Loki mystery box

[voidcat]

So i got a friend a deity mystery box. I had no idea what was in it neither did my friend. But I didn't know what to get her for her birthday and asked if she'd be interested in one. She said sure. I ordered one from a site and had it shipped to her. Today her birthday arrived so she opened the box on video chat. It was a Loki themed one. I didn't specify the deity both my friend and I decided to go with "Choose for me" as am option when asked what deity to pick.

...they had a box of candles that were charged to "calm the chaos in your life." Apparently invoking Loki.

...I laughed at this...I can see the logic. A chaos deity would after all know how to deal with chaos. But...it's Loki. He's not exactly who I'd call if I want less chaos. I've worked with him before because I had a mindset that he could help me get used to chaos. He's just too unpredictable in my experience if you want less of that. He seems more like the type of deity that if you asked for less chaos he'd cause more of it to make you learn to get used to it rather then lessen the amount in your life. Assuming he'd help and not just want to cause more for the lols.

What do yall think? Would yall ask a deity to cause less of something in your life that they are associated with? I think it's a weird concept. To me if you want less of something you should call on that concepts opposite not on the entity that's associated with it to ask for less of it. Like if you wanted less chaos you should call on a deity of order. Maybe some circumstances with some concepts you might can get away with calling on the entity associated with it? Like if you have frequent miscarriages you might can call on a deity associated with that and give an offering to ask them to not help cause one. There is some logic in making offerings to bribe a deity or entity to stay away I guess.

 

[PinealisGlandia]

I'd interpret it less as "bribing a deity to stay away" and more as "asking a deity to grant you control over an aspect of its portfolio". You aren't asking for a lack of chaos, you're asking for a mastery over chaos.

If you read Loki's stories from before he caused Ragnarok, you'll notice a frequent theme. He causes trouble, then he fixes it after the trouble becomes apparent. Like when he

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. That's the kind of energy those candles are after. In that story, it wasn't even Loki who was the trickster, it was a Jotun. But Loki overcame the trick (mastery over chaos). I hope that makes sense.

 

[voidcat]

I'd interpret it less as "bribing a deity to stay away" and more as "asking a deity to grant you control over an aspect of its portfolio". You aren't asking for a lack of chaos, you're asking for a mastery over chaos.

If you read Loki's stories from before he caused Ragnarok, you'll notice a frequent theme. He causes trouble, then he fixes it after the trouble becomes apparent. Like when he

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. That's the kind of energy those candles are after. In that story, it wasn't even Loki who was the trickster, it was a Jotun. But Loki overcame the trick (mastery over chaos). I hope that makes sense.

Yeah I am thinking of a more modern interpretation. I have had more of a modern interpretation and view of him not historic. That was kind of the relationship I had with him when I worked with him. Deities tend to differ drastically based on interpretation and how you view them. I get the vibe reading about him historically he probably was more of a house fae and a balancer. This may not be the case after all there's very little evidence on how loki was viewed but its a guess. There's a term for it in Norse paganism but I'm blanking on it. These types of spirits cause tricks and pranks but they are more like helpful house guests then out right malicious. That's why I think the Aesir would tolerate him. He was their house fae an entity of the home. As for the balancer aspect he seemed like a deity that would create balance through trickery and mischief. I get this because most of the myths he causes chaos and then solves problems. His name translates supposedly from what I hear to "the end".

It could be it really depends how you view a deity on if you should call on them to help you with different things and how.

Edit: a Húsvættir. House spirit. A group of faelike creatures. More of a descriptor not a name of one kind of house spirit.