30 Days of Devotion: Day 5

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Members of the Family

Oh, damn. OK.

So, mother: Laufey, or Nal

Father: Farbauti

Wife: Sigyn

Other partner: Angrboða

Sons: Vali, Narfi, Jormungandr, Fenrir, Sleipnir

Daughter: Hel

Brothers: Byleistr, Helblindi

Now, “brothers” is where things get a leeeeettle murky. It’s not clear if They share the same parents as Loki. We don’t know anything much about His brothers. But Helblindi is also a name for Oðinn. Oðinn, like Loki, has two brothers, Hoenir and Loðurr. I particularly suspect – as some scholars have suggested – that Loðurr is another name for Loki, as He’s paired up with Hoenir and Oðinn in other stories as well. So are they blood brothers or brothers true? I wonder if that’s an important distinction.