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In Norse mythology, what creature was placed above the bound Loki to continually drip venom onto his face?
Answer
A serpent
According to the Prose Edda, after Loki was chained for causing Baldur's death, a serpent was fixed above his head so its venom would fall on his face, with his wife Sigyn catching what she could in a bowl.
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Loki's punishment for causing Baldur's death involved being chained beneath a serpent dripping venom onto his face—yet he remains bound there awaiting Ragnarök, making him both prisoner and apocalypse trigger.
Other options people guess
- A spider
- A raven
- A wolf
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- loki
- punishment
- trickster
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