Laufey

Also known as: Nal · Role: Loke’s mother · First appears: Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring

• child: Loki “His father is the giant Farbaute, but his mother’s name is Laufey, or Nal.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XIII · Odin's Horse and Frey's Ship

• child: Loki “and all agreed that this must have been advised by him who gives the most bad counsels, namely, Loke, son of Laufey, and they threatened him with a cruel death if he could not contrive some way of preventing the builder from fulfilling his part of the bargain”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XV · The Death of Balder · Part 1

• child: Loki “When Loke, Laufey’s son, saw this, it displeased him very much that Balder was not scathed.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XV · The Death of Balder · Part 2

• child: Loki “It is generally believed that this Thok was Loke, Laufey’s son, who has wrought most evil among the asas.”

Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Loke's Wager with the Dwarfs

• child: Loki “Loke Laufey’s son had once craftily cut all the hair off Sif;”

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