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    The document summarizes Loki's appearances in poems from the Poetic Edda. It mentions that in Völuspá, a völva tells Odin that she sees Sigyn sitting unhappily with her bound husband Loki under a grove of hot springs. It also notes that in Ragnarök, Loki appears free from his bonds steering a ship from the east with Muspell's people and monsters, and is referred to as the brother of Byleist. Finally, it states that after consuming Odin, Fenrir is described as Loki's kinsman.

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    The document summarizes Loki's appearances in poems from the Poetic Edda. It mentions that in Völuspá, a völva tells Odin that she sees Sigyn sitting unhappily with her bound husband Loki under a grove of hot springs. It also notes that in Ragnarök, Loki appears free from his bonds steering a ship from the east with Muspell's people and monsters, and is referred to as the brother of Byleist. Finally, it states that after consuming Odin, Fenrir is described as Loki's kinsman.

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    The document summarizes Loki's appearances in poems from the Poetic Edda. It mentions that in Völuspá, a völva tells Odin that she sees Sigyn sitting unhappily with her bound husband Loki under a grove of hot springs. It also notes that in Ragnarök, Loki appears free from his bonds steering a ship from the east with Muspell's people and monsters, and is referred to as the brother of Byleist. Finally, it states that after consuming Odin, Fenrir is described as Loki's kinsman.

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    Loki and Sigyn (1863) by Mårten Eskil Winge

    Poetic Edda
    In the Poetic Edda, Loki appears (or is referenced) in the
    poems Völuspá, Lokasenna, Þrymskviða, Reginsmál, Baldrs draumar, and Hyndluljóð.
    Völuspá
    In stanza 35 of the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, a völva tells Odin that, among many other things,
    she sees Sigyn sitting very unhappily with her bound husband, Loki, under a "grove of hot springs".
    [6]
     In stanza 51, during the events of Ragnarök, Loki appears free from his bonds and is referred to as
    the "brother of Býleistr" (here transcribed as Byleist):
    A ship journeys from the east, Muspell's people are coming,
    over the waves, and Loki steers
    There are the monstrous brood with all the raveners,
    The brother of Byleist is in company with them.[7]
    In stanza 54, after consuming Odin and being killed by Odin's son Víðarr, Fenrir is described as
    "Loki's kinsman".[8]

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