João Simões Lopes Filho wrote:
>KARL KERENYI - Die Mythologie der Griechen - Band I: Die Götter-und
Menschleitsgesichten (Portuguese translation), chapter XIII (he cites
Hesychius Lexicographus as source).
Thank you for the reference, João.
Ravi Chaudhary wrote:
>>Loki fits into another mode, a trickser, a prankster, and how you
would relate him to Promotheus I would like to know.
I wouldn't normally relate Loki to Prometheus. However, on thinking about
it, I did recall the traditions about both gods being imprisoned for a long
time beneath/by a rock - although I can't think of any other shared
similarities.
Glen Gordon wrote:
>>"fire" exists in all three realms of the
cosmos. It exists in the sky (ie: the sun), it also exists on land
obviously. It even exists in the watery underworld.
The sun - sky; everyday fire - earth: OK. But could you explain what you
mean by the existence of fire in the watery underworld?
>>On the other hand, there is the age-old saying "Don't play with fire".
Most
of us have this primal understanding of the potentially harmful outcomes of
fire, especially when it is not respected. Hence, it is a "trickster" since
fire can turn on you at any moment if you're not careful.
Although I can see your reasoning, I'm not entirely convinced by it. I
suspect that there's another explanation for Loki's association with
trickery (no, I don't know what it is).
Jean Kelly