Finally, this book is so incredibly nastily misogynistic in its portrayal of women almost exclusively as hysterical sex-crazed harpies. In recent years, thanks to marvel, Loki has been associated with Odin as his adopted son, and whilst that does make for a compelling dynamic, the relationship between them in the mythology is more like brothers, as shown in this book, being sworn brothers. Take for example Thor's passion, dying nailed to a tree before descending to the Underworld and arising again, bearing the scars of his experience. Starting with the Norse creation myths, the trickster god Loki takes the reader on a wild ride through Norse mythology, from the time the gods – the founders of Asgard – defeated races of monsters, and hurtling through famous stories, including Odin hanging himself on the World Tree, the theft of the corrupting gold ring and the murder of Baldr, the god of love and the Sun. We can empathise with him, yes, especially when some really awful things happen to him, but I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say he is morally conflicted - Loki is always guided at the time, when push comes to shove, by what's best for Loki, even if he expresses sadness after.

One of the things that I enjoyed greatly was the way the book emphasised the complexity of the gods and goddesses when it came to gender, sexuality, race, and humanity, but also showing signs of how the gods couid be used instead to present a regressive conservatism, reflecting the way Notre mythology can be used and misused by different groups of people. There's no shortage of Norse mythology adaptations these days, though most deal with the myths as canon.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

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It’s marvelously woven, the little intrigue string all through out it making it something else than a redemption arc of a villain.

He's been traduced by the Asgard spin machine, his good deeds edited out, his crimes twisted and magnified. p>Read about how we’ll protect and use your data in our Privacy Notice. Like a celebrity giving an interview following a tabloid storm, he wants to put his side of things, to set the record straight. Burgess's Loki turns classic Norse legend on its head and doles out heavy doses of sarcasm and contempt at not getting enough recognition for all he has done for Asgard.the changes made to the original myths didn't seem to serve much purpose and the portrayal of the majority of the norse gods involved was exasperatingly black and white leaving no room for nuance, room that was no doubt used to present our beloved loki in the most favourable light possible, the unsung, misunderstood, and mistreated hero of asgard – hate to say it but i believe i've seen this movie before. Readers are given a fresh look at Norse mythology through Loki's eyes, starting with the stories chronicling the world's creation.