Loki
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| Civilization | Unknown edit |
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| Archaic age god power | Spy |
| Archaic age bonus(es) | Eyes in the Forest |
| Classical age minor gods | Heimdall, Forseti |
| Heroic age minor gods | Njord, Bragi |
| Mythic age minor gods | Tyr, Hel |
Loki, the Norse Trickster God, is an Archaic Age god for the Norse Civilization in Age of Mythology. Also the old man Skult, who gives Arkantos Frostag's flag in the the main campaign is actually Loki.
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[edit] God Power
- Spy: Grants you the line of sight of an enemy unit.
[edit] Bonuses
- Hersir summon myth units after fighting for long enough.
- Hersir move 10% faster
- Myth units cost 10% less favor.
- Longhouse units train 10% faster.
- Ox Carts move 50% faster and cost 50% less, but have 25% less HP.
[edit] Technology
Eyes in the Forest: Infantry have +3 line of sight.
[edit] Background
Loki or Loke is a mythical giant in Norse mythology.
In the Eddas, one of the few sources of information regarding the figure, Loki is described as a son of the giants Fárbauti and Laufey. Loki also had two brothers (Helbindi & Byleist) of whom nothing is known. The same source also describes Loki as the "contriver of all fraud" and features Loki mixing freely with the gods for a long time, even becoming Odin's blood brother before murdering Baldr. After the murder, the Æsir restrain Loki with the internal organs of his children and he is eventually freed to fight on the side of the Jotun against the Æsir at Ragnarök.
Despite much research, "there is no convincing evidence of a Loki cult, and there are few if any places named after him, suggesting that if he was a god he was not publicly worshiped."[1] The Eddas inconsistently place him among the Æsir; however, this may only be due to his close relation with Odin and the amount of time that he spends among the Æsir.
The composer Richard Wagner presented Loki under an invented Germanized name Loge in his opera Das Rheingold. Loge is also mentioned, but does not appear as a character, in Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung. The name comes from the common mistranslation and confusion with Logi (a fire-giant), which has created the misconception of Loki being a creation of fire, having hair of fire or being associated with fire.
Loki is not to be confused with the similarly named Útgarða-Loki, a king of the giants in Jötunheimr.
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