02/02/2026
LGBTQ+ History Month post #2:
In today’s episode of “Being q***r is a modern, unnatural thing!”, let me introduce you to one of the q***rest, most canonically gender-fluid and pansexual deities: Loki.
I start with Loki because I work with them. A lot. Loki in modern paganism, especially among people who work with them, is considered a q***r icon, and the deity of the broken, the marginalised, and the weird. People who differ from the majority in sexuality, neurodivergence, race, abled-ness, etc. They collect the weirdos and help us see the beauty in difference. They are also the mother of all witches. So.
Ok, story time!
You know how the Aesir wanted a pretty wall around Asgard but didn’t want to pay the work force the agreed price? When they saw that the Builder is going to finish the project and they’ll have to cough up, they went to Loki for help - or else. (Loki is often coerced into deception, he’s quite truthful otherwise; sometimes brutally so, lol.)
Loki, realising that the Builder won’t be able to finish the wall without his horse Svadilfari, turned into a mere and seduced the horse, prancing around with him long enough that the deadline passed and the Builder could be killed without repercussions for all - except Loki.
Loki became pregnant by Svadilfari, and gave birth to Sleipnir, Odin’s eight legged horse. The end.
Loki is documented to have willingly (dare I say gleefully) crossdressed, turned into the other gender, into different animals of various sexes, and has done all sorts of things that are outside the box. That is why we love them.
Before you come Loki-bashing: check out the Danish version of Baldur’s death, and tell me it doesn’t make more sense than the Christian-filtered Snorri variation.
Tldr: being LGBTQ+ is nothing new and nothing unnatural. I will see you in another post!
Be weird, friends; be beautiful!
