Loki
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| Name | Loki |
| Actor | Richard Speight Jr. |
| Dates | ???? - 2018 (killed by Gabriel) |
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| Occupation | Norse Trickster Demigod |
| Episode(s) | 13.20 Unfinished Business |
Loki
A regular at Valhalla, home of the Norse gods, Loki was not a god but a particularly mischievous Trickster (see above). Blood-brother to Odin, King of the Gods, Loki usually escaped serious retribution from his wildly cunning exploits. Often, however, the gods required he right his vicious pranks, including his theft of Idunn's Golden Apples of Immortality. Like his West African counterpart Anansi (see above), Loki possessed the ability to assume the form of various animals.
History
Loki was a Norse demigod and a trickster, who drew the ire of his family and was chained to a rock in a cave, where a snake dripped venom onto his eye. Loki was freed by the archangel Gabriel. When Gabriel was looking to escape his family's squabbles, the two struck a deal wherein Gabriel would assume Loki's identity while the real Loki would go into hiding, on the one condition that Gabriel not involve himself with the archangels ever again.
Episodes
2.15 Tall Tales
When Sam and Dean learn they are dealing with a trickster, Bobby tells them tricksters are more like demigods, naming Loki in Scandinavia and Anansi in West Africa as examples. He tells them tricksters are immortal and can create things out of thin air.
5.19 Hammer of the Gods
When the various gods meet to deal with the coming Judeo-Christian Apocalypse, it is revealed that the archangel Gabriel has been hiding on Earth as a trickster for millennia and is known to the group of pagan gods as Loki.
13.20 Unfinished Business
Loki in Lore
