Wukong says, you can never have too much immortality.

@@RedXlV I think I can hear the Jade Court screaming about how they’ll “never get rid of that damn monkey now”.

You just doomed both mythologies with that meeting you KNOW, those two would pull the mother of all pranks and accidentally collapse the fing cosmos

Gullveig: Barely an inconvience

my brain read "Pope-Jesus, Test-approved" and I don't know why

Oh yeah, good catch.

Quoting the best Elder Scrolls game? I know that's right.

My brain: "Well, is it just type 1, or..?"

I mean, you're not wrong

@@thedragonwarrior5861 Our decedents will hear that Jerry played Tom's ribcage like a xylophone and assume he was a metal head.

What do you think Valhalla is?

Just saying I wrote this before making it deep into the episode

[Insert 'That one's my favorite' *points at some gremlin* meme here]

Yes. Yes she should.

So, same place we get the idea that Gods are GOOD.

Theirs also the fact many of them ostensibly live forever as the tales of different religions speak of them as if they’re still alive. Norse Mythology seems to have been one of the few to actually address it and say “they’re so long lived because of magic apples and without them time would quickly catch up to them” even when they die it’s basically Comic Book brand of death because they rarely stay dead and either reappear as they did before the incident or just transform into something else post death. Even Baldur who’s whole thing is dying comes back after Ragnarok

The Abrahamic God won't be immortal much longer if I have znything to sæ¥ about it :3

From my limited understanding, one of the older versions of the Eden story has the garden contain both a tree of knowledge and tree of immortality. The reason Adam and Eve got kicked out being to prevent them from eating from the immortality tree after the knowledge one.(thus making them gods)

@@cooper10182 pretty sure that’s the gnostic version. Which is generally considered heretical to actual Christianity. Even Mormons is more accepted than Gnostics. Humanity was made in the image of God and while popular media portrays that him looking human that’s not the actual case. The book gives a very brief description of his appearance and it’s nothing like us. What they means is we’re made in the image of his spirit, because of this the Human Spirit aka Soul is immortal. We don’t need a Tree of Life because we’re spiritually immortal. We can’t be killed in a way that would matter.

Yup, he'll screw over anybody, including himself

and ammbrosia

I'll take a Triple Immortality Smoothie(tm) too, please.

Wu Kong is that you?

And that his regret isn't just from the rapidly approaching consequences.

"hehe thread-that-is-actually-a-living-being's-life-span go snip snip"

He's the most cunning of them all. Wise, not so much

I think it’s interesting too because in some version Loki actually feel sorry for what he did

Ehhhhhh ... once Loki had been let go, he could've just ignored the deal, stayed in Asgard and never had to worry about Thiazi again. He chose his freedom of movement over the safety of the Asgardians, and that's on him.

@@TheDaviesCR No, it's because Loki made an oath to Thjazi and wasn't gonna break it. Oaths were a big damn deal in Norse times.

@@gracecarpinter8623 He's Loki Liesmith. He breaks oaths like others break wind. It was just more convenient for him to keep this one.

@@TheDaviesCR Convenient how, exactly?

Greek mythology also has mentions of golden apples too though, so it's not exclusively Germanic.

thats the one that laughs at Loki's balls being tugged on by a goat yes? the joutun daughter of the guy who got burned

@@craytherlaygaming2852 The very same!! I love that story. Yeah, her dad was an idiot who tried to kidnap Idunn, but, like... SHE was amazing!

@@summerstarr3446 Girl's got her priorities straight, she knew full well her dad was at fault for messing with the asier and NOT expecting them to figure it out.... he hired LOKI... EVERYONE KNOWS LOKI DOES THIS STUFF.

They'll tell the story another time

the fact the norse myths have stories of divorce just tickles me

THANK YOU! OMG I HAD TO SCROLL TOO FAR DOWN FOR THIS! I APPRECIATE YOU!

I mean, there's a Douglas Adams book called "The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul" that has Thor in it, so . . .

Truly a victory for the forces of justice.

Thats because if he and loki ever met, then all the pantheons would cry out in horror, before suddenly being silenced.

Wait, a pun?! What's the pun?

@@JennyBlaze253 The Latin noun "mālum", meaning evil, contrasts with the Latin noun "mâlum", which means apple. And the tree is called "de ligno autem scientiae boni et mali" in the Vulgate; "mali" is a form of "mālum".

You should see how Red drew Sekmet and Bast for her video about the lion headed goddess! 😘

Really? I thought it was a pretty natural conclusion to draw.