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{{Short description|Norse mythical character}}
'''Logi''' ([[Old Norse]]: {{IPA|non|ˈloɣe|}}, '[[fire]], flame') or '''Hálogi''' ({{IPA|non|ˈhɑːˌloɣe|}}, 'High Flame') is a [[jötunn]] and the personification of fire in [[Norse mythology]]. He is a son of the jötunn [[Fornjót]]r and the brother of [[Ægir]] or [[Hlér]] ('sea') and [[Kári]] ('wind'). Logi married fire giantess [[Glöð]] and she gave birth to their two beautiful daughters—Eisa and Eimyrja.

== Name ==
The [[Old Norse]] name ''Logi'' is generally translated as 'fire', 'flame', or blaze'.{{Sfn|de Vries|1962|p=364}}{{Sfn|Lindow|2001|p=213}} It was also used in poetry as a synonym of 'sword, blade'.{{Sfn|de Vries|1962|p=364}}

Since Logi is pitted against the god [[Loki]] in a story in the ''[[Gylfaginning]]'' section of the ''[[Prose Edda]]'', it has been suggested that Loki was also associated with fire, but it is more likely to be wordplay.{{Sfn|de Vries|1970|pp=255–56}} Loki has no connection to the German word ''Lohe'' ('blaze'),{{Sfn|Simek|2000|pp=195–96}} despite [[Richard Wagner]]'s use of the name ''Loge'' for the demigod in his ''[[Ring des Nibelungen]]''.

== Attestations ==

=== ''Gylfaginning'' ===
In ''[[Gylfaginning]]'' ('The Beguiling of [[Gylfi]]'), Logi appears in the tale of [[Thor]] and [[Loki]]'s journey to the castle of the giant [[Útgarða-Loki]] in [[Jötunheimr]], where Loki was pitted against Logi in an eating contest. The contestants appeared to be equal in speed at eating meat from the bone, but Logi also consumed the bones and even the wooden trencher in which the meat was placed showing off his might. Útgarða-Loki afterwards explained that Logi was really wildfire itself.

=== ''Hversu Noregr byggðist'' ===
In ''[[Hversu Noregr byggðist]]'' in ''[[Flateyjarbók]]'', there is a mention of Logi's family:

<blockquote>There was a man called [[Fornjót]]. He had three sons; one was [[Ægir|Hlér]], another Logi, the third Kári; he ruled over winds, but Logi over fire, Hlér over the seas.<ref>''Hversu Noregr byggðist'', ch. 1: ''Fornjótr hét maðr. Hann átti þrjá sonu; var einn Hlér, annarr Logi, þriði Kári. Hann réð fyrir vindum, en Logi fyrir eldi, Hlér fyrir sjó.''</ref></blockquote>

The sons of Fornjótr are given powers to rule over forces of nature. Logi rules over fire.

=== ''Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar'' ===

In ''[[Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar]]'', Logi, also called Hálogi, is identified as a risi (another kind of giant) who becomes the first king of [[Hálogaland]] (northern Norway), and the ancestor of its royal line, all of whom are known for their muscular physique and stunning beauty.

{{chart top|The family tree of Logi according to ''[[Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar]]'', Chapter 1<ref>[https://www.germanicmythology.com/FORNALDARSAGAS/ThorsteinsSagavikingssonAnderson1877.html The Saga of Thorstein, Viking's Son], original text and English translation by Rasmus Anderson & Jón Bjarnason (Viking Tales of the North, 1877)</ref>|collapsed=yes}}
Kings are marked with a crown (♕).
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{{Tree chart| | VES |~| EIS | | EIM |y| VIF | | | | | | | |VES=♂ Véseti|EIS=♀ Eisa|EIM=♀ Eimyrja|VIF=♂ Vífill}}
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{{Tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | VIK | |VIK=♂ Víking}}
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== Legacy ==
A moon of planet [[Saturn]] is named [[Loge (moon)|Loge]] after Logi.<ref>Discovery date: March 6, 2006. {{cite web |url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/saturn-moons/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=name+asc&search=&placeholder=Enter+moon+name&condition_1=38%3Aparent_id&condition_2=moon%3Abody_type%3Ailike&condition_3=moon%3Abody_type |title=Overview: Saturn Moons |publisher=NASA |access-date=April 20, 2021 }} </ref>

== References ==
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=== Bibliography ===
* {{Cite book|last=de Vries|first=Jan|title=Altnordisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch|date=1962|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-05436-3|edition=1977|author-link=Jan de Vries (linguist)}}
* {{Cite book|last=de Vries |first=Jan |title=Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte |volume=2 |orig-year=1937 |edition=3rd |year=1970 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |oclc=1067864774}}
* {{Cite book|last=Lindow|first=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KlT7tv3eMSwC|title=Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs|date=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-983969-8|language=en|author-link=John Lindow}}
* {{Cite book |first=Rudolf |last=Simek |authorlink=Rudolf Simek |translator=Angela Hall |title=Dictionary of Northern Mythology |orig-year=1993 |year=2000 |publisher=D. S. Brewer |isbn=0-85991-513-1 }}

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