Scar-Lip, Sky-Walker, and Mischief-Monger: The Norse God Loki as Trickster

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Title:	Scar-Lip, Sky-Walker, and Mischief-Monger: The Norse God Loki as Trickster
Author:	Krause-Loner, Shawn Christopher
Description:	Loki, the mischief-maker and adversary of Norse mythology, is a dynamic and ambiguous persona, best understood as figure belonging to the mythic type known as Trickster. This thesis presents three distinct points in its treatment of the mythic figure Loki as Trickster. The first is an argument of the criteria and attributes that make a mythic figure a trickster and the validity of the trickster as a comparative category within the study of religion and myth. Next the Norse myth cycle is examined as it pertains to the attitudes, actions, and personality of Loki, showing him to be an ambiguous contradictory creature. Lastly, there is an explicit comparison between the descriptive and theoretical rubrics and the myths, illustrating how Loki is best understood as a liminal, Trickster figure.
Permanent Link:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1063416355 http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/18650
Date:	2003

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