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Originally Posted by teh603
There's also the take that Loki is a trickster god like Hermes or Coyote, which is a role that IIRC has no place in a monotheistic system. Monotheistic religions are always srs bsns, at least in the minds of their priests and more fundamentalist devotees. Christian editors would have thus written Loki as a flat-out god of evil, just like how they (and some greeks before them) wrote Set(h) as a god of evil.
Other possibilities I remember include Loki as a fire god and Thor's drinking buddy (Mead Horn of the Giants), part of a seasonal cycle (Death of Baldur) akin to the modern Oak King- Holly King cycle, and possibly a punisher of those who show off too their divine- given blessings too much (also Death of Baldur).
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:nods: I was having a discussion yesterday with someone whose ancestors once worshipped Norse gods, and they are not at all happy about how their ancestry was taken and molded into something totally different from what they were. For someone like that, writing about the Aesir as portrayed in the Marvel universe and bringing them closer to what they view as a more appropriate setting/characterization can be empowering.