Loge

Loge is god of fire. However he is only half-divine, so doesn't need the golden apples of Freia to stay young.

Loge is told by the Chief God Wotan to find a way of paying the Giants Fafner and Fasolt for building Valhalla, as they want the Goddess Freia. Loge searches the world but cannot find a way. However before he returns to Wotan he hears from the Rhinemaidens of the dwarf Alberich's theft of their Rhinegold. He tells Wotan this whereupon the Giants say they will accept this instead of Freia. When the Giants take Freia the Gods begin to weaken and Loge realises this is because they haven't eaten her golden apples today. Loge leads Wotan to Nibelheim to take the treasure. Loge tricks Alberich into turning into a toad using the tarnhelm by asking him to demonstrate his power, whereupon he and Wotan capture him and force him to relinquish the treasure. Loge encourages Wotan to return the ring to the Rhinemaidens, but Wotan wants it for himself, though he finally gives it to the Giants. When the treasure is brought to the Giants and Fasolt asks for advice on dividing the treasure, Loge tells him to take the ring. Fasolt takes it from his brother Fasolt, and is killed by him. At the end of Das Rheingold, Loge says he finds the Gods corrupt, and that he hopes to become fire and destroy Valhalla. He finally says 'Wer wiss, was ich tu'? (Who knows what I'll do?) He is the only God who doesn't cross the Rainbow Bridge to Valhalla.

In Die Walkure, Wotan places his daughter the Valkyrie Brunhilda in an enchanted sleep and summons Loge to surround her with fire, so only one who knows no fear may claim her.

In the final act of Gotterdammerung, Brunhilda before her immolation commands Loge to set Valhalla alight. Valhalla and the Gods are destroyed by the fire.