5.3 Loki’s other changes of sex: the old woman who asks Frigg if there was anything she had neglected to ask not to harm Baldr and after Baldr’s death, the giantess who refuses to help weep Baldr out of hell (Gylfaginning 49 ed. Faulkes).
3.4. De Vries (1933):
“The transformation of Loki into a woman and his becoming pregnant may be considered as belonging to an early stage of the Scandinavian religion, although it may have been ultimately developed into opprobrious tales about this highly compromised god.” [p. 220]
“We have to look for an explanation of his bisexual character, if possible in direct connection with his rôle as mischief-maker. The Old Norse tradition, however, does not give us a clue to a satisfactory solution to this problem.” [p. 224]
