It is safe to say Loki and Svaðilfari are same-sex parents. The author of Prose Edda Snorri Sturluson wrote that ‘Loki had had such dealings with Svaðilfari (the stallion) that sometime later he bore a foal’.īoth the Poetic and the Prose Edda clarify that the foal will grow to become Odin’s eight-legged steed Sleipnir. Specifically, Loki turns into a mare, has a sexual encounter with a giant’s stallion and gives birth, as attested in Gylfaginning, the first part of Prose Edda, dating back to the 13th century. He can change species and gender at his will - or should we say, their? Loki is definitely bisexual and a shapeshifter. His bisexuality and gender-fluidity are canon, according to the crucial texts of Norse literature, Prose and Poetic Edda.Īlthough these texts were written 200 or 300 years after the actual Viking Age (793–1066 AD) and were therefore deeply influenced by Christianity, they are invaluable sources to have a grasp of how same-sex relationships were regarded at the time. The trickster god Loki is surely one of the most prominent examples in this regard. Some gods, heroes and highly respected priests apparently indulged in homosexual practices. In the meantime, GSN unpacked early northern mythology to reveal the LGBTI elements in gods and heroes’ tales from the Viking Age. There might take time for Marvel to give us the historically accurate, queer Norse folks we deserve. The scene, showing a woman walking out of Valkyrie’s bedroom, would have implied the warrior dates both guys and girls, but sadly didn’t make it to the final cut. Thompson, who is bisexual, also confirmed there was a scene from Thor: Ragnarok that would have made her character’s attraction to both genders canon. In the comics, Valkyrie has a relationship with anthropologist Annabelle Riggs. Moreover, both Tom Hiddleston and Tessa Thompson have said that they played their characters in Thor and Avengers - Loki and Valkyrie respectively - as bisexuals. It’s time Marvel’s Norse gods and heroes followed suit. DC will have its first lesbian superhero, after all.
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe hinted at that, although very vaguely, on several occasions.ĭespite the movies watered down the comics, it is not impossible to see the saga going bolder in the future, especially with a TV show focusing on Loki in the works. You don’t need to hold a PhD in Norse mythology to know that Viking warriors and Norse gods were among the queerest of all times. Loki and Valkyrie in a scene of Thor: Ragnarok.
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