How many ancient deities have caused so much confusion more than 4,000 years after their peak? No god or goddess has sparked as much debate and conflicting information as the Norse god Loki. Everything about him has at least more than one meaning, including his race, his name, and his role in Asgard. As a god, he lived through eras shrouded in controversy and mystery. However, it is not completely ambiguous: when we travel through time, we can see how its meaning and character have changed from the Bronze Age to the present day. For starters, Loki is a god, a giant, or both – his relationship with the gods varies depending on the source. A shapeshifter, he represents the pure spontaneity and constant change that is known to hurt and help the Aesir. He is the son of the giant Farbauti and Laufey, who is either another giant or a human woman. Some sources state that he is the youngest god of Asgard, but others believe that he existed before the world even began, thus representing chaos and the unknown (Auerbach-Simpson 47). In both Eddas, it is stated that Loki is a blood brother of Odin, a highly sacred bond in the Norse community. He has a wife named Sign and had two children with her. However, he also had three children with the giantess Angrboda. These are the earth serpent Jormungand, the giant wolf Fenrir and Hel, the goddess of the underworld. True to his role as a trickster, Loki has the ability to transform into any form he wishes, and he can even change gender. Scholars have also proposed theories about his connection to fire, and in the poem "Lokasenna" he threatens the gods with flames by stating: "...All your possibilities...... in the middle of a paper. ..... delicate and Contradictory and even prestigious researchers have been pushed to the limit. Folklorist Jacob Grimm believed Loki to be a god of fire, comparing him to the Greek god Prometheus or even Lucifer. Jan de Vries considered Loki a typical trickster god, and Georges Dumézil thought Loki was what he called "an embodiment of impulsive justice". Even after the Viking Age, Loki still managed to sow confusion, conflict, and intellectual chaos. Thousands of years after its heyday, the sneaky one still manages to fascinate us with its invasive tricks and hilarious pranks. He is the one who questions the balance of things and he is the one who introduces new ideas and defies destiny, modifying it to his liking. He has lived for over a thousand years and there is a good chance that he will continue to entertain and fascinate us for another thousand years..