Loki

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Loki is a giant in Norse mythology. He is the personification of cunning, trickery, and evil. Although Loki is a giant, he lives with the gods because Odin adopted him. He has the power of changing his appearance (called Shapeshifting) and even gender, although he had to borrowed Freyja's magical dress at times to change into birds. Once, Loki changed himself into a mare, and he bore the son of a horse. This eight-legged horse is then called Sleipnir, and became the favourite horse of Odin. Loki also has many monstrous children, namely Hel, Fenrir, and Jordmungand. He and his children became enemies of the gods in Ragnarok.

Loki is a coward, liar, cheater, thief, and murderer. He cut off the hair of Thor's wife, Sif, stole Freyja's necklace, gave goddess Idunn to the giants, etc. In a poem called Lokasenna (Loki's Arguments), he made up lies to insult all gods and goddesses. The last evil thing he did is to kill the god Baldur, using the blind god Hodhr's hands. For this, he was tied into a tree until Ragnarok.

At Ragnarok, Loki was freed by the giants, and he fought with his rival, the god Heimdall. Both killed each other.

There is a common mistaken idea that Loki is a god of fire. But Loki is a giant, not a god. And despite modern scholars' efforts, they found no evidences that he was ever worshipped. The misconception came from Richard Wagner's opera "The Ring of Nibelung" in 19th century, where he created a character called "Loge" (Loki), who has the form of fire. It is also because Loki is often confused with the fire giant Logi. But Logi and Loki are two different characters in myths, and Loki never had anything to do with fire.

Norse Mythology
Gods and Goddesses	Odin - Frigg - Freyja - Thor - Loki - Tyr - Vidar - Sif - Móði and Magni - Thrud - Ull - Baldur - Heimdall - Jord
Locations	Asgard - Midgard - Niflheim - Hel - Valhalla - Jotunheim - Muspelheim - Bifröst - Yggdrasil - Niðavellir
Races and groups	Æsir - Vanir - Giants - Dwarves - Valkyrie - Norns
Other	Jörmungandr - Fenrir - Hel - Ragnarök - Hugin and Munin - Mjolnir - Runestones