Part I: The Poetic Edda

**Völuspá (The Seeress's Prophecy)**

• **Stanza 34:** Describes Loki bound and Sigyn (his wife) not pleased, since she has to hold a bowl over Loki’s head to stop venom from a snake to pour over him.

  ‘A captive she saw lying under Hveralundr,
  like to malevolent Loki in form;
  there sits Sigyn, though not at all
  well-pleased about her man. Would you know still [more], or what?
  

• **Stanza 49:** Describes Loki steering the ship with Muspell’s forces at Ragnarok.

  ‘A ship fares from the east, Muspell’s forces
  will come over the sea, and Loki steers;
  all the giant’s kindred travel with the ravener,
  Býleiptr’s brother is with them on the voyage.
  

• **Stanza 53:** Fenrir is mentioned as Hveðrungr’s [Loki’s] son.

  ‘Then comes the mighty son of Sigfaðir,
  Víðarr,263 to fight against the slaughter-beast;
  with his hand he lets a sword stand at the heart
  of Hveðrungr’s son; then is his father avenged.
  

**Lokasenna (Loki's Quarrel)**

The entire poem is about Loki insulting different Aesir during a banquet, I recommend reading the whole poem and provide only a summarization here.

• Loki, uninvited, goes to a great feast hosted by Ægir for the Æsir gods.
• He engages in a "flyting," or a ritual exchange of insults, with each god and goddess present.
• Loki systematically exposes their most shameful secrets, accusing the gods of cowardice and unmanliness, and the goddesses of man-eagerness.
• The gods are unable to silence him with words, as Loki counters every defense with another sharp accusation.
• The confrontation only ends when Thor arrives, late to the feast.
• Thor threatens him with his hammer, Mjölnir.
• Loki finally departs, but not before delivering a final curse, having shattered the fellowship of the gods and sealed his own fate.

**Þrymskviða (The Lay of Thrym)**

The poem is about Thor and Loki recovering Mjolnir from Þrymr, a jötunn that stole the hammer. Loki is an integral part of the poem and is constantly mentioned. I provide a summarization here.

• Thor wakes up and finds his hammer Mjolnir missing and tells Loki first.
• Loki goes to Freyja, which gladly lends him her falcon form.