Flytting 1

[whose_son_am_i]

Sender: Loki of Asgard
To: Everyone
Subject: Introduction and a Riddle

It seems a popular way to test and get used to this journal is to do a proper introduction. I am Loki of Asgard. As might be surmised, I am newly arrived--though I find this place intriguing and curious so far. I think I'll have fun here.

I could go on, but instead, I have a riddle for you all.

My head was forged / by hammer's hit,
pricked by a point / and polished by files.
What comes before me, / I frequently eat.
With rings adorned / I doth strike,
hard against hard, / a hole in my back.
Shoved forth / I shall defend
my master's money / amidst the night.
Sometimes I spin / my skull backwards,
when my lord wants me / - the warden of his wealth -
to hand him the treasures / of hundreds of heroes
he killed in battle / to capture their gold.

I look forward to hearing your answers.

Comments

[herewardbound]

I'm not completely comfortable getting into the details for reasons I'm sure you understand

but I have noticed a tendency for Persona awakened in life-or-death situations to take the form of either mythological Tricksters, or famous anti-authoritarian figures. For instance, the literary 'Gentleman Thief', Arsene Lupin.

Given I didn't have a stellar relationship with the authority figures in my life, I'd hazard a guess the connection wasn't the myths about helping the gods.

[whose_son_am_i]

Oh I'm certain there's a whole swath of analysis one could go into about all of that with regard to awakening a Persona and situations one would do it in.

If it helps--I've been there, done that--as they say, regarding my less pleasant aspects and need to tear things down. I can't say they won't crop up again given the right circumstances...but I'm calmer, if that helps put you at ease. As you might imagine--I, the being, am much more complex than simply the myths might portray.

[herewardbound]

Most people are, I suppose.

I don't have access to Loki anymore, for a number of reasons- but that's something that seems at least to be fairly common, Personas changing when the emotions that drive them fade, or when some personal epiphany is reached. But I did consume a lot of Norse mythology in the months following that awakening. Admittedly, I did find the gap between the popular portrayal of 'the Viking' in media, and what the historic ancient Scandinavians were actually like, to be of particular interest.

[whose_son_am_i]

If we're also from different worlds, then there are likely even more differences between the myths you know and what 'actually' happened.