Loki's Punishment

Overview

Loki’s Punishment turns the rupture after Baldr into a continuing state. Chapter 50 first shows Loki hiding and changing form; the gods learn to use a net and Thor catches him in the river. Loki is then bound on stones, venom drips above him, Sigyn tends him with a basin, and the binding lasts until Ragnarok.

Relationships

• Lokicaptures and binds

  Loki evades pursuit, is finally caught by Thor and is bound by the gods.

• Ragnaroklasts until doom

  Loki’s binding is not a short punishment; the text says he remains until Ragnarok.

Story appearances

• Baldr's Death and Loki's PunishmentPunishment fixing Loki until Ragnarok

  Loki’s Punishment joins pursuit, binding, venom and Sigyn’s care into a long-lasting state.

• RagnarokEarlier binding lasting until doom

  Loki’s binding lasts until Ragnarok, and this story brings him back into the doom scene.

Ancient sources

MythWeave distinguishes ancient-source evidence from later adaptations and modern interpretation.

• Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda, Gylfaginning, Chapter 50, Loki hides, takes salmon form, invents the net, and Thor catches him in the river
• Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda, Gylfaginning, Chapter 50, Loki bound, serpent venom dripping, Sigyn holding the basin, and Loki remaining until Ragnarok
• Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda, Gylfaginning, Chapter 51, Naglfar, Hrym, Loki, Surtr, Muspell’s sons, Bifrost breaking and Vigrid