[48], Útgarða-Loki says that no visitors are allowed to stay unless they can perform a feat. [62], A popular theory proposed by the scholar Ursula Dronke is that Lóðurr is "a third name of Loki/Loptr". See full bio » 4 wins. Thor says that he is unable to say he did well, noting that he is particularly annoyed that Útgarða-Loki will now speak negatively about him. The gods think that this is great, and flay the skin from the otter to make a bag. Breaking the silence, Loki says that, thirsty, he had come to these halls from a long way away to ask the gods for a drink of "the famous mead". The arrival of Thor and the bondage of Loki, Origin and identification with other figures. Beyla (referred to in the prose introduction to the poem as a servant of Freyr) says that all of the mountains are shaking, that she thinks Thor must be on his way home, and when Thor arrives he will bring peace to those that quarrel there. Since the contents of the Poetic Edda are assumed to have been forgotten around 1400 when the rímur was written, Haukur argues for a traditional identification. According to Stefan Arvidssen, "the conception of Loki varied during the nineteenth century. The stone may point to a connection between Loki and smithing and flames. The two wrestle but the harder Thor struggles the more difficult the battle becomes. Mulholland absorbed the fraternity’s principles from his earliest days, he says. How did it land in the Beehive State, which has a relatively tiny African American population? Mulholland is a Lehi-based filmmaker whose mother was a Freedom Rider in the 1960s civil rights movement. Þorgeirsson argues that the writer must have had information about the identification from either a tradition or that the author drew the conclusion based on the Prose Edda, as Snorri does not mention Lóðurr. [41] In chapter 35, Gangleri comments that Loki produced a "pretty terrible"—yet important—family. At the thing, the god Heimdallr puts forth the suggestion that, in place of Freyja, Thor should be dressed as the bride, complete with jewels, women's clothing down to his knees, a bridal head-dress, and the necklace Brísingamen. [11] Loki does not respond to Bragi directly, but instead directs his attention to Odin, and states: Do you remember, Odin, when in bygone days We judged his heart, not his race.”, Lynch did acknowledge, though, that Mulholland “will bring diversity and inclusion.”, The Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded Nov. 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., according to the group’s website. It was “the first black national fraternal organization to be founded at a historically black college.”, The frat’s “cardinal principles” — manhood, scholarship, perseverance and uplift — led to the creation of a national social action program “to meet the needs of African Americans in the areas of health, housing, civil rights and education.”. Loki’s documentary filmmaking about race is a good attribute to commit to the black community.”. Once made by the doors of death; In Jutland, the phrases "Lokke slÃ¥r sin havre" ("Lokke is reaping his oats") and "Lokkemand driver sine geder" ("Lokkemand drives his goats") are thereby recorded in the beginning of the 20th century, the latter with the variation of simply "Lokke". There, the gods praise Ægir's servers Fimafeng and Eldir. Iðunn says that she will not say words of blame in Ægir's hall, and affirms that she quietened Bragi, who was made talkative by beer, and that she doesn't want the two of them to fight. Odin declares this perverse. When the son of Civil Rights Hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, dives into the 400 year history of institutional racism in America he is confronted with the shocking reality that his family helped start it all from the very beginning. Odin responds that even if this is true, Loki (in a story otherwise unattested) once spent eight winters beneath the earth as a woman milking cows, and during this time bore children. Loki's consumption of a woman's heart is otherwise unattested.[37]. [17], The god Tyr defends Freyr, to which Loki replies that Tyr should be silent, for Tyr cannot "deal straight with people", and points out that it was Loki's son, the wolf Fenrir, who tore Tyr's hand off. Skrýmir awakes after each attempt, only to say that he detected an acorn falling on his head or that he wonders if bits of tree from the branches above have fallen on top of him. [65], Loki appears in Richard Wagner's opera cycle Ring of the Nibelung as Loge (a play on Old Norse loge, "fire"), depicted as an ally of the gods (specifically as Wotan's assistant rather than Donner's), although he generally dislikes them and thinks of them as greedy, as they refuse to return the Rhine Gold to its rightful owners. Joanne Bland (born July 29, 1952 in Selma, Alabama) is the co-founder and former director of the National Voting Rights Museum in Selma, Alabama. Synopsis: ​Loki Mulholland, the son of famous Civil Rights Activist, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, grapples with his family’s deep roots in racism as he unearth’s his family’s history and the truth behind their slave-owning past.Together with Luvaghn Brown, a Freedom Rider and activist, Loki explores the United States’ institutions of racism that continue to haunt our country today through his very personal journal. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. All four sleep beneath an oak tree near Skrymir in fear. The gods then return to the hall, and continue drinking. The four see Útgarða-Loki, the king of the castle, sitting. [33], Loki returns, and the three gods give Hreidmar the money from the gold hoard and flatten out the otter skin, stretch out its legs, and heap gold atop it, covering it. Loki reminds Frigg that he is responsible for the death of her son Baldr. joined a sit-in at a Woolworth’s segregated lunch counter in Jackson, Miss.. “sista” in the largest and most prestigious all-black sorority, Delta Sigma Theta. A depiction of a similarly horned and round-shouldered figure was discovered in Gainford, County Durham and is now housed in the Durham Cathedral Library. The builder, with Svaðilfari, makes fast progress on the wall, and three days before the deadline of summer, the builder is nearly at the entrance to the fortification. In response, the gods grab their shields, shrieking at Loki, and chase him out of the hall and to the woods. “An Ordinary Hero” is the story of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, a little known Civil Rights worker who did the extraordinary. Only a wide landscape remains.[52]. William Mulholland (September 11, 1855 – July 22, 1935) was a self-taught Irish American civil engineer who was responsible for building the infrastructure to provide a water supply that allowed Los Angeles to grow into the largest city in California. Loki tells Heimdallr to be silent, that he was fated a "hateful life", that Heimdallr must always have a muddy back, and serve as watchman of the gods. Eldir responds that "if shouting and fighting you pour out on" to the gods, "they'll wipe it off on you". The two horses run around all night, causing the building to be halted and the builder is then unable to regain the previous momentum of his work. Útgarða-Loki comments that this would be a feat indeed, and calls for a being by the name of Logi to come from the benches. The two return to Freyja, and tell her to dress herself in a bridal head dress, as they will drive her to Jötunheimr. down by the gate of Death. ; My Three Suns - Naga Sadow - Nick Tate - Nico Cortez - Night Skies - Nightmare (Dr. Loki tells Tyr to be silent a second time, and states that Tyr's wife (otherwise unattested) had a son by Loki, and that Tyr never received any compensation for this "injury", further calling him a "wretch". Mulholland is the executive director of the Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation and has been a video production manager, producer, and director. The builder makes a single request; that he may have help from his stallion Svaðilfari, and due to Loki's influence, this is allowed. Calling the gods arrogant, Loki asks why they are unable to speak, and demands that they assign him a seat and a place for him at the feast, or tell him to leave. Strange) - Norm Prescott - Orion Pictures - Oscar … [25], In Jötunheimr, the jötunn Þrymr sits on a burial mound, plaiting golden collars for his female dogs, and trimming the manes of his horses. Loki Mulholland Features Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, Loki Mulholland, Luvaghn Brown Thor arrives, and subsequently kills the builder by smashing the builder's skull into shards with the hammer Mjöllnir. Tyr responds that while he may have lost a hand, Loki has lost the wolf, and trouble has come to them both. [54], In 1950, a semi-circular flat stone featuring a depiction of a mustachioed face was discovered on a beach near Snaptun, Denmark. Odin puts forth the ring Andvarinaut, covering the single hair. Andvari, now in the form of a dwarf, goes into a rock, and tells Loki that the gold will result in the death of two brothers, will cause strife between eight princes, and will be useless to everyone. You said you would never drink ale An example from 1841 reads as follows: And in Thy, from the same source: "... when you look at the horizon in clear weather and sunshine, and the air seems to move in shimmering waves, or like a sheet of water which seems to rise and sink in waves." [11], Odin then asks his silent son Víðarr to sit up, so that Loki (here referred to as the "wolf's father") may sit at the feast, and so that he may not speak words of blame to the gods in Ægir's hall. Loki Mulholland is an Emmy-winning filmmaker, author, activist and son of Civil Rights Icon, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland. Omega has grown now to include more than 700 chapters throughout the United States, Bermuda, Bahamas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Korea, Japan, Liberia, Germany and Kuwait. Freyja replies that Loki is lying, that he just wants to "yelp about wicked things" that gods and goddesses are furious with him, and that he will go home thwarted. Loki "takes the horn", drinks it, and says that she would be, if it were so, and states that Sif and Loki had been lovers, despite her marriage to Thor (an affair that is otherwise unattested). She was the first white student to integrate Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss., a historically black school, and is recognized as the first white “sista” in the largest and most prestigious all-black sorority, Delta Sigma Theta. The stallion Svaðilfari performs twice the deeds of strength as the builder, and hauls enormous rocks—to the surprise of the gods. Andvari gives some background information about himself, including that he was cursed by a "norn of misfortune" in his "early days". As they leave, Útgarða-Loki asks Thor how he thought he fared in the contests. [30], Loki appears in both prose and the first six stanzas of the poem Reginsmál. This scenario is otherwise unattested. Þorgeirsson also points to Þrymlur where the same identification is made with Loki and Lóðurr. This corresponds with usages such as the Swedish lokkanät and Faroese Lokkanet ('cobweb', literally 'Lokke's web') and Faroese lokki~grindalokki~grindalokkur ('daddy-long-legs', associated in pre-modern folk-taxonomy with spiders). [60], Regarding scholarship on Loki, scholar Gabriel Turville-Petre comments (1964) that "more ink has been spilled on Loki than on any other figure in Norse myth. Þrymr then lifts "Freyja's" veil and wants to kiss "her" until catching the terrifying eyes staring back at him, seemingly burning with fire. over the waves, and Loki steers Freyja, indignant and angry, goes into a rage, causing all of the halls of the Æsir to tremble in her anger, and her necklace, the famed Brísingamen, falls from her. Thor eats and drinks ferociously, consuming entire animals and three casks of mead. [31], While the three gods are at the falls, Ótr (in the form of an otter) catches a salmon and eats it on a river bank, his eyes shut, when Loki hits and kills him with a stone. [16] Fundação. Byggvir says that he is proud to be here by all the gods and men, and that he is said to be speedy. When the award-winning filmmaker of "An Ordinary Hero", Loki Mulholland, dives into the 400 year history of institutional racism in America he is confronted with the shocking reality that his family helped start it all from the very beginning. [55], A fragmentary late 10th-century cross located in St Stephen's Church, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England, features a bound figure with horns and a beard. Þrymr recounts his treasured animals and objects, stating that Freyja was all that he was missing in his wealth. Loki is referenced in two stanzas in Völuspá hin skamma, found within the poem Hyndluljóð. Struggling, all four squeeze through the bars of the gate, and continue to a large hall. Delta and Omega are brother/sister organizations. Sigyn, his spouse, sat with him holding a basin beneath the dripping venom, yet when the basin became full, she carried the poison away; and during this time the poison dripped on to Loki, causing him to writhe with such violence that all of the earth shook from the force, resulting in what are now known as earthquakes. The amazing true story of one white Southern woman's courage to choose her convictions and join the Civil Rights Movement. Loki says that Skaði was once gentler in speech to him (referring to himself as the "son of Laufey") when Skaði once invited him to her bed (an event that is unattested elsewhere), and that such events must be mentioned if they are to recall "shameful deeds". [33], Loki states that they have now handed over the gold, and that gold is cursed as Andvari is, and that it will be the death of Hreidmar and Regin both. All rights reserved. They continue through the woods until dark. Freyja pointedly refuses. [36], In the second of the two stanzas, Loki is referred to as Lopt. Watch for $0.00 with Prime. [18], Freyr himself interrupts at this point, and says that he sees a wolf lying before a river mouth, and that, unless Loki is immediately silent, like the wolf, Loki shall also be bound until Ragnarök. Loki has been depicted in or is referred to in an array of media in modern popular culture. Het cijfer geeft aan hoe vaak er gelinkt is (minimaal 2 keer) vanuit artikelen in Categorie:Sciencefiction.Gebaseerd op gegevens van 1 december 2019. [43], The gods declare that Loki deserves a horrible death if he cannot find a scheme that will cause the builder to forfeit his payment, and threaten to attack him. This figure is sometimes theorized as depicting the bound Loki. Now late at night, Útgarða-Loki shows the group to their rooms and they are treated with hospitality. In the poem, Fjölsviðr describes to the hero Svipdagr that Sinmara keeps the weapon Lævateinn within a chest, locked with nine strong locks (due to significant translation differences, two translations of the stanza are provided here): "Lævatein is there, that Lopt with runes [45], Minus the goats, Thor, Loki, and the two children continue east until they arrive at a vast forest in Jötunheimr. “We have never had a policy against anyone based on race," says Smith, chair of the department of education, culture and society at the University of Utah and an Omega member since he was an undergraduate at Eastern Illinois University more than three decades ago. In 1961, by way of excluding all non-Scandinavian mythological parallels in her analysis, Anna Birgitta Rooth concluded that Loki was originally a spider. The bottom portion of the west side of the cross features a depiction of a long-haired female, kneeling figure holding an object above another prostrate, bound figure. Loki ends the poetic verses of Lokasenna with a final stanza: Ale you brewed, Ægir, and you will never again hold a feast; However, Loki "had such dealings" with Svaðilfari that "somewhat later" Loki gives birth to a gray foal with eight legs; the horse Sleipnir—"the best horse among gods and men. [31], Loki is sent to retrieve the gold, and Loki goes to the goddess Rán, borrows her net, and then goes back to the Andvara-falls. A white woman before and ahead of her time, she grew up in the segregationist South and had the courage from her teenage years to turn against everything she knew, and choose her inner convictions and joined the Civil Rights Movement. Loki and his three children by Angrboda were all bound in some way, and were all destined to break free at Ragnarok to wreak havoc on the world. Prior to drinking, Loki declaims a toast to the gods, with a specific exception for Bragi. [12], The goddess Iðunn interrupts, asking Bragi, as a service to his relatives and adopted relatives, not to say words of blame to Loki in Ægir's hall. Some Eastern Swedish traditions referring to the same figure use forms in n- like Nokk(e), but this corresponds to the *luk- etymology insofar as those dialects consistently used a different root, Germanic *hnuk-, in contexts where western varieties used *luk-: "nokke corresponds to nøkkel" ('key' in Eastern Scandinavian) "as loki~lokke to lykil" ('key' in Western Scandinavian). Regin, a dwarf, had two brothers; Andvari, who gained food by spending time in the Andvara-falls in the form of a pike, and Ótr, who would often go to the Andvara-falls in the form of an otter. The men meet as a group monthly, while the numerous committees huddle more often. The historic all-black (now mostly black) fraternity “has stood the test of time at the forefront of service to humanity,” Smith says. [26], Thor asks Loki if his efforts were successful, and that Loki should tell him while he is still in the air as "tales often escape a sitting man, and the man lying down often barks out lies". In both the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, the goddess Skaði is responsible for placing a serpent above him while he is bound. “Loki represents our principles,” Lynch says. Hævatein the twig is named, and Lopt plucked it, [47], The four travelers continue their journey until midday. Thor responds by telling Loki to be silent, threatening him with Mjöllnir, and adding that every one of Loki's bones will be broken with it.