Cookies on our website

We use cookies on this website, mainly to provide a secure browsing experience but also to collect statistics on how the website is used. You can find out more about the cookies we set, the information we store and how we use it on the cookies page.

Continue

PCRN

Pre-Christian Religions of the North: Sources

Menu Search

in progress

Loki forces his way into a feast from which the Æsir have excluded him and begins to insult each of the Æsir in turn.

text

Lok ch. 24

24.

En þik síða kóðo Sámseyo í, ......

[status: undefined]

commentary

context

commentary

When Loki turns to insult Óðinn, he first accusses him of the fairly serious insult of breaking their bond of blood-brotherhood. However, Loki then levels a more henious accusation, the male practice of seið. He connects this practice by a man with shame, cross dressing and perversion.

(Contributed by Douglas Robert Dutton.)

tags

Main text: Lokasenna

Attributes: Seiðr Drumming

Named things: Óðinn Loki

Text sections: Lok 24

Close

Log in

This service is only available to members of the relevant projects, and to purchasers of the skaldic volumes published by Brepols.
This service uses cookies. By logging in you agree to the use of cookies on your browser.

Close