Jotun, honourary Aesir
Ambivalence
Loki aids or hinders the gods as it is convenient to him, or when necessary to save his own skin; the "wise fool" - renowned for his cleverness, he manages to find himself at a disadvantage because of his thoughtlessness many times.
Humour
He is the only one of the Aesir who can makes Skadhi laugh after her father's death.
Indiscriminate sexuality
In addition to Sigyn, Angrboda, and Svadilfari, he's also slept with Skadhi, Sif, Freyja and Tyr's wife (and, no doubt, others).
"Pleasing and handsome" (Gylfaginning). Other conjectural descriptions exist, but this is the only one which appears in the Eddas.
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Father: Faubauti
Mother: Laufey or Nal
Brothers:
Blood-brother of Odin.
Byleist and Helblindi (one or both may be references to his blood-brotherhood with Odin).
Wife: Sigyn
Mistress and/or Concubine: Angrboda
Children:
Ali/Vali and Narfi/Narvi (by Sigyn),
Fenris, Jormundgand, and Hel (by Angrboda);
Sleipnir (fathered by Svadilfari).
Father of an unnamed child by Tyr's wife (also unnamed).
An otherwise obscure reference in Voluspa hin skamma realtes that "Lopt was impregnated by a wicked woman, from whom every ogress on earth is descended." (Larrington translation) Unlike the birth of Sleipnir, which was quite usual in its own fashion, this pregnancy came about because he ate the heart of the woman, who had been burnt for unspecified reasons.
Loptr, Lodur (disputed)
None, although he influenced the making of Mjolnir, Draupnir, Gungnir, Gullinbursti, Skidbladnir, and Sif's hair. Borrowed the feather cloaks of Freyja and Frigg, as well as Ran's net on one occasion, although the net is also said to be his invention.
None, unless one counts those Loki has appeared in the shape of at one time or another: mare, fly and/or flea, salmon. The similarity between the Swedish word "lokke" (spider) and Loki has suggested this as one, although it appears nowhere in the myths.
The dog star, Sirius, is referred to as "Lokabrenna."
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After Aegir's feast, Loki is hunted down and captured by the Aesir; his son Ali is turned into a wolf and kills his brother, Narvi. His son's entrails are used to bind him to three boulders, and Skadhi places a poisonous snake where its venom will drip down on him. His wife Sigyn reamins at his side, holding a bowl to catch the venom. When she must go to empty it, the venom strikes Loki and causes such agony that the earth shakes with the contortions of his torment. He will remain bound until all fettered creatures are loosed at Ragnarok.
Loki is the antagonist of Heimdall; they will slay one another at Ragnarok. Loki fights on the side of his family by birth, the Jotuns, rather than that of his blood-brother Odin and the Aesir.
Snorri Sturluson attributes Baldr's murder by Hod to Loki's influence. This can be either supported or refuted by reference to verses in Voluspa and Lokasenna, depending on how one chooses to read them. It seems to be refuted in Baldr's Draumr and Hyndluliod, which mention Baldr's death and Hod as his killer, but make no mention of Loki's involvement. The Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus lays the blame solely on Hod.