Home > Author > >

" The Lokasenna (Loki's taunts):
Njorth, you were sent from the west
as a hostage for the gods.
The daughters of Hymir
used your mouth as a urinal,
and you’ve tasted plenty of piss.
...
Freyja, you are a witch,
and have dealt out many curses.
I hear the gods found you
lying with your brother,
and that you farted then.
...
“Tyr,
or don’t you know your own wife
had a son by me?
You poor fool,
I’ll never pay you a penny
in compensation for that.
...
“Sif, I alone know
how you were unfaithful
to your husband Thor—
and I was the one you slept with.
...
And you, Odin, you always judge battles
unfairly for humans.
You have often given
defeat to the better side,
when you shouldn’t have.

And Odin said:
“Even if I did judge unfairly,
and made the better side lose,
I know that you,
for eight years,
lived on the earth down below
as a cow in milk, and as a woman,
and you’ve given birth to children—
I call that a pervert’s way of living! "

, The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes


Image for Quotes

 quote : The Lokasenna (Loki's taunts):<br />Njorth, you were sent from the west<br />as a hostage for the gods.<br />The daughters of Hymir<br />used your mouth as a urinal,<br />and you’ve tasted plenty of piss.<br />...<br />Freyja, you are a witch,<br />and have dealt out many curses.<br />I hear the gods found you<br />lying with your brother,<br />and that you farted then.<br />...<br />“Tyr,<br />or don’t you know your own wife<br />had a son by me?<br />You poor fool,<br />I’ll never pay you a penny<br />in compensation for that.<br />...<br />“Sif, I alone know<br />how you were unfaithful<br />to your husband Thor—<br />and I was the one you slept with.<br />...<br />And you, Odin, you always judge battles<br />unfairly for humans.<br />You have often given<br />defeat to the better side,<br />when you shouldn’t have.<br /><br />And Odin said:<br />“Even if I did judge unfairly,<br />and made the better side lose,<br />I know that you,<br />for eight years,<br />lived on the earth down below<br />as a cow in milk, and as a woman,<br />and you’ve given birth to children—<br />I call that a pervert’s way of living!