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the-halfbreed-hobbit:


Loki Chained to the Rocks

by Niels Hansen Jacobsen. Plaster, 1888-1889, has since disappeared. A marble version from 1928-1929 stil exists (see previous post).  

The sculpture’s subject comes from Nordic mythology. It shows Loki, who is punished for his misdeeds by being bound to three rocks. A serpent spewing venom was hung above him. Loki’s wife, Sigyn, collected the venom in a bowl, but when she had to empty it, the venom dripped on him, and he writhed so that the earth shook. The sculpture shows the moment at which he is writhing in pain, straining all his muscles in an effort to break his bonds.

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xxazaleamoonxx:

A photo of my altar setup. I made an offering of black tea and fruit-filled biscuits for Hela and Loki today (the tea doesn’t look black, in the photo, I know). 

Items featured on my altar:
* A painting of Loki
* A green dogtag with Loki’s name in Runes (in front of the picture of Him)
* 2 jars with stags on the lids
* A  dragon jewelry box
 * A  white tree to symbolize Yggdrasil
* Two offering plates and a shot glass
*  A couple of incense burners
* A basket of crystals
* A  dragon hatching from an egg with my birthstone on it (Aquamarine)
*A tiny purple bottle with a glass stopper
* A Pisces symbol (in front of the tree, not very clear in the pic)
* A tiny golden apple for Idunn (also in front of the tree, behind the Pisces symbol)
 *A bowl with a silver lid
* A shell from one of my late hermit crabs (RIP Scuttle)
* 2 cats for Freyja
* A large white candle for Thor
* A tiny clay Mjolnir (in front of Thor’s candle)
* A grey dogtag with Thor’s name in Runes (next to the tiny Mjolnir)
* A skull for Hela
* A raven/crow for Odin
* A green bowl with water in it for Sigyn
* A  tiny crystal ball
* A container filled with cinnamon and paprika, leftover from a spell I did with Loki. 

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soltian:

One did I see | in the wet woods bound,
A lover of ill, | and to Loki like;
By his side does Sigyn | sit, nor is glad
To see her mate: | would you know yet more?

This particular drawing has rendered itself somewhat momentous to me, because at the time that my utterly lovely, patient, saint-like commissioner requested it I was seized with SO MANY visions of how to accomplish it, and drove myself crazy trying to do justice to the mythos of the situation and the very unique relationship between Loki and Sigyn that can be inferred from the glimpses of her we still have. In the end I was struck most deeply by the phrase used to describe Loki as “the burden of Sigyn’s arms”, which brought to mind a very specific sort of temperance and strength not necessarily wrought in muscle, but unwavering loyalty.

So, in honor of that. Loki and Sigyn.

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