loki

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5b66a4f	Well, that's history for you, folks. Unfair, untrue and for the most part written by folk who weren't even there.	the-gospel-of-loki norse-mythology loki mythology	Joanne Harris
7b2c9c4	He is tolerated by the gods, perhaps because his stratagems and plans save them as often as they get them into trouble. Loki makes the world more interesting but less safe. He is the father of monsters, the author of woes, the sly god.	saftey loki norse mythology trouble	Neil Gaiman
bfee7bd	"But I rather thought--I mean, I heard you'd killed Balder the Fair." "I never did," snapped Loki crossly. "Well, no one ever proved I did. What happened to the presumption of innocence? Besides, he was supposed to be invulnerable. Was it my fault that he wasn't?"	murder loki innocence	Joanne Harris
0fba56e	Gods? Don't let that impress you. Anyone can be a god if they have enough worshippers. You don't even have to have powers anymore. In my time I've seen theatre gods, gladiator gods, even storyteller gods - you people see gods everywhere. Gives you an excuse for not thinking for yourselves. God is just a word. Like Fury. like demon, Just words people use for things they don't understand. Reverse it and you get dog. It's just as appropriate.	words loki	Joanne Harris
57a0cd4	"I know you," said Maddy. "You're -" "What's a name?" Loki grinned. "Wear it like a coat; turn it, burn it, throw it aside, and borrow another. One-Eye knows; you should ask him." "But Loki died," she said, shaking her head. "He died on the field at Ragnarok." "Not quite." He pulled a face. "You know there's rather a lot the Oracle didn't foretell, and old tales have a habit of getting twisted." "But in any case, that was centuries ago," Maddy said bewildered. "I mean - that was the End of the World, wasn't it?" "So?" said Loki impatiently. "This isn't the first time the world has come to an end, and it won't be the last either."	names loki ragnarok	Joanne Harris
73e9fdb	Loki's green eyes flashed with anger and with admiration, for he loved a good trick as much as he hated being fooled.	fooled loki anger trick fool	Neil Gaiman
6870636	An apple a day keeps the doctor away. No one's immune to bribery.	funny loki	Joanne Harris
f76c3a9	Was it my fault that I got out of hand? --Loki	humour funny humor loki	Joanne Harris
c2cd724	"You seem to know a lot about it," she said. "And you do subtleties." "Yeah. Like I've always wanted to destroy the Nine Worlds while committing suicide." "Well, there's no need to be rude," protested Sif."	humour loki sarcasm	Joanne Harris
42d814f	There's good news and slightly less good news.	loki good-news	Joanne Harris
06d3d9a	I'm sorry. You went too far.' Lovely. What an epitaph.	loki thor	Joanne Harris
bc04ec9	I'm only keeping in touch with you for the sake of the children. Way to look after our son, by the way. I let you have him for the weekend and before I know it he's chained underground, awaiting Last Times and stinking of mead.	fenris loki children	Joanne Harris
6d0bf57	And when you fall from that parapet,the sound you'll be hearing as you go down will be me,laughing my head off.	loki odin	Joanne Harris
96441d3	And yes,I was fabulous.	loki	Joanne Harris
277cca0	Each insult is woven with just enough truth to make it wound.	truth loki	Neil Gaiman
b1df1fb	But if you write a version of Ragnarok in the twenty-first century, it is haunted by the imagining of a different end of things. We are a species of animal which is bringing about the end of the world we were born into. Not out of evil or malice, or not mainly, but because of a lopsided mixture of extraordinary cleverness, extraordinary greed, extraordinary proliferation of our own kind, and a biologically built-in short-sightedness.	myth environmental-catastrophe norse-mythology loki ragnarok self-destruction end-of-the-world gods mythology	a.s. byatt
7f70335	Therefore,' said Loki the mockery, to the snake his daughter, 'we need to know everything, or at least as much as we can. The gods have secret runes to help in the hunt, or give victory in battle. They hammer, they slash. They do not study. I study. I know.	loki anti-intellectualism	A.S. Byatt

Well, that's history for you, folks. Unfair, untrue and for the most part written by folk who weren't even there.

the-gospel-of-loki norse-mythology loki mythology

Joanne Harris

7b2c9c4

He is tolerated by the gods, perhaps because his stratagems and plans save them as often as they get them into trouble. Loki makes the world more interesting but less safe. He is the father of monsters, the author of woes, the sly god.

saftey loki norse mythology trouble

Neil Gaiman

bfee7bd

"But I rather thought--I mean, I heard you'd killed Balder the Fair." "I never did," snapped Loki crossly. "Well, no one ever proved I did. What happened to the presumption of innocence? Besides, he was supposed to be invulnerable. Was it my fault that he wasn't?"

murder loki innocence

Joanne Harris

0fba56e

Gods? Don't let that impress you. Anyone can be a god if they have enough worshippers. You don't even have to have powers anymore. In my time I've seen theatre gods, gladiator gods, even storyteller gods - you people see gods everywhere. Gives you an excuse for not thinking for yourselves. God is just a word. Like Fury. like demon, Just words people use for things they don't understand. Reverse it and you get dog. It's just as appropriate.

words loki

Joanne Harris

57a0cd4

"I know you," said Maddy. "You're -" "What's a name?" Loki grinned. "Wear it like a coat; turn it, burn it, throw it aside, and borrow another. One-Eye knows; you should ask him." "But Loki died," she said, shaking her head. "He died on the field at Ragnarok." "Not quite." He pulled a face. "You know there's rather a lot the Oracle didn't foretell, and old tales have a habit of getting twisted." "But in any case, that was centuries ago," Maddy said bewildered. "I mean - that was the End of the World, wasn't it?" "So?" said Loki impatiently. "This isn't the first time the world has come to an end, and it won't be the last either."

names loki ragnarok

Joanne Harris

73e9fdb

Loki's green eyes flashed with anger and with admiration, for he loved a good trick as much as he hated being fooled.

fooled loki anger trick fool

Neil Gaiman

6870636

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. No one's immune to bribery.

funny loki

Joanne Harris

f76c3a9

Was it my fault that I got out of hand? --Loki

humour funny humor loki

Joanne Harris

c2cd724

"You seem to know a lot about it," she said. "And you do subtleties." "Yeah. Like I've always wanted to destroy the Nine Worlds while committing suicide." "Well, there's no need to be rude," protested Sif."

humour loki sarcasm

Joanne Harris

42d814f

There's good news and slightly less good news.

loki good-news

Joanne Harris

06d3d9a

I'm sorry. You went too far.' Lovely. What an epitaph.

loki thor

Joanne Harris

bc04ec9

I'm only keeping in touch with you for the sake of the children. Way to look after our son, by the way. I let you have him for the weekend and before I know it he's chained underground, awaiting Last Times and stinking of mead.

fenris loki children

Joanne Harris

6d0bf57

And when you fall from that parapet,the sound you'll be hearing as you go down will be me,laughing my head off.

loki odin

Joanne Harris

96441d3

And yes,I was fabulous.

loki

Joanne Harris

277cca0

Each insult is woven with just enough truth to make it wound.

truth loki

Neil Gaiman

b1df1fb

But if you write a version of Ragnarok in the twenty-first century, it is haunted by the imagining of a different end of things. We are a species of animal which is bringing about the end of the world we were born into. Not out of evil or malice, or not mainly, but because of a lopsided mixture of extraordinary cleverness, extraordinary greed, extraordinary proliferation of our own kind, and a biologically built-in short-sightedness.

myth environmental-catastrophe norse-mythology loki ragnarok self-destruction end-of-the-world gods mythology

a.s. byatt

7f70335

Therefore,' said Loki the mockery, to the snake his daughter, 'we need to know everything, or at least as much as we can. The gods have secret runes to help in the hunt, or give victory in battle. They hammer, they slash. They do not study. I study. I know.

loki anti-intellectualism

A.S. Byatt