Loki, the trickster

Loki, the trickster, has long been a being of mystery and wonder.
Even the ancient Norse didn't quite know what to make of him. Neither of the great warrior Gods of the nobility, The Aeisir, nor was he a member of the Vanir, the practical hardworking Gods of the earth,and harvests.For you see Loki is neither noble and brave,nor practical and hardworking. Loki is a trickster,and an elemental . he is the one of the many recognized tricksters world wide, like Anansi in Africa or coyote in north American legend.

Yet he is the blood brother of Odin Allfather himself. I guess that makes him the Alluncle. Sort of like the black sheep Uncle we all had as a kid growing up. the one who would never settle down and be respectable. The uncle all the kids loved because he would always show up at holidays with stories of adventures and neat things to play with...usually explosive things... Which fits in with Loki also being known as a fire elemental as well as the Norse version of Prometheus.

The Norse gods all represent some aspect of nature,either of our world or of ourselves, Loki represents an aspect of ourselves which sometimes make us uncomfortable with who we are. But sheds the light of his fire on our our own faults and capacity for causing trouble,not through malice,but through laziness and inattentiveness. and as such is a valuable tool at looking into who we are.