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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

But he raised his hand. "Loki's father is Fárbauti and his mother is Laufey and they were both giants.'' That was the first thing he remembered about the trickster. ''It was possible he was called a trickster because he would use his shape shifting abilities to turn around situations that were not in his favour to his advantage.''

Of course Adi could be very much wrong there but those were his thoughts.

Botros didn't expect shapeshifting to be mentioned so soon but he sure was glad of it. He smiled once again at Rehman. "That is correct, he had giants as parents." The Trickster part was a bit more complicated than that so he left it for now.

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

She raised her hand, hoping to be one of the first students called on......before her answer was taken by another student. "Loki turned himself into a fish.....I think it was a salmon. " Janelle was sure that he had turned into several things, but she remembered hearing about the fish. "Maybe he was called a trickster because he could turn himself into different things."

Mhmm, more about shapeshifting. "Illusions, or shapeshifting as you put it, is definitely one of Loki's most talented and perfected skills. It helped him get that trickster title for sure." He nodded at her example. "That was an interesting story, too." The salmon fish one. Heh. But it wasn't for today's lesson.

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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

"Sir, is he part of the reason we--I mean, children, play the game hide-and-seek? Loki....Seeki?" And for being a trickster he is probably a cheater and peeks.

... hmm? Botros scratched his chin feigning thinking about this kid's proposal. "I'm not sure I can answer that. Why don't you spend some time in the library and find the history of hide-and-seek for us?" He smiled widely at the boy, completely serious. Who knew, maybe hide-and-seek HAD some norse backstory.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

"Before he went, uhh... evil and stuff, and got the bad reputation for bad things, he was the God of Fire. And basically he was really funny and wanted to make people laugh, which he did with pranks and stuff. But then the pranks turned into practical jokes that were, like... sort of nasty. It got out of hand. Eventually he became known as the Trickster God, and was more, uh... viscious. But yeah, I suppose playing tricks will get you the nickname 'trickster'."

Botros expected something spectacular once again from this young protege. And he wasn't disappointed! "That is exactly why he was called the trickster, yes. Not just his shapeshifting abilities, but his very nature and how he developed over time. Absolutely right." Tobias was hitting it on the head once again.

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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin

Kace raised his hand and said, "Professor I think he is known as the trickster because he rather do mischievous things than help the gods. He could shapeshift into a fly which I think it is kind of interesting because he could use it to his advantage to spy on the other gods." He didn't know he could shapeshift into other things but a seal was kind of weird in his opinion.

"His trickster nature, as Tobias has mentioned, allowed him to shift shapes regualrly to help the gods. He wasn't a rebel, not at all. Well, not at the beginning anyway." Not even later, his story was a bit more complicated than that.

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Originally Posted by Sararara

The third year raised her hand despite the fact that she had absolutely no idea what a Loki was. "Is it because he was low key? Loki kind of sounds like that, right? And low key people are probably less uptight so they like to play jokes and things." She blushed slightly and put her hand down, picking up her quill and placing the tip on her parchment again. Time to take notes on all the answers that were right-er than hers, then.

Low-key? Botors laughed with the little Hufflepuff, patting her on the arm. "I'm not sure that's how gods were named back then, but what a creative idea!" Aw, young people had such open minds and great sense of humor.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Angel then listened to what the Professor said to the whole class, she raised her hand. "Professor, isn't he the son of a God, who wants to rule the world one day and so he tries to do anything to trick his brother into giving him control of things, like one minute he could try and help you but he only does it for his own purpose." Angel thought she would guess.

"No, dear, that is not the norse god from the mythology." He smiled at her, appreciating her trying. That was the muggle's vision of Loki.

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

"He's uh, got red hair, Professor.. Which is pretty ironic considering, uh, god of fire and stuff.." Right? He remembered the hair. Sort of.

"That's correct, yes. His original hair is said to be of reddish hue." Kudos to you for bringing up something new about Loki.

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Raising her hand, she attempted. "He, er was a master trickster... and good at disguises," yes, that was it. She'd read that somewhere at some point. She thought. In some colourful muggle thing maybe? She couldn't remember.

"He was very good at disguises, the best in his time I daresay." That was right, little girl.

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But other than that there was something else Loki was and that was…. “My competition” he said with a grin. “Or am I his competition? “ he asked no one in particular and frowned, looking confused.

Heh heh heh. Botros patted the boy's had, messing up his hair, as he passed by. "That, my boy, is true." Though Loki's end wasn't all that pretty, he sure hoped Hirase wasn't the same in that regard.

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How exactly was this related to runes? Still, she was going to attempt something from the minimal amount of information that she knew because she seemed to be the only member of the class that wasn’t participating. She raised her hand. “Wasn’t he known for defying the rules of social expectations and the physical laws of nature.” Something to do with shapeshifting into a female horse. Layla wasn’t totally sure of it exactly but she assumed that was why he was considered a ‘trickster’. He could change his form.

"Brilliant, yes!" A little sophisticated answer at last. Botros' face beamed at the Ravenclaw's answer and elaborated. "He was known to help the gods in that he always had extraordinary solutions to anything they faced. They'd listen to what he had to offer, which usually defied the rules and expectations of their society, but when his solution would fail, they'd punish or threaten him for suggesting it. I'd say it was the unfairness of their judgement that pushed Loki to take a more vicious, tougher path in his life." Botros looked again at the Ravenclaw, pleased with her answer. "Two points to you, my dear."

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

"Like others said, he could shapeshift and liked to play tricks on people and other gods. He was just a tricky person...um god to really know was his true face was or if there was any truth in his words and actions. "

Botros nodded to some parts of this boy's answer, but not to others. He'd already clarified things though, no need to repeat himself. "Good answer, son."

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Originally Posted by Buggy-Boo

"Loki could make people see things, like change his surroundings in people's minds right?" Margo smiled she felt confident in her answer! "Was he called the trickster for making other people see things that weren't real?" Margo smiled she felt good about it...

Oh yes. Botros smiled widely at her, "No, no. You're absolutely right, dear. Historians and mythologists argue that Loki didn't actually change forms, he simply played a trick on people's minds. So he essentially looked the same but put an illusion around his true form fooling us to think that he was a fish, or a beautiful girl, or a cow." Or whatever else he turned himself into. "You're absolutely right. Two point to you, too." He petted the little girl's shoulder and moved on to the next student.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Raising her quill hand, after racking her brain for something, Tia began, "The etymology of the name Loki remains a mystery. Some say it relates to the word Luka, which means close, but alternative translations have been Loptr derived from Lopt, which means air. Personally I think both can be connected to Loki as a trickster, because in order to trick someone, you have to be close to them to know what can fool them."

Aahh, another new information. Ab nodded and smiled along, "That is a very interesting opinion, miss. I agree with you."

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

And now something about lowkey. Dot flipped through her book again, listening as her classmates just answered off the top of their heads. How did they know so much... oh. Not lowkey. LOKI. The guy was right there in her book. "He's a god in Norse mythology, and that's like... the ancient religion of Scandinavia." That seemed sort of lame, so she added in a burst," And he could turn into a seal!"

Whoa there. Heh heh. "That's true. They say that he shares Odin's blood which's why he's considered his brother in blood, even though he has giants for parents, not gods." And the seal... right. That, too.

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But maybe she could pull that all time famous trick...her hand went up. "Professor, did he create a series of fake runes to...uh...trick people?" Answer a question, with a question.

Oooh. Hmm. "That's an interesting hypothesis. If he had, then archeologists hadn't found anything relating to this yet." He smiled, curiosity in his eyes. "I'd say he used the runes to aid him in whatever mischief or tasks he endeavored, though. Definitely that."

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"One of his famous tricks is the death of Balder," she said after raising her hand. "He took advantage when he heard from Frigg that all things had sworn not to harm Balder except the mistletoe because Frigg didn't find it harmful. Loki then tricked a blind god to throw the branch of a mistletoe, which ended up piercing through Balder and killing him." Quite cunning, that Loki.

Sad story sharing, yeah. Botros nodded along. "That is one of his later tricks, after he'd grown vicious and rather chaotic." Good answer, Wayne.

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Loki? Pssh. he knew all about Loki. Not that he was in his area of expertise when it came to superheros but Kyroh knew just enough! "Professor, he's an evil supervillian but only sorta. But I think he's not really that evil. He just wasn't given enough hugs as a baby cause Thor got them all." Poor Loki. He would offer him a hug if he didn't see so evil.

Well. Botros was speechless for about a second before he chuckled. "Well, Thor is Loki's step-nephew... if you want to call him that. Loki is, like I mentioned, is Odin's half-brother unlike what the muggles think." So there was this one little detail. "And I would say yes, the unfair judgement that the other gods used to project on his funny tricks pushed him to be... villainously cunning." Good train of thoughts, childish wording. It still counted!

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

"I think he was a trickster, because people couldn't see him coming. They might be encountering Loki, but they wouldn't easily know it, because he can make himself not look like himself, pretty much," she explained. Kate couldn't decide if that was a good thing or a bad thing, but she didn't know much about Loki anyway. Who knew what good it had ever done for him.

"Yes, also he's a trickster without having to change his form like we said earlier." He smiled at her.

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"Wasn't he like...always insulting people? That's pretty trickster-ish," he said, raising his hand. Nope, that was actually kind of lame. He had to do SOMETHING else to earn that name, right? Most of the stuff in his book talked about Loki being bound and imprisoned...but WHY?

"He was always having fun on other people's expenses. Like miss--" He gestured at the Ravenclaw behind. "--said, he always defied social expectations and manners, even. That was why he wasn't so popular in his environment." Which helped escalate things for him later.

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Originally Posted by SlytherinSistah

He put his hand in the air and added the following, "I think sometimes, when yer thinking is a little outside the norm, people assume yer tryin' to trick them. Pehrsonally, I think of Loki's exploits as more of an exploration in creativity." Did people get hurt along the way? Suuure. But that was the price, wasn't it? The price of being willing to do whatever it took. "So, I guess when people labeled his as a bit of a scally they did so because of their own mistrust and their own pehrsonal fears of being taken fer a ride. And that's why he's known as a trickster." Afterall any one of the other norse gods might've taken it upon his or herself to don a disguise or two or turned fate on it's side in order to obtain a thing they like. Cutty had a hard time understanding why no one else did this more often. Life was full of mysteries!

Well. Botros was definitely impressed with this answer, definitely. He wasn't sure whether Mr. Mordaunt here was applauding Loki's trickster nature, though, which would be rather... alarming, but the boy never showed any signs of major trickster-ness. "That's a great analysis. Like I explained before, Loki's knack to break the rules and abide by no law helped the gods when they got stuck in a crisis. But they were, as one would say, an ungrateful bunch of pricks to admit it and that, in my opinion, accumulated with time and caused Loki's trickster nature to explode harmfully." Abraham smiled nervously at the Slytherin, pleased. ".. two points for you, son.."

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Originally Posted by Hera

He hadn't been paying attention, so everybody else responses went unheard and therefore HIS answer was still very much valid. Hand up and waving for attention, Zeke blurted out his theory, "The Loch Ness Monster!" That was Loki. Yep. Loki. Locki. Lochy. It made perfect sense.

Wait...

Had he missed something?

Botros exploded in a short laugh, "No, dear, I'm afraid that's not him." That would've been mighty interesting, though.

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But this was about the Norse Mythology, right? And there were some changes from the movies or whatever because movies did that. Yeah, whatever, he was gonna give his own input. "Dude was freaking brilliant and kinda misunderstood, to be honest," he said, his hand right up in the air, "Wasn't he bound and then had snake venom dripping on him that his wife collected up in a bowl?"

Well. That was.. that was definitely alarming. "Maybe in his early upbringing, yes." He was misunderstood. "But he made some really nasty decisions over the years that were not misunderstood at all." Cautious gentle looks at the Slytherin.

Moving on, though.

Botros went back to stand by his desk facing the students and he took a deep breath in. "Today, we're going to experience how runes helped Loki in his shapeshifting, or creating illusions to be more accurate." He pointed at the pile of black belts on his desk. "We have those belts with runes etched on them. It is said that Loki used to engrave runes on his armors or clothes to help him maintain his illusion for long. We are going to wear the belts, activate those runes the way I teach you and then see our classmates turn into different people. Or creatures if they wish."

He paused.

"For now, though, I need you all to write on a small piece of paper what shape would you like to take once you wear your belt. For example, I would like to be the great wizard Dumbledore." Botros smiled happily. "It's best if you keep your choices human, creatures and objects are possible but we don't want any... accidents." Ahem. Not going to elaborate on that bit. "After you write your choice, fold the paper and pocket it. Then stand up and push your desks to the wall away from the center of the classroom. I need you all to stand next to each other in a big circle, please." He looked at the Prefects, they should make sure things went well with that.