Introduction
Farbauti is a giant, the husband of Laufey and, by her, the father of the trickster god Loki. He is a minor figure in the surviving sources, known almost entirely through this single role as Loki's father.
Family
- Wife: Laufey
- Son: Loki
Meaning of the name
Farbauti's name has been interpreted by scholars as meaning something like "dangerous striker" or "cruel smiter", which has led some to speculate a possible association with lightning or destructive storms, though this connection remains a scholarly inference rather than something stated directly in the surviving sources.
Family
Farbauti's marriage to Laufey, and their son Loki, is essentially the whole of what the Eddic material preserves about him; unusually for Norse genealogy, Loki is generally identified by his mother's name (Loki Laufeyjarson, "son of Laufey") rather than his father's, a departure from the standard patronymic pattern that has itself attracted scholarly comment and speculation about Farbauti's relatively minor status.