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The Punishment of Loki

Original nomination - "The Punishment of Loki" by Louis Huard illustrates an event in the Elder Edda, where the gods finally say enough to Loki's schemes and insults, and bind him to a rock, with a snake dripping venom above. It is said that his wife tried to catch the venom in a bowl, but when she left to empty it - as here - his writhing from the drips of venom created earthquakes.

Not for voting - This one didn't require too much cleanup; mainly just had to fix the bits on the left where the book's spine pulled the page off the scanner, and some light cleanup elsewhere. Note the page number, which I cropped as irrelevant to anyone who doesn't have my book.

Reason

I believe most people know who Loki is, though I believe that few are aware of the Prometheus-like torments he underwent when the gods finally got sick of him running around, creating monsters, killing Baldur, and so on. Mind, he created monsters through sex, and sometimes played the female, as with Sleipnir. So maybe this is just Viking S&M with the snake as the dominatrix?

Articles this image appears in

Loki

Creator

Louis Huard

• Support as nominator --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 03:21, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support per nom Noodle snacks (talk) 12:55, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support. Nice choice, good scan, nice cleanup.--ragesoss (talk) 18:48, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support my first vote for a restoration. ZooFari 04:06, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support I support the one captioned the Original, even though I think that was the restoration. The one that no longer has the page number and is straight. Banaticus (talk) 05:03, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
  • Sorry, yes, "Original" is the default wording attached to an FPC nom, and means "Original nomination". I've expanded that out. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 05:10, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Durova^Charge! 06:23, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support Good EV. Makeemlighter (talk) 21:31, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:Louis_Huard_-_The_Punishment_of_Loki.jpg --Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 00:59, 18 May 2009 (UTC)