Winston Churchill once said, “The price of greatness is responsibility”. In life, we can tend to not take responsibility for our actions, often causing problems for others. Impaired driving, teen drug use, and teen pregnancy all show a lack of responsibility. Activities which originally seem fun become serious very quickly. Many of the actions of Loki, a trickster god in Norse mythology, are great examples of this. Despite being out for nothing more than a little bit of fun, however, Loki takes responsibility for his actions when his plans go south, and often tries to mend the situation, instead of exacerbating the problem. While Loki is a highly devious and mischievous character, he still tries to mend several of the problems that he himself creates …show more content…
Loki’s main goal later in the Norse mythological saga is to bring about the downfall of his fellow gods. As is often the case in life, the consequence of Loki’s mistake is often being separated from his family and friends. While Loki originally does often fix problems that he causes early in the saga, the problems that he creates become bigger and bigger, and the Aesir begin to view him as more of a villain. In the Kidnapping of Idun, Loki realized his mistake and devised a way to save Idun and rectify the problem, risking his life in the process. This responsibility is repeated in several of the other myths that Loki is a part of. In the story of the Fortification of Asgard (McCoy), when Loki convinced the Aesir to agree to a contract to a giant that would’ve ended in giving away the hand of Freya, and the sun and moon, Loki again fixed his mistake. He transformed into a mare and seduced the giant’s horse, his biggest helper, and the giant subsequently couldn’t finish his work, and was killed by Thor as