Loki Bound

Loki Bound

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Dunn-Krahn, Sage (en.) b. 13th July 1999
Occupation: Research Assistant

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Loki (non.)
Loki is counted among the gods but is a giant by birth.

Giants and Giantesses

Skaði (non.) Skadi (en.) In Snorri's Edda, Skaði is a giantess who choose her husband from among the gods as compensation for the death of her father, Þjazi. However, Skaði is only allowed to see the feet of the gods and she mistakes Njorðr´s feet for Baldr´s. In Ynglinga saga, the first saga in Heimskringla, she is one of the group that traveled with the chieftain Óðinn from Asia to the northern lands. Her first husband Heimskringla, was Njörðr, but she later married the chieftain Óðinn and they were said to have had many sons.

Gods and Goddesses

Sigyn (non.) Loki's wife. According to Snorri, she was one of the Æsir. She used a bowl to catch the drops of venom dripping from the snake that Skaði fastened above Loki when he was bound.

Nouns

Edwardian (en.)The Edwardian era began with the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910 (January 22, 1901 - 28 July, 1914). However, the era's end date is sometimes extended to the beginning of World War 1 (28 July 1914).

Source Materials:

Elder or Poetic Edda (en.)A dual language editon of the Poetic Edda with illustrations by W. G. Collingwood.
Lokasenna (is.).

Source Persons

Bray, Olive (en.) b. June 17, 1878
d. November 15, 1909
Nationality: English
Occupation: scholar, translator and editior
Residence: 17 The Boltons Kensington, London, England
Bray was one of the daughters of the high court judge Sir Reginald More Bray (1842-1923) and the novelist Emily Octavia Bray, of Shere Manor near Guildford. Little is known about Olive. She joined the Viking Society for Northern Research in 1902 and was a Vice-President in 1909. At the time of her death, she was living in the family home at 17 The Boltons Kensington. Her grave is in the Shere churchyard.
Collingwood, W. G. (en.) b. 6th August 1854
d. 1st October 1932
Nationality: English
Collingwood was an author, artist, and a professor at University College Reading.