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Hei May-Linn,

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Loki is the original Old Norse and Icelandic form which is used in many other languages as well (e.g. English and German).

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Loke is a modern Scandinavian variant in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

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The same happened to the name of some other Gods (Oðinn bekame Odin in many languages while in Sweden the form Oden is used).

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Regards, Satu

All I wonder is: why is the name Loki so widespread in literature about Norse mythology, if it is all together wrong? Even Jacob Grimm writes about Loki, not Loke?
I don't doubt the fact that it should be Loke instead of Loki, I just wonder how this wrong spelling came about?

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Andy ;—)

Hej jeg er fra Danmark. Jeg har fortalt Mike, at det er Loke i Skandinavien. Hav tålmodighed for Mike har sagt, at han nok skal tilføje det, når han har tid. Og har hans næste up-date.

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Min Stedmor Kirsten, er fra Lofoten i øvrigt.

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Okay enough with the this kind of communication. I just told May-Linn that I have contacted Mike in regards to Loki / Loke. And I also told her that Mike told me, that he'd add it when he have his next up-date.

- Charlie (Charlotte.)

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This message was edited 9/15/2004, 2:28 PM

Hej, jeg er en svensk jente og jeg har også reageret på dette, men jeg tror att Loki helt enkelt er en variant av Loke, kanskje en ursprunglig fornnordisk form. (Undskyld min norsk, den er ikke saerligt bra!)

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yes, someone was here not long ago telling us the same thing. i don't know if it will be changed.

This message was edited 9/15/2004, 10:16 AM