Mystery AtlasLoki
A shapeshifting Norse trickster god who moves between the Aesir and the giants (jötnar), by turns helpful and destructive; attested in the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, and central to the myth cycle culminating in Baldr's death and the events of Ragnarök.
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Loki is an instance of Trickster Archetype.
Loki is frequently compared to Hermes — Both are trickster gods embedded within major polytheistic pantheons who move freely between realms and repeatedly provoke conflict among the other gods.
Loki is frequently compared to Kitsune — Both are shapeshifting tricksters whose transformations into animal or other forms are central to their mythology rather than incidental to it.