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Loki Stealing Freyja’s Brisingamen Necklace Transformed as a Fly

🪓 Norse MythologyTrelleborg Ring Fortress, DenmarkLoki • Freyja • Odin

In an act of divine espionage, the trickster god Loki transforms into a fly to infiltrate the impenetrable hall of the goddess Freyja and steal her most prized possession, the necklace Brísingamen. Acting on the instructions of Odin, Loki navigates the locks and guards of Sessrúmnir, eventually biting Freyja as a flea to force her to shift in her sleep so he can undo the necklace's clasp. The...