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Originally Posted by Alfirin
Actually, in at least some versions of the legends I've heard, Loki was only a sort of "honorary" Aesier. He was by birth, a Joton (one of the bad giant/troll races) who impressed Odin so much with his shapeshifing ability that Odin brough him to Asgard and made him his blood brother. Most of the other gods hated Loki, but they coulnt do anything to him since he had Odin's blood in him now. they also gave him some credit for using his shapeshifting abilites to turn himself into a mare and draw the gant stomasons horse off before the stonemason could make good on his promise to wall all of Asgard in one day, thereby simultaneously saving the Aesier from losing Freya (and by extension access to the golden apples of immortality and youth) and simultaneously providing Odin with Slephnir his hyperfast eight legged steed. As to Baldur both points are tecnically correct. It was Loki who found out Baldur's one weakness (mistletoe) made the arrow out of it and tricked someone into shooting it. but it was tecnically another God who took the shot. But there is no question that Loki has a dark side, I mean look at who his Children were, Hel (queen of the underword), The Midgard Serpent, and Fenrir who ultimately bit off Tyr's hand (shades of Charcaroth and Beren?) Also wasnt he the god supposed to pilot the boat of dead men's fingernails during Ragnarok? thats enough for now.
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I'm thinking that you were almost one hundred percent exoteric. Hel (queen of the underworld, or the dead), esoterically refers to the past. Fingernails also refers to something totally different than the image that the word describes. There is a reason, however, for writings to be written in a manner that hides the real meaning, so I will not go on about it.
I'm not certain, but I think Loki and Promethius might be analogous. There were many things contributed by seperate entities to create humanity, and the last one was very difficult to deliver to us without destroying us. Here I stop while saying only a little, and miolnir does not strike sparks from space to form worlds anymore, nevertheless this hammer still works as in our labors and toils and the pain which heals with wisdom, and keeping the latter and releasing the former.