Loki is the God of mischief and trickery. He is seen as the personification of chaos. Loki is always upto some tricks and is always known to be scheming against the Gods. While many times, Loki has helped Odin and Thor in their pursuits, he is also famous for creating embarrassing situations for them. Loki possesses the ability to shapeshift into anything. He is known to take the form of a Jotunn woman, a mare and a salmon. At Ragnarök, Loki was freed by the giants, and he fought against his rival, the God Heimdall, resulting in them both dying.

Once, Loki shapeshifted into a mare and birthed the son of a horse. The Norse myth around this eight-legged horse, called Sleipnir, the favorite horse of Odin is a very interesting myth. After the Gods created the world, they wanted to fortify the walls of Asgard. They contacted a builder who promised to complete this task in three seasons. As a payment of his good work, he wanted to marry Goddess Freyja and also wanted the Sun and the Moon as his gifts. The Gods agreed but also specified that the task should be completed by the builder without any help. The builder requested to take help from his horse, which the God’s agreed at Loki’s insistence who also reduced the timeline to one season instead of three. When the work started, the Gods marveled at the strength and speed of the horse whose name was Svaoilfari. Because of the horse’s speed, it looked like the task would get completed before time. This worried the Gods who blamed Loki for his bad negotiation skills. That is when Loki took the shape of a beautiful mare and attracted Svaoilfari, who had forgotten the task given to him by the builder. While the work came to a halt and the builder lost due to extended time, Loki got impregnated and gave birth to the famous Sleipnir who was the handsome, grey colored, eight-legged stallion. As he was the fastest in all  the nine realms, Odin chose him as his horse.

Loki also has many monstrous children. Some of them include Hel and Fenrir. He and his children went against the Gods during Ragnarök.

When Odin and Thor had approached the dwarves to make a head-dress for Sif, Thor’s wife, he also got the other dwarves to make interesting gifts for the other Gods. The foldable ship- Skioblaonir was made for Freyr, the God of prosperity and peace. Odin’s spear – the Gungnir and his golden ring – Draupnir was also made by the dwarves on Loki’s request. Another dwarf created a golden boar for Freyr who was faster than all horses apart from Odin’s Sleipnir. Loki also got Thor’s hammer created by the dwarves. All these items helped the Gods in the future battles and victories.