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The fact that Loki is a shapeshifter and probably can look however he wants just makes it even more funny.

There is some confusion as to if Loki actually can shapeshift by himself. In the myths he basically puts on different forms like they were clothes.

I bet Heimdall was furiously masturbating to it.

Shhhh...it's a secret!

Well remembered!

He was very embarrassed about the whole thing and hid for a while.

I don't know about "poor Loki" - he was the one who talked the Aesir into agreeing to hire a contractor to fortify Asgard in exchange for the sun, the moon, and Freya's hand in marriage provided the job was finished on time without bringing in any subcontractors. With the deadline near, and the walls nearly complete, the rest of the Aesir made it clear that, as Loki had talked them into this mess, he'd better get them out of it too. So Loki transformed into a mare in season and distracted the contractor's stallion (who'd been doing a good two thirds of the actual work) turning up later with Sleipnir in tow. The contractor couldn't finish the job without his assistant, so the Aesir, having kept their side of the bargain, and given him safe conduct while he worked, decided the appropriate penalty for missing the agreed completion date was to let Thor loose, who slew the (now unmasked) giant with a single blow from Mjollnir. There's also some question of how much of this Loki planned - certainly the Aesir gained a great benefit - an almost impenetrable wall around Asgard, a miraculous steed for Odin, and one less giant to cause trouble in future. In fact, that's a recurring feature of Norse mythology - Loki stirs up some mischief, and the Aesir end up better off or the Giants worse off. Even Ragnarok, where Loki and his sons slay several Aesir, ends with both the world and Baldr reborn, undoing Loki's worst act. Loki may well be the worst of the Norse pantheon, but he is not unambiguously evil...

oh my god yesss

@@gamergirl1116 you meant oh my godS

Thor : hey Loki how about we play Get Help? Loki : I prefer we play Bride guise Thor : dammit

No wonder Loki betrayed the Aesir.

BiPaganMan well he did not know he was doing it, he was tricked.

Yea they bet he couldn't empty a horn of mead, but it turned out he was drinking an ocean. He did make them break a sweat tho.

typical friday night for me

It was friday morning;-)

BiPaganMan we could need that in like, 100 or 200 years.

And dont forget Thor, catching Jörmungandr with a fishing rod.

Oh yes, that too! Using the boat's anchor as a hook and a bull's head as bait

How about Loki crashing a party he was kicked out of and then proceeding to have what was basically a *rap battle* with all the other gods?

"And the string used to bind Fenrir being made out of sound of footsteps of cats, the beard of women, the roots of mountains, the breath of fish, and the spit of birds." ... that makes those items' existence in the Ragnarok Online game make a lot more sense

Indeed! That was at the same party where he picked up the disguised Jormungandr and wrestled with Old Age.

I WANT TO LICK THAT HOT BISH

Oh, shut up.

Anti-HyperLink oh just stop

Dearth Sidious is a gamer?

Darth Sidious, Sheev Palpatine this .....this is what i like boy

darth sidious i read your script from star wars live show which never happened and i feel your pain buddy. you did the right thing.

Ghost Clown I did that too, once. Good time. Made my penis AT LEAST 3 times longer. Idk how but it did. I suggest all men try this. Just make sure the left testicle goes over the right when you're tying, or you'll regret it.

Oh and of course we can't forget the story where Loki turns into a horse, gets impregnated by another horse, and gives birth to an eight legged horse

Yes! Can we please talk more about this!?😂

Besides horses, Loki also "seduced" a woman's literal burning heart, ate it, and became pregnant with the worlds troll population. (correct me if I'm wrong, these male pregnancy stories gets very confusing)

And didn't this lead to Skadi getting super mad at the gods?

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Seeresses were the ones who could see the future. The gods themselves had no way of seeing into the future without a Seeress. Odin and Freya knew Seidr magic and Odin knew the Runes. These powers let them control fate to a degree, but not change it like the Norns did.

I imagine it going like this lol: Seer: I predict- Thor: SHUT UP I DONT WANT TO KNOW!!!

username kwest It all makes sense now. Tom is the perfect Loki because he's Loki playing Tom playing Loki...

No Idun, Keeper of the Golden Apples of Youth either, but they might bring them up later

Because Loki found it funny.

And then I think as a punishment he got his mouth sewn shut

Sam Fisher Well Sif having (as a joke by Loki if i remember) her head shaved is how Thor got Mjölnir, and she got hair made of actual gold... so it's a win really.

Sam Fisher Well Sif having (as a joke by Loki if i remember) her head shaved is how Thor got Mjölnir, and she got hair made of actual gold... so it's a win really.

Dont forget is Odins rings draupnir which every ninth night creates eight new rings. Also The Curse of Andvari’s Stolen Gold and Magical Ring is a cool story.

Also don't forget that Sleipnir. Odin"s horse, was birthed by Loki.

Raymond Whatley not exactly

Odin is not like Gandalf, Gandalf is like Odin.

Also interesting to note, though not entirely related, is that Gandalf is an old Norse name, meaning "Magician Elf".

Søren Sneftrup fun fact... idun is a brand of ketchup in Norway.

Chicken Permission This must be why they can have such a comprehensive public healthcare system without bankrupting the country.

Ford Mulligan yes the only reason there is!

Actually, Idun know...

Søren Sneftrup they also didn't mention Mimir who guarded one of Yggdrasil's roots

AHAHAHAHA

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Nope

Mew mew died

Janina Bergmann who cares though. It was pure CGI garbage regardless

@@I_am_a_cat_ have you actually _watched_ the movie aside from the CGI? 😒 Now the Incredible Hulk, _that_ was CGI garbage

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neither did freyjas ACTUAL husband. freyr is her twin lmao

Skadi is technically a giant. She sought vengeance for her father's death and the gods managed to calm her down in a tale that includes Loki tying his balls to a goat.

Yeah they didn't mention my bae. Also she was married into godhood. It is said she is the goddess of winter, hunting and self reliance.

Also Freya was so much cooler I'll fight them

@@campbell2683 But she's still a goddess ish? I thought she married Njord and they hated each other but she's still called a goddess in some things?

yep!

Wouldn't be his weirdest role...

Yes. Loki is wreaking havoc on the modern world by appearing to us as Tom Hiddleston. I know I certainly am wrought by this.

Did you just ask if Loki is freyed by Tom hiddleston?? Tom hiddleston is my life!! (Also Tom hiddleston is very very hot and spicy!!)

Sorry I had to add that Frey joke...;)

It isn't a cover up, Gefjon did have four oxen. She had four sons with a Jötunn (giant), and she turned them into oxen so she could plough. The legends say that she ploughed out the island of Zealand from the part of Sweden that are now lake Mälaren.

"ploughing" is english slang for sex

tim211292 cover up? Don't you mean euphemism?

tim211292 "plowing"

chemeleon15 congrats you figured out some countries that natively speak english spell things differently. Merritt, i felt like the video tried to ignore the connection, maybe my words werent exactly precise

Mine is incestuous 😈

Pavel I actually know somwine who worships loki, nice enough person, if a bit odd. wonder what they'd think of this video?

Or, as Mike would pronounce it, "mite taken".

I think you mean "wathn't" and "lithp"

loved this - brought me great enjoyment :)

You should've just made the pun without adding the ableist joke.

Aidan Fitzgerald Thanks for the advice on how to leave comments on the KZfaq. Fuckin nerd.

The whole theme of "God of War" is that Kratos hates Gods and that all gods are evil in that universe. In the actual myths the gods are mostly the "good guys", especially since Thor is the Protector of Mankind.

WanderingRandomer omg yes please

WanderingRandomer Yes please

Is there any way we can get that into the head of one of the Vlogbrothers?

OMFG!!! I love the idea!!!!

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant

Also Hilarious.

Not quite as ridiculous as the birth of Sleipnir, Odin's seven-legged horse. (Spoiler, it involves Loki being horse-raped)

Arrakiz666 it is ridiculous, but given Viking, Norse, and Germanic lores and cultural values- cross dressing probably wasnt that "aghast" of a concept. One of my favorite aspects about Norse culture and mythology is their treatment of their citizens regardless of genders. everyone had to be hardy, so everyone was respected and women were allowed to be fierce

That also means Odin is riding his grandchild? o_O

Ice giant

It was an incestuous marriage, canonically. The Edda mentions that the Aesir made them get divorced when they arrived as peace hostages though, since incest was cool among the Vanir but not the Aesir. Their father, Njord, was also originally married to his sister.

The branch of the Indo-Europeans who had been living in Frisia migrated into Scandinavia and become the proto-Germanic people. The proto-Germanic people then migrated south and split into the different Germanic people (East/Gothic-Vandalic, North/Norse/the vikings and West/German-English).

EisenKreutzer if you think this is a lot of war gods go read irish mythology, they're everywhere

Yeah, that sounds pretty accurate.

The Germanic language and culture seems to have spread from North Germany/Denmark (Slesvig-Holstein), the North Germanic people went North, the West Germanic south and west, and the East Germanic east, before they went to Rome, Spain, Tunisia and died out.

Her hall in Asgard, Folkvang, was where the other half of the Valkyrie-gathered warriors were sent. She is also the leader of the Valkyries.

Kameel Abdellatif affirmative action killed the movie business

Black people aren't real in Scandinavia.

BushidoKi entirely irrelevant to the comment

but its edris elba...

But he does wear a lot of gold. Also he looks Way Cooler in the marvel movies tbh.

actually there´s no play on words, it´s said that he was carried/birthed by 9 maidens (meyjar) and all of them sisters, i don´t think they´re specified as Jötunn/Þurs.

LeoSkyclad that fits oddly with the nine months. And the not sleeping for seven days with a week.

And despite being the "white god" is played by a black man in the Marvel comics movies version..... lol Marvel totally did that to troll people hating on their theatrical releases having different races than in the comics.

Giants are representation of forces of nature. Those giants probably were the waves of the nine world oceans.

Höðr*, baldr*

Srsly? Since I love Loki and tend to think he's badly misunderstood, I need to look for that! Thanks!

Talos is actually three different people who joined to create one oversoul and attain godhood. There should be a Crashcourse Elder Scrolls mythology. It'd last for years.

the aldmeri dominion looks down on you

Talos the mighty! Talos the unerring! Talos the unassailable! To you we give praise! We are but maggots, writhing in the filth of our own corruption! While you have ascended from the dung of mortality, and now walk among the stars! But you were once man! Aye! And as man, you said, "Let me show you the power of Talos Stormcrown, born of the North, where my breath is long winter. I breathe now, in royalty, and reshape this land which is mine. I do this for you, Red Legions, for I love you." Aye, love. Love! Even as man, great Talos cherished us. For he saw in us, in each of us, the future of Skyrim! The future of Tamriel! And there it is, friends! The ugly truth! We are the children of man! Talos is the true god of man! Ascended from flesh, to rule the realm of spirit! The very idea is inconceivable to our Elven overlords! Sharing the heavens with us? With man? Ha! They can barely tolerate our presence on earth! Today, they take away your faith. But what of tomorrow? What then? Do the elves take your homes? Your businesses? Your children? Your very lives? And what does the Empire do? Nothing! Nay, worse than nothing! The Imperial machine enforces the will of the Thalmor! Against its own people! So rise up! Rise up, children of the Empire! Rise up, Stormcloaks! Embrace the word of mighty Talos, he who is both man and Divine! For we are the children of man! And we shall inherit both the heavens and the earth! And we, not the Elves or their toadies, will rule Skyrim! Forever! Terrible and powerful Talos! We, your unworthy servants, give praise! For only through your grace and benevolence may we truly reach enlightenment! And deserve our praise you do, for we are one! Ere you ascended and the Eight became Nine, you walked among us, great Talos, not as god, but as man! Trust in me, Whiterun! Trust in the words of Heimskr! For I am the chosen of Talos! I alone have been anointed by the Ninth to spread his holy word!

Sitting on Ceilings no talos is a real God, you get to talk him in morrowind.

In Tagalog, Talos means loser...

Only after Baldr died, the most beautiful, and of course Frey too was the male god of beauty. The Norse had lots of Gods of war, fertility, poetry and male beauty..

Note that Ullers Western-Germanic Name was Vintar.

Ullr why have you foresaken me?

From my own research, the Celtic and Gaelic mythos are even harder to find a pantheon for than Norse. But they would be great when the series starts talking about Heroes

True, especially since a large number of the legends were first written and altered by christian scholars. However, that could make it an even more interesting video as it provides a contrast from the more clear cut pantheons of the Greeks, Egyptians ect.

That's only because our written records of their stories come from Christians. Celts believed it blasphemous to write anything down about their religion, so we have no records from them. All of those heroes probably were gods to the Celts, and we do have some archaeological record of other Celtic gods from earlier times.

C E L T I C M A G I C E L T I C M A G I C

Yep breh,

Yeah, this episode's _Norseome!!!_

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No. It's the worst. Hence why I'm subbed to them.

AstroFocus my history teacher makes us watch this when ever it's related to what ever subject we're talking about

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It's kind of hard to take seriously the foreign language pronunciation tips from a guy who pronounces some words weirdly/wrong in his native language >.>

I'm salty Skadi wasn't mentioned.

Also American Gods by the same author. The TV series based off the novel is coming out soon

TONIGHT

TheMightyWill YESSS, the audiobook is everything

Neil Gaiman narrating Norse Mythology is the best

TheMightyWill YES I love Neil Gaiman and his Norse Mythology book is no exception.

And Freyr (also known as Frøy) was married to a jotun woman..... Seriously, there's a whole story about how they got married

He didn't go into the poetic edda at all in this video, thats why it wasn't here. He only talked about the prose edda, which was written 200 years later by a christian retelling stories he heard as a kid.

Also, I can't believe the graphics team didn't go with the traditional depiction of Frøy

Yes! They looked almost Greek, not Norse. Scandinavia is a cold place, I speak with authority

Depends on the myth. In some myths Frey and Freya are married in other they are not. They probably were the royal king and queen of Gods until the Vanir (worshipers) got conquered by the Aesir (worshipers). The conquerors probably didn't like the incest and separated them, but around Uppsala were Freya was worshiped they might have continued to be married in the stories.

im catching your Vikings reference

I'm willing to sacrifice a Klondike Bar.

YourMercy IBegfor "WHO WANTS TO BE KING!?"

That was so awesome!!!!! Can't wait for the next season.

Magnus the Red sacrificed the most.

Magnus Thirup Hansen I do agree with you on the Freya thing, however, Loki is not, nor has he ever been evil, he is a trickster, but he is not evil

Norse mythology relies on the concept of shades of gray. There is no true evil or true good. The gods typically try to be good, but sometimes fail. Loki is the loophole. Loki provides a way to work through shades of gray to attain something close to good or bad. He is neither good nor evil, he is simply an alternate path.

Freya was very undersold though she is one of the most important gods in the pantheon

Warren Webb You practice the "Norse" religion. How interesting didn't realize people still did.

It's a Reconstructionist faith that started around the 60's/70's; essentially, it's rebuilding through what sources remain as well as through archeological evidence to revive it in a modern world, though not necessarily as an adaptation as, say, something more eclectic. It's fairly strict on the idea of using academic sources and discarding what does not line up with those sources.

Well, Odin is a war god as evident through his claiming of fallen warriors, and his penchant for conflicts. It does not need to be exclusive to a singular entity, just as there are multiple deities who are ascribed to fertility in some degree.

Another Norse practitioner here. Odin is a God of magic, death, poetry, and wandering. Great video though.

Frater Magni What practices are involved in your religion, if you don't mind me asking.

Same lol.

Same 👉🏿🌚👉🏿

crip knuckles same here

😂 me too

Yes...yes we are

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I do it for every episode.

That's what the outtakes are for (they do them every 10 episodes).

Giants and Gods are somewhat interchangeable in Norse mythology. Take for instance Loki. His is a Giant, not a god, but to be raised in Asgard he became one. Skadi is a giantess of winter. While she married into the Gods through Njord (a Vanir) she isn't a goddess, because who wants winter to come?

As long as you have Loki at your side, you can risk that. That fella could sell fridges to inuits.

That's right!! He's the catalyst of EVERYTHING relevant that happens in the Nine Worlds!!!

The nordic version of a spin-doctor....

TOFKAS01 A spin doctor you never expect what he will do next; like a tug of war against a billy goat...