The Punishment of Loki (6)
The Punishment of
Loki
Snorri says in Gylfaginning that the Æsir pursued Loki after the death of Baldr. Loki tried to evade capture by shapeshifting into a salmon and hiding in a stream. The gods noticed the ashes of a net, that Loki had invented and then burned, so they made a net and used it to capture him. The gods used the guts of one of Loki's sons to him to a rock with a snake dripping venom on his head. Loki's wife Sigyn stayed with him and held a bowl to catch the venom but had to leave Loki occasionally to empty the bowl.
Snorri says in Gylfaginning that the Æsir pursued Loki after the death of Baldr. Loki tried to evade capture by shapeshifting into a salmon and hiding in a stream. The gods noticed the ashes of a net, that Loki had invented and then burned, so they made a net and used it to capture him. The gods used the guts of one of Loki's sons to him to a rock with a snake dripping venom on his head. Loki's wife Sigyn stayed with him and held a bowl to catch the venom but had to leave Loki occasionally to empty the bowl.
The Punishment of Loki is referenced in:
Digital image of the illustration on page 97 Mary H.
Foster and Mabel
H.
Cummings's childrens book Asgard Stories: Tales from Norse
Mythology.
Digital image of the illustration on page 99 Mary H.
Foster and Mabel
H.
Cummings's childrens book Asgard Stories.
Digital image of C.
E.Brock's
illustration on page 192 in the 1930 edition of Annie
Keary's childrens book The Heroes of Asgard.
Digital image of C.
E.Brock's
illustration on page 201 in the 1930 edition of Annie
Keary's childrens book The Heroes of Asgard.