Chapter XIV
How Loki was Punished at Last
This is the tale the Northmen tell of how Red Loki
was punished at last for his sins.
hen the Asas knew that it was Loki, disguised as Thok, the giant-woman, who had refused to shed the tears that would have won Balder's release, they determined to bear with his presence in Asgard no longer.
So with many a hard word and ugly look they drove him forth, bidding him never enter those gates again.
But the Asa folk were still sad and heavy of heart: for at every moment the gloom that lay over the city reminded them of the loss of their bright young Balder.
Ægir, god of the sea, saw their forlorn condition, and he prepared a great banquet in the caves of coral that lie underneath the sea, and bade all the Asas attend it as his guests.