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Loki’s Binding and the Shaking of the Earth

🪓 Norse MythologyFjarðarárgljúfur Canyon, IcelandLoki • Sigyn • Odin

Following the tragic death of the god Baldur, Loki is apprehended by the Aesir and sentenced to an eternal punishment in a subterranean cavern. Bound with the iron-hard entrails of his own son and subjected to the venom of a serpent, Loki’s violent convulsions in response to the poison create the phenomenon known as earthquakes. His faithful wife Sigyn remains by his side, catching the venom...