Mythology Mischief

Mythology is such an interesting topic, it’s riddled with lessons in the midst of a bunch of madness. Mischief reigns supreme, as I’ve done a lil’ research of my own.
The Norse god Thor presided over the skies and provided defense for the city of Asgard. In his absence, the gods decided that a fortification should be built for it's protection
A stranger came and offered his services to build the structure in less than a year
With the stipulation that he marry the beautiful goddess Freya
The gods were outraged! The task was impossible not only that, Freya was off limits
However, Loki came to intercede
He told Odin, that the mere suggestion was preposterous
He said: Accept the offer and when he doesn’t finish then we’ll pay him nothing, and when times up, we can construct the rest ourselves with minimal effort. The gods agreed.
Now the benevolent stranger got to work right away, he had a powerful stallion that helped retrieve stones more efficiently
His work was in fact, nearly completed in less than a year and Odin was peeved at Loki
He said: “This man has almost finished his building, soon we will lose our beloved Freya and be doomed.”
Loki said: “I will honor my promise to you, that he will not finish this wall.”
So he returned and used his powers of metamorphosis to turn into a beautiful mare, his plan was to distract the stallion and it worked.
The man ripped his robe once he discovered that the gods had cheated and watched his horse, high-tail after the mare, a.k.a Loki
He cursed at them, preparing to fight but then Thor returned to strike him dead
The gods finished the remaining city wall and all were safe in Asgard once again
Some time had passed before Loki reappeared, and alongside him was a mysterious 8 legged Colt. He raised it until he became the most powerful and the fastest horse
He then gifted him to Odin once he became grown with only one condition:
No one must ever ask him, of its origin
I guess, A Mother’s Day card would be outta the question for Loki


A common African and West Indian folklore figure. He’s regarded for his cunning, deceit and wisdom, many people already know him simply because All the Stories Belong to Anansi.
He approached the sky god, and asked him if he could write down and own all the stories.
At first the god said no, but then reconsidered. He proposed that Anansi acquire the three most deadliest species in the world, which were the python, tiger and a jar of hornets
He promptly agreed, and set out to manipulate the best way he knew how, and he succeeded. The sky god honored his promise and Anansi got to accumulate all of the knowledge and write it down, where he then placed it inside a jar
After an encounter where people mocked him, he decided to hide the wisdom
But in doing so he actually broke his jar, and so everything was available to the masses And he was forced to live in a shack with no money.
He had a wealthy neighbor however, who ironically had everything, but his name was: Nothing. The only thing he longed for was a wife
So he and Anansi went to the next village in search of a bride
On the way over, Anansi got cold and asked to borrow his clothes in exchange for his rags
Nothing agreed.
Upon meeting the ladies in the village, they seemed to gravitate towards Anansi ‘cause it looked like he had money.
And Nothing looked poor.
However, One lady admired him and returned home with him.
The ladies who went with Anansi noticed that Nothing had a palace
While he lived in a shack.
Nothing was married and lived happily ever after until Anansi, plotted on him out of jealousy. His wives left and didn’t wanna go back. So, Anansi commissioned a group of rats to help set a trap that would kill Nothing. They laid oil on his front steps and dumped glass shards and knives in a covered hole in his yard.
Anansi called to him and Nothing came outside, then he slipped and fell in the hole and died. His wife and friends went to check on him, but it was too late, and she wept inconsolably
She ordered the house staff to collect all the yams they could bring
She baked them into tiny cakes and passed them along to people around the way
When she gave them to children, she asked if they could help cry for her husband
And that’s why to this day, if you see an upset child and ask them what they’re crying about, they just might respond:
“It’s Nothing.”
                
Lastly, according to the notorious Greek stories,
Aphrodite, the goddess of Love and Beauty, was married to the god Hephaestus
But he worked for several days and nights in the forges of Mount Etna
And she became lonely
Then once upon a time she laid eyes on Aries, covered in blood after a great battle
She offered to clean him up and before you know it she was having a full blown affair
Aries asked that Electryon guard the door to warm him of the sunrise, but Hypnos put him to sleep
Aries woke up and noticed it was daylight, so he decided to punish Electryon by turning him into a rooster  
The sun told Hephaestus everything he saw but he didn’t believe him.
He decided he'd set up a barely visible net on the bed to trap them, just in case something happened
One night, Hephaestus announced he was leaving and in no time Ares appeared
While in the full throes of passion they were suddenly captured in a thin veil for the gods to see.  
He saw his wife with his own two eyes and called out to Mount Olympus to witness their debauchery.
While Hephaestus was manning the fires in the forges, his wife was lighting their marriage bed up with her own nephew.
Scandalous Hoe.
Mythology is an interesting topic, not for the faint of heart but useful across cultural spectrums for insight.