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[pikachu17]

Was Loki associated with fire in the original myths? Because all I can remember of Loki and Fire having to do with each other was when they had an eating contest against each other.

[TD1]

Yep. Forges, fire, wind.

[Harry Baldman]

Was Loki associated with fire in the original myths? Because all I can remember of Loki and Fire having to do with each other was when they had an eating contest against each other.

Norse mythology is pretty loose and variable and so the thing there was that there's definitely a fire god Loki and a trickster Loki in there, it's not 100% clear that they're meant to be the same god as far as I'm aware.

[smjjames]

Loki as the god of the forge? That's a pretty little known attribute of his, though I guess it's a side job because fire.

Was Loki associated with fire in the original myths? Because all I can remember of Loki and Fire having to do with each other was when they had an eating contest against each other.

Norse mythology is pretty loose and variable and so the thing there was that there's definitely a fire god Loki and a trickster Loki in there, it's not 100% clear that they're meant to be the same god as far as I'm aware.

Loki was also a servant of Thor for a time.

[Greiger]

Huh learn something new about about loki every day it seems.  I always figured he was just notable for being the god of pranks and tricks, the last boss of a certain cult classic vintage rpg, parent to entirely too many animals(including being the mother to one), an apparently ranked 'easy' assassin character that I nevertheless failed to use effectively at every turn, and my personal winner of the world's doofiest helmet in movies award.

Now I learn that he is a key ingredient to swords.

[Mathel]

Loki as the god of the forge? That's a pretty little known attribute of his, though I guess it's a side job because fire.

Was Loki associated with fire in the original myths? Because all I can remember of Loki and Fire having to do with each other was when they had an eating contest against each other.

Norse mythology is pretty loose and variable and so the thing there was that there's definitely a fire god Loki and a trickster Loki in there, it's not 100% clear that they're meant to be the same god as far as I'm aware.

Loki was also a servant of Thor for a time.

Do you know the story, where Thor and his friend Loki, go visit the Utgarda-Loki, who plays tricks on them? Tricks like having Thor brawl with Old Age herself, having Thor drink the sea from a horn and pitting Loki angainst Logi, the Fire, in an eating contest.

[smjjames]

Loki as the god of the forge? That's a pretty little known attribute of his, though I guess it's a side job because fire.

Was Loki associated with fire in the original myths? Because all I can remember of Loki and Fire having to do with each other was when they had an eating contest against each other.

Norse mythology is pretty loose and variable and so the thing there was that there's definitely a fire god Loki and a trickster Loki in there, it's not 100% clear that they're meant to be the same god as far as I'm aware.

Loki was also a servant of Thor for a time.

Do you know the story, where Thor and his friend Loki, go visit the Utgarda-Loki, who plays tricks on them? Tricks like having Thor brawl with Old Age herself, having Thor drink the sea from a horn and pitting Loki angainst Logi, the Fire, in an eating contest.

Yep, that's the one, though I don't remember the name of the magician who played tricks on the pair. He also tricked (or perhaps pre-planned, since there was certainly danger of Thor doing that) Thor into thinking he hit the magicians head with mjolnir when he had actually hit a mountain.

[Mathel]

Loki as the god of the forge? That's a pretty little known attribute of his, though I guess it's a side job because fire.

Was Loki associated with fire in the original myths? Because all I can remember of Loki and Fire having to do with each other was when they had an eating contest against each other.

Norse mythology is pretty loose and variable and so the thing there was that there's definitely a fire god Loki and a trickster Loki in there, it's not 100% clear that they're meant to be the same god as far as I'm aware.

Loki was also a servant of Thor for a time.

Do you know the story, where Thor and his friend Loki, go visit the Utgarda-Loki, who plays tricks on them? Tricks like having Thor brawl with Old Age herself, having Thor drink the sea from a horn and pitting Loki angainst Logi, the Fire, in an eating contest.

Yep, that's the one, though I don't remember the name of the magician who played tricks on the pair. He also tricked (or perhaps pre-planned, since there was certainly danger of Thor doing that) Thor into thinking he hit the magicians head with mjolnir when he had actually hit a mountain.

I thought that the intended target of the bash was a jotun, who was leading them to the Utgarda-Loki. But yes, a mountain was hit instead. But in Thor's defence, he was angry because the jotun (Who was indeed a giant, considering that the pair at one point slept in his glove) gave them a bag of supplies tied with Trickery (so they could not open it), third day in a row.

False edit:

So, turns out that according to the wiki, Thor tried to hit the jotun (Whose name is Skrýmir) for snoring too loudly, rather than for giving them unopenable bags of food. Also, Skýmir was Utgarda-Loki in disguise, so he was the magician.

/ End False Edit

But I wonder, what if the 3 Lokies got mixed into 1? And there had to actually be 3 of them. While Loki is a known shapeshifter, he still can not be at 2 places at once. Also, maybe the Midgardsormr (Jormundgander) was originaly Utgarda-Loki's son, rather than regular Loki's. It would explain how UL was able to convince him to stand still in the form of a cat while Thor was trying to lift him.

[pikachu17]

I like how this thread is doing part-time as the "Norse Gods" thread.

[Rolan7]

Hey, another update: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1110.html
I like the confirmation that Sending is single-target, I'm not sure if that was explicit before or not.  Probably misremembering.
Though Belkar's looking at Durkula...  I guess it's visible?  Meh whatever

[Akura]

And as always, Elan nails it on the head.

[Egan_BW]

They're using strategy?! PogChamp

[milo christiansen]

What is up with the OOtS RSS feed? It never seems to update in a timely manner.

EDIT: I checked the raw feed data, and it isn't a problem with my reader, it simply doesn't update when the comic does, instead it updates hours or even days later.

[MrWiggles]

To be fair, they did actually prep way at the start of the comic.

[smjjames]

Splitting the party isn’t actually prep though.