This deity’s wife stands over him in an artistic motif from the Gosforth Cross. Alternate versions of a story detail a different one of this deity’s two sons turning into a wolf and killing the other. This deity is referred to by the kenning “brother of Býleistr” in the Völuspá when the völva explains that his escape will signal the start of Ragnarök, at which point this deity will kill and be killed by Heimdallr. This deity attacks Njörd for being incestuous and claims to have cuckolded Týr in a text sometimes named for his flyting. This son of Fárbauti and Laufey turns into a salmon to escape his punishment of having venom dripped on him for eternity after he causes the death of Baldr. For 10 points, name this Norse trickster god. ■END■
ANSWER: Loki [or Loki Laufeyson; accept Lokasenna or The Flyting of Loki or Loki’s Verbal Duel]
<Sheffield C, Mythology>
= Average correct buzz position