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====''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]]".{{sfnp|Larrington|1999|p=8}} 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''): {{poemquote|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.{{sfnp|Larrington|1999|p=10}}}} In stanza 54, after consuming Odin and being killed by Odin's son [[Víðarr]], Fenrir is described as "Loki's kinsman".{{sfnp|Larrington|1999|p=11}}
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