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Thor and Loki (Norse mythology)

One strikes with a hammer. The other lies to win. Together they save Asgard, until the day Loki turns on it.

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Emil Doepler · Heimdall an der Himmelsbrücke by E. DoeplerFXD · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction

Thor and Loki are the two most popular figures in Norse mythology. Thor protects people with lightning. Loki spreads disorder with cunning. The travel stories often show them side by side.

Their bond is more than a comic friendship. It embodies the tension between the order of the gods and chaos. From prankish partnership to the final war, here's how the alliance takes shape, then shatters.

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  1. 2Asgard, Midgard, and the sources
  2. 3Thor, the protector with the hammer
  3. 4Loki, the cunning that ends badly
  4. 5From comic duo to Ragnarok
Open-book quiz10 questions whose answers are in the text.
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