Thor: [finds A Rip In His Cape] This Is Horrible! This Is The Worst Thing That Has Ever Happened To My

Thor: [finds a rip in his cape] This is horrible! This is the worst thing that has ever happened to my cape!

Loki: Even worse than when Sigyn and I fucked on it?

Thor: YOU DID WHAT?

Sigyn: [to Loki] I thought we weren't telling him about that for a reason!

Loki: Well, good news, Thor. That rip is only the second worst thing to happen to your cape.

Thor: [sobs]

July for Loki using 30 Days of Deity Devotion prompts, Day 28 • Something you wish you knew about this deity but don’t currently

Not something that involves him directly: I hope I get to know his children Narfi and Váli better, in time. I’ve had a couple of distant contacts in the past, but I felt they were kinda shy, more afraid than I was, though curious and kinda surprised by the “visit”. Their story is indescribably painful and sad, so it’s no wonder they tend to hide a bit. 

“Now Loki was taken truceless, and was brought with them into a certain cave. Thereupon they took three flat stones, and set them on edge and drilled a hole in each stone. Then were taken Loki's sons, Váli and Nari or Narfi; the Æsir changed Váli into the form of a wolf, and he tore asunder Narfi his brother. And the Æsir took his entrails and bound Loki with them over the three stones: one stands under his shoulders, the second under his loins, the third under his boughs; and those bonds were turned to iron. Then Skaði took a venomous serpent and fastened it up over him, so that the venom should drip from the serpent into his face. But Sigyn, his wife, stands near him and holds a basin under the venom-drops; and when the basin is full, she goes and pours out the venom, but in the meantime the venom drips into his face. Then he writhes against it with such force that all the earth trembles: ye call that ‘earthquakes’. There he lies in bonds till the Weird of the Gods." {{Gylfaginning, from The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson, transl. by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur}}

My heart longs to celebrate these forgotten children as they deserve. As the rightful gods they are.

Art: The Bedtime Tale by Hellanim on DeviantArt

July for Loki, Day 31 • The End

Yay for me, and for all of you reading my posts of July for Loki!

It's been relatively hard to keep the focus for 30 days straight, following 30 Days of Deity Devotion prompts; to write briefly and hopefully not too boringly about matters that would deserve pages and pages each was not easy. But it was good fun too, and a way to connect with my patron god even more deeply, which is always a good thing.

One of the services I've been asked to perform for Loki by Loki himself is to talk about him, speaking my own truth about the way I know him. Trust me, this is tough for me, since I used to be a pretty secretive person about my whole spiritual sphere. But hey, now this is part of my path, and it's a way to honor him, so that's why I felt this July for Loki was the right thing to do, the way I did it, after all.

The conclusion to my July for Loki will be simple: I send firey blessings to y'all, and may Lughnasadh bring you nothing but marvelous gifts! 🖤

Pic: Laughing Fox by Paul Ward

July for Loki using 30 Days of Deity Devotion prompts, Day 27 • Worst misconception about Loki that you have encountered

Too many to count! xD

What troubles me the most is probably the superficiality with which some describe him, reducing him to either a merely evil entity, or to the court jester of Ásgarðr. Yes, he can be mischievous; yes, he can be a bad guy; yes, he can be a jokester; but he has MANY faces, and some of those to me are more prominent than those he’s most (in)famous for. He's fun, he's loving, he's wise, he's a warrior in many ways… There's a lot to discover about Loki, and I wish people would stop misjudging him - or maybe not. Maybe that’s the way it should be, after all. Maybe some are destined to stay on the surface of things, without ever going deeper.

Art: The Unlucky Family by Hellanim on DeviantArt

i feel like this is a hatecrime

July for Loki using 30 Days of Deity Devotion prompts, Day 30 • Any suggestions for others just starting to learn about Loki?

Don’t approach him lightly. But if you feel drawn to him, or if you sense he’s calling you, follow your instinct.

Nevermind what you’ve been told about him, or what you read about him: make your own experiences with him.

Be respectful, but have no fear. He’s a god, not evil nor cruel. Respect him, and he’ll show you the Nine Worlds and beyond.

Read the myths, read the books, but try to remember this: the deities are ALIVE, right here, right now. Does it really matter who they were eons ago? Does it matter who you were two decades ago? Yes, it can give people a hint, but the reality is far more complex than someone’s past. The deities are alive, just like you and me - well, not exactly in the same way, but you get the idea. Yes, I read the myths, I studied them, I know the stories since I was a little child, and you know what? I know for sure that Loki is FAR more than those myths. All deities are. Just like we are much more than a couple of episodes people remember us for. So guess what? If you want to know who Loki was, read the myths and study the history. But if you want to know who Loki IS, listen to him. I'll never grow tired of repeating this.

Listen.

To.

Him.

Oh, and a couple of witchy tips: don’t try to play him for a fool, and don’t approach him with the wrong attitude, or you’ll get burned.

Art: Loki by IrenHorrors on DeviantArt