On the day of Ragnarok, Loki is foretold to be freed and join the army of the enemies of the gods alongside his children, only for him and Heimdallr to kill each other in combat. As a punishment, Loki is bound to a rock with the entrails of his own son with a huge snake dripping venom on his face. Baldr dies on the spot, depriving the world of its light and setting into motion the events of Ragnarok.
This effectually makes Baldr impervious to any damage, greatly annoying Loki, who discovers about the mistletoe and plots to have him shot with an arrow made of the plant. Plagued by ominous dreams foretelling his death, Baldr’s mother, the goddess Frigg, makes everything in the world promise to never hurt her son, with the exception of the mistletoe plant due to how harmless she perceived it to be. One of the most famous episodes of such is his involvement in the death of Baldr, the god of light. In most, Loki acted as a comic relief character or travelling companion to Thor, while in some, Loki acted in an antagonistic manner to them. Loki’s relationship with the other Aesir gods changed depending on the story.
By turning into a mare, he also mated with the stallion Svaðilfari and gave birth to Odin’s eight legged horse, Sleipnir. With the jotunn Angrboða he fathered the giant wolf Fenrir, the goddess of the dead Hel and the world serpent Jormungandr. Loki uses his wit to cheat and lie his way into what he wants, be it for the good of the gods or his own personal gains. The half-jotunn trickster god of Norse mythology, in some sources described as the son of the jotunn Fárbauti and the Aesir goddess Laufey. Original post: baphomet devil demon goat black goat black mass sabbath witch witchcraft occult mysticism knights templar templar mythology folklore Character Design Monster Design traditional art Shin Megami Tensei shin megami tensei v persona persona 5 Baphomet is nowadays viewed as a bona-fide demon, the King of the Black Masses, worshipped by the witches in medieval times, and a symbol of evil, the devil and conspiracies in general. Truth is, Eliphas didn’t portray Baphomet as a devil at all, but actually as an old god who was worshipped by witches and pagans, a supreme being that represented the “sum total of the universe”, male and female, good and evil, life and death, etc. With time the name Baphomet came to be associated with demons in general, and became a creature of its own, widely associated with an illustration by Eliphas Lévi, a French occultist, depicting the famous image of the goat-headed being. They were accused by the Inquisitors of heresy, leading the Templars to be sentenced to death. By the end of the Crusades the Templars were accused of incorporating Islamic ideas into their belief system, culminating into wild stories about how they made their initiates worship demons, and how they all prayed to an evil god called Baphomet. Baphomet’s origin traces back to the time of the Crusades, and it’s commonly accepted that its name is an Old French corruption of the name of the prophet Muhammad. This one is a bit of a cluttered mess tbh, but people liked it nonetheless, so here it is.Īn Idol or false god, and a catchall term form demons in general, taking the appearance of a goat-headed and winged hermaphrodite human. Mandragora mandrake plant witchcraft alraune sabbath european folklore mythology supernatural Monster Design creature design Shin Megami Tensei shin megami tensei v persona persona 5 It was said that witches who made love to the mandrake were impregnated with children who had no soul and were incapable of feeling love, a concept later explored in the novel “Alraune”, by German novelist Hanns Heinz Ewers. Mandrakes were used for many different purposes, such as making love potions, anesthetics, protective charms and “flying ointments”, used by witches to gain the power of flight necessary to go to Sabbaths. To circumvent this, people were advised to use animals tied to the plant to uproot and die in their place instead. It was said to give a blood-curling scream when uprooted, killing anyone who heard it. The mandrake was said to be created when the semen or blood of hanged men was absorbed into the earth. Its hallucinogenic properties and the vaguely humanoid-shape of its roots surrounded it in all matter of superstitions through history. The root of a plant said to have magical properties, historically derived from those of the Mandragora genus or species such as the Bryonia alba.
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