Well we'll see how this goes. I may have to look a couple details up just so I don't perpetuate a false telling. As Odin, Thor and Loki were travelling about in Jotunheim, they found a cow and stopped to kill and eat it. An eagle perched on a tree above watched them as they made a fire and proceeded to cook the meat over it. However, when they took the cow off the fire, they found it was still cold as if it hadn't been cooked at all. They rekindled the fire and tried once more, but got the same result. The cow was fuckin raw. Then the eagle piped up: *There's some magic stopping your fire from cooking that cow. If you let me take a portion of the meat I'll uncurse the fire for you.* Begrudgingly, the gods agreed to this. They again rekindled the fire and this time the flesh seared and the meat cooked through. But when the eagle came down from the tree to take his portion, he took the majority of the cow, leaving basically just scraps for the three gods to split -- and not even any of the good cuts. *Oh no you fuckin don't*, Loki said, and leapt to attack the eagle. But the eagle was quick, and big. He grabbed Loki in his talons and brought him up high into the sky. *I've got you now ya cunt. I'm actually the giant/devourer Thiazi in eagle form. If you don't do what I want I'll fahking nip ya.* Loki told Thiazi he was being really uncool, but nonetheless asked what he wanted because he didn't want to get dropped onto the rocks. *Steal the* **apples of immortality** *from Idunn and bring them to me,* the eagle giant said. Loki swore an oath to do this and the eagle brought him down to safety and fucked off. *Well, guess he changed his mind about killing me. Am I a master of persuasion or what?* Loki bragged to Thor and Odin who agreed, yeah, he's got some skills in that department. The rest of the gods' journey was relatively uneventful compared to this incident, and it wasn't until they got back that Loki's plot began to unfold. See, Loki is a lot of things, but an oathbreaker is not one of them. And in those days when you gave your word, even under duress, it was unthinkable not to keep it. So Loki hatched a plan. Idunn is a goddess who keeps these **apples of immortality** in her basket. Why? Because the gods age over time, and when they start to get old they eat these apples to restore their youthful vitality. Since Idunn dwells in the realm of the gods, she's protected. Loki couldn't just take the apples away from her, so he instead resorted to a trick. *Hey Idunn, you know I saw some* **apples of immortality** *just like those growing on a tree*, Loki said. *Really? That's a bit odd I'm pretty sure these are the only ones*, Idunn replied. *Pff, nah, they're not that special. Saw some just like them. Whole tree full.* He laid it on thick. He knew her special apples were a point of pride and that she couldn't stand to be told they weren't unique. As their conversation grew more heated he used every angle available to him to dismiss their importance. *Well I would have to see it to believe it, Loki*, she said to end the matter. And so Loki offered to take her to giantland where he claimed to see **apples of immortality** growing on a normal old tree, and she was happy to accompany him to prove him wrong. But there were no apples, and Thiazi was waiting in ambush to capture both Idunn and the apples. Loki palmed a couple of the apples just for good measure. Having completed his oath, Loki went back to the realm of the gods and nothing really came of it for a while. But eventually the gods started to get old. Their hair turned gray and their ankles hurt when they got up in the morning. They woke up so goddamn early and had to pee all the time. Where the fuck is Idunn? They started to ask. They asked her husband Bragi, but not even he knew. In those days, it was more common to travel and go *a viking* for long periods of time. So if you hadn't seen your spouse for a while you didn't worry too much and just enjoyed your peace and quiet. But this was getting to be too long a stretch, and since Idunn had an important role, the gods started to suspect something was up. After some questioning, they figured out that Loki was the last one she was seen with. And though he was present in the search for Idunn, he had been awfully quiet... and come to think of it he looked awfully young. *Loki, this has your fuckery written all over it,* Thor said. *And why are you so young while all of us are so old?* *Oh, I'm just not showing my age. But trust me I feel old and decrepit just like all of you,* he said nervously. *My back aches and I've been forgetful -- I even told some children to get off my lawn the other day. I've just got great genetics and that's why I look so young.* Nobody bought that, and Thor pinned him down and threatened to rip his entrails out and torture him unless he swore to get Idunn and her apples back. *That sounds fair*, Loki said, *I can get Idunn and the apples but I need to borrow Freya's falcon brooch so I can turn into a falcon.* ---- **this is where my memory gets fuzzy, but i'm gonna try to keep going. If I fuck it up, I challenge you to finish the story WITHOUT LOOKING IT UP** --- As far as I can remember, Loki flew back disguised as a falcon so Thiazi wouldn't recognize him. He turned Idunn into an acorn and flew away with her while Thiazi wasn't looking. Meanwhile, the gods started piling up wood shavings on the border of the realm of the gods. But Thiazi saw Loki making off with Idunn and was soon on his tail, flying after him in eagle form. As Loki crossed over the pile of wood shavings, with Thiazi right behind him, the gods lit up the pile and it blazed up. Loki got across but Thiazi's feathers were scorched, and the giant/devourer fell out of the sky to his death. He was survived by his daughter, Skadi, which is where the next story begins.