Did Loki give birth to a serpent?

Who are Loki's offspring? With the female giant Angerboda (Angrboda: “Distress Bringer”), Loki produced the progeny Hel, the goddess of death; Jörmungand, the serpent that surrounds the world; and Fenrir (Fenrisúlfr), the wolf. Loki is also credited with giving birth to Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse.
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Did Loki give birth to Jörmungandr?

Loki did give birth to an animal in Norse mythology. He physically gave birth to Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse, and was also its mother. Loki also fathered but did not give birth to, two animal children — Fenrir, the wolf, and Jormungandr, a giant snake also known as the Midgard serpent.
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How did Loki have a snake child?

According to the Prose Edda, Odin took Loki's three children by Angrboða—the wolf Fenrir, Hel, and Jörmungandr—and tossed Jörmungandr into the great ocean that encircles Midgard. The serpent grew so large that it was able to surround the Earth and grasp its own tail. It is an example of an ouroboros.
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What did Loki birth?

Loki gave birth to Sleipnir after turning himself into a female horse when his father demanded he sabotage the work of a craftsman from being able to complete the fortification of Asgard in one season. In the early days of Valhalla, a craftsman came to visit.
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How did Loki become pregnant with the serpent?

By the jötunn Angrboða, Loki is the father of Hel, the wolf Fenrir, and the world serpent Jörmungandr. In the form of a mare, Loki was impregnated by the stallion Svaðilfari and gave birth to the eight-legged horse Sleipnir.
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Who has Loki slept with?

Loki also reproduced with his mistress, Angrboda, a jötunn (possibly a troll) who gave birth to three children: Hel, who ruled the eponymous underworld called Hel, Jörmungandr, the sea serpent of Midgard and arch-nemesis of Thor, and Fenrir, the massive wolf fated to slay Odin during Ragnarök.
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Is the world serpent Loki's son?

Jörmungandr is the Midgard Serpent (also World Serpent) in Norse mythology who encircles the realm of Midgard. He is the son of the god Loki and the giantess Angrboða and brother of the great wolf Fenrir and Hel, Queen of the Dead. At Ragnarök, the Twilight of the Gods, he slays and is slain by the god Thor.
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How did Loki have a wolf child?

Fenrir was the eldest of three children between Loki and the giantess Angrboda. Fenrir took the form of a wolf while his younger brother Jormungand took the form of a serpent and his younger sister Hel was half alive and half dead. The gods feared them all and captured them in middle of the night from Angrboda's hall.
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Who was the mother of Jörmungandr?

Angrboda is a Jötunn, wife of Loki, and mother of Jörmungandr, Fenrir and Hel.
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Did laurits give birth to Jörmungandr?

Laurits, who's Loki in Norse mythology, gives birth to Jörmungandr, also known as the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent. According to Norse mythology, the serpent will grow so large that it will be able to surround the earth.
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Who is Loki's oldest child?

Fenrir was the first son of Loki and was considered to be among some of the scariest creatures in all the nine worlds of Norse mythology. Being the oldest child of Loki, Fenrir was also the older brother to Midgard serpent Jormungandr and to the ruler of the dead - Hel.
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Is Atreus the world serpent's dad?

First, it confirms the existence of Angrboda and her role as the mother of monsters. It also confirms that Fenrir, Hel, and the world serpent are siblings, and most importantly it confirms that Loki - AKA Atreus - is their father.
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Why do Thor and Jörmungandr hate each other?

The first reason we have to consider is the origins of them both. Thor came from the god tribe for he was the son of Odin the Allfather whom probably all of the giants hated the most in Norse Pantheon. Meanwhile, Jormungand was the son of Loki the Trickster who lived among the gods.
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Is Jörmungandr good or evil?

(also spelled Jörmungandr), in Norse mythology, the evil serpent that encircled the world, biting its own tail.
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How many kids does Odin have?

He is the one-eyed All-Father, who sacrificed his eye in order to see everything that happens in the world. He has two sons, Balder by his first wife Frigg and Thor by Jord. Odin also has several animals. His two ravens Hugin and Munin (thought and memory) fly around the world and report back what they see.
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Is Fenrir male or female?

Fenris also takes elements from the Norse Wolf Garmr, associated with both Hel and Ragnarök. The Marvel Cinematic Universe's version of Fenris is a female, unlike her mythological counterpart (which is a male) and her comic book counterpart (which is gender-fluid).
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How is Loki a god if he's adopted?

They are not actual gods. Loki, however was adopted by Odin. Again, from Marvel: Loki is one of several powerful beings from the magical realm of Asgard, who have been worshipped as gods.
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Are Atreus and Thor related?

Atreus is Thor's half brother.
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Is Ouroboros a Jörmungandr?

Perhaps most famously, In Norse mythology, another example of the Ouroboros is Jörmungandr. Also known as the Midgard (world) serpent, Jörmungandr is a giant sea serpent and the child of the giantess Angrboða and Loki – the trickster of the Norse Gods.
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Does Loki fall in love with Lady Loki?

After he's captured by the TVA, Loki's tasked with helping it track down a variant of himself — Sylvie, a female Loki hellbent on revenge against the Authority. After facing down an apocalypse together, the two fall in love, which has reality-shattering implications.
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Why did Loki cut Sif's hair?

He knew that Sif's hair of gold was Thor's greatest treasure – and he was determined to take it away from him. And while she was asleep, Loki took his shears and chopped off Sif's hair, every single lovely lock!
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Did Lady Sif sleep with Loki?

Conversation. 'Loki' composer, Natalie Holt confirms that Loki and Lady Sif slept together prior to the loop scene in Episode 4.
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