Lodur is an older god with whom Odin and Hoenir created the first man and woman from wood. Lodur gave blood and complexion to the first humans, as well as the gift of speech, ideas that are associated with fire in Indo Eiropean mythology. His equivalent in India was Agni, "Fire", who also had the role of the vital spark in nature, consuming as well as providing, and Atar in Persia (also "fire"), who provided the divine spark of life in mankind.Lodur is identified with Ve by some and Loki by others.
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