:02:00
with his mighty hammer.
:02:02
And this is Balder,
God of Beauty.
:02:04
Who's that ugly guy?
:02:06
Oh, I was just
about to get to him.
:02:08
That's Loki,
Norse God of Mischief.
:02:11
He was also known
as "The Trickster."
:02:13
As the youngest
son of Odin,
:02:16
Loki was the black sheep
of the Norse mythological family.
:02:19
His constant
mischievous pranks
:02:21
were an endless source
of embarrassment
:02:23
to his father
and his siblings.
:02:25
He was, in other words,
a bratty little brother.
:02:29
And Loki's ultimate tool
of mischief was this,
:02:32
the mask
which he created
:02:34
and tossed down to earth
thousands of years ago
:02:36
to create mayhem among the mortals.
For, according to legend,
:02:40
the wearer of the mask is imbued
with the powers of Loki himself.
:02:43
- Is that true?
- No, of course not.
:02:46
If it were, I'd be
wearing it myself.
:02:48
No, no, it's textbook
mythical allegory.
:02:51
Loki represents
the "id,"
:02:53
the suppressed parts
of ourselves,
:02:55
and the mask is the tool
which unleashes the id.
:02:57
I go into this very topic
in my critically acclaimed book.
:03:01
Now, of all
the Aesir gods--
:03:03
excuse me, sir.
Please don't touch the mask display.
:03:07
Of all the Aesir gods,
:03:09
Loki was the only one
who could shape shift--
:03:11
change his form,
even turn himself into a woman.
:03:14
A woman?! Man alive,
lock up your sons and daughters
:03:17
around that twisted
piece of fruitcake, hey, Doc?
:03:20
Well, I guess that's
one way of putting it.
:03:23
Anyway, Loki brought nothing
but shame to Odin and his ilk.
:03:27
In fact, Loki was
such an unruly child
:03:30
that Odin ultimately
locked him up in chains
:03:32
far beneath the earth.
:03:34
He did not!