Loki

The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world.

Proper noun

  1. The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world.
    • There’s the Loki fly, in honor of the tortured God of Mischief, whose scientific name is “Daptolestes illusiolautus,” meaning elegant deception. - 2020 July 29, Jessie Yeung, “Australia names new species after Deadpool,...

Origin

Borrowed from Old Norse Loki, where further etymology is shown.