The Enigmatic Loki, My "God-like" Cat! RIP! 3 Entries For #steemitp...

What a face! Loki, a Trickster among Gods in Norse Mythology. My daughter Tahnee gave my favourite cat this beautiful name LOKI (yes among over 20 cats I owned or still own, I had a favourite).

Loki was a very special and unique cat and lived up to his name. At the end he was fleeing from our new home and never returned.

Bali Pet Stories

I dedicate this series "My Bali Pet Stories" in memory of all lost, so valuable companions who brought love in our lives and to show how important it is to experience the friendship of animals, help as many as you can.

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Today I introduce LOKI for the Steemit Photo Challenge

Enigmatic = difficult to interpret or understand, mysterious.

He was !

I adopted Loki when he was 4 months old and he joined our family of one dog Jati, he never got along with and 3 other cats he learnt to love but he ruled and controlled all of them.

He could be really mean with them but he was the sweetest with human beings. Little arrogant fellow!

Conquering Tigerlily!

He also welcomed our new baby SNOOP and they became real fun buddies to watch but Loki was always the king in our home.

Look at those eyes!

He hated Jati and their fights were quite dangerous so I had no other choice than to put our doggie to the other house. It was actually a good solution because he had Ciro, a huge clumsy sweetheart to play with.

Loki adored all my airbnb guests and especially charmed my female visitors. Everybody fell in love with him and his charismatic personality.

He would sit infront of our front gate to welcome them, waiting and even begging for his cuddles he always got.

His biggest fan was @bombaybellyrina

He was so happy in our home, just like me , always being surrounded by so many entertaining pet friends I had.

I never felt lonely and I didn't even miss friends visiting. I had them all in my bed rolled up around my body. Waking up was fun!

The day came when I had to relocate all my pets to our balinese family home because I gave up my beautiful villa at the beach, his territory. His comfort zone and cats do need that most. Dogs are defendant on their owners but cats need their hunting field.

The King of his castle, so cute !

I had to pack him on my open jeep with the more scaredy-cat Snoop. Both had to be squeezed in a cage and driven to the new house where 4 others were already running free.

Wishful thinking to believe that all kitties would live happily after.

No way!

I knew it would be difficult but had no idea how hard it would be on him.

All turned into a total disaster. Loki was furious and Snoop scared to death.

"Thor and Loki in the Chariot". Foster, Mary H. 1901. Asgard Stories: Tales from Norse Mythology. Silver, Burdett and Company. Page 41. ( Wikimedia Commons )

They were both shaking of fear in the back of my very loud, open landcruiser and didn't like the sound of the motorbikes passing by but I had no other choice than get through with this trip, I had to do alone Without anybody's help.

I should have cuddled them instead in the backseat but I made a big mistake to traumatise them badly, driving on busy streets with too many sounds they never heard before.

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Long story short, the moment I wanted to let him out into the garden, introducing him to the new and quite friendly kitties first, thinking he would be fine adjusting to his new environment, the unexpected happened.

He gave me that unforgettable angry look, scratched Snoops face, meowed so loud, I never heard such sound before, jumped on my lab, sat there for a second and bang ....gone he was and never be seen again.

He was pissed, furious and just shocked. Maybe he ran away and didn't find back. I wish I would know.

I am so so sorry!

I looked everywhere, my heart broken but he vanished towards our neighbor temple? Just gone!

I called his name so loud, many times on my way back home, in hope he would recognize my voice and returns to his family.

He didnt hear me.

Sometimes I think he found his way back to our old villa.

I don't know.

I looked up the legend around God Loki

The Norse trickster god, Loki is undoubtedly the most debated figure from Norse mythology to this day. Though he appears to be a scheming, mischievous deity who has no real loyalties, scholars still explore what his purpose might have been in the ancient stories. Was he merely a plot device, a foil for the AEsir, the pantheon of gods in Norse religion? His character surely meant more to the non-Christian Scandinavians than can be gleaned now, and though that purpose cannot be fully realized due to a lack of sufficient sources, an overview of who Loki was and what he did can loosely be outlined.Loki's relationship with the other gods is what causes most of the concern and confusion in modern scholarship. Loki is not shown as an outright evil god, though he does appear to take great pleasure in fooling or insulting the AEsir. One of the most notable examples is his fluctuating relationship with Thor, as recorded in two different poems both from the Codex Regius, which houses the Poetic Edda . "Lokasenna" tells of when Thor comes to the great hall of the sea god AEgir and immediately becomes bothered by Loki and his antics. Three times Thor threatens to silence Loki with his hammer Mjölnir, and three times Loki proceeds to insult him and Odin.At the end of the tale, Loki flees the scene, hiding from the AEsir for his harsh words, only to be found and captured, and bound to the rock where he will remain until Ragnarök. - Source Anicent-Origins

"Loki appears to have no regret of his actions or sympathy for his family members—Hel, Jörmungandr, and Fenrir—thereby emphasizing the anomaly of his relationship with the Aesir."