Joanne harris the gospel of loki6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() He also had appetites and desires that others found distasteful. ![]() Their reticence and subsequent contempt may have been justified given his unpredictable behaviour, but led in no small part to their undoing. The gods are portrayed as a vain and posturing set so Loki should have fitted right in. His high opinion of himself rarely falters, his less than admirable actions he excuses as being the result of treatment he has suffered. It is a playful romp through Norse mythology, from Odin’s recruitment of Loki when he was lured from the underworld of Chaos through to the part each of them played in Asgard’s downfall at Ragnarok.įor all his cunning and double crossing, Loki considers himself much put upon. Harris, tells the story of the trickster god from his point of view. “primitive people always imagine their gods to be something like themselves” ![]()
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