MythicThe binding of Loki beneath the earth until Ragnarok
UBThe binding of Lucifer after Michael's bestowal (UB 53:9)
The binding of Lucifer after Michael's bestowal (UB 53:9) = The binding of Loki beneath the earth until Ragnarok
The Connection
The UB specifies that Lucifer, the deposed System Sovereign, is currently "a prisoner on satellite number one" of Jerusem since Michael's bestowal, bound until the final adjudication. The Prose Edda describes Loki bound beneath the earth with a serpent dripping venom above him until the end of the age, when he will be released to lead the hosts of chaos at Ragnarok. Both traditions preserve the same structure: a rebel leader captured, bound, held, and released only for a final reckoning. Revelation 20 preserves the same motif in the Christian stream.
UB Citation
UB 53:8.6, 53:9.2-4
Academic Source
Gylfaginning 50 (Sturluson); Völuspá 51-56; Revelation 20:1-3
Historical Evidence(Moderate evidence)
Gylfaginning 50 records Loki bound with the entrails of his own son in a cave with a serpent dripping venom onto his face, "to remain until Ragnarok." Völuspá 51-56 preserves the pre-Snorri prophecy of Loki's release at the end of the age. Revelation 20:1-3 describes the dragon "bound for a thousand years" in the bottomless pit, to be released briefly before final judgment. Three separate traditions (Norse, Christian, UB) preserve the same structural sequence of capture, binding, and eventual release for final adjudication, suggesting a common underlying memory of the actual rebellion's resolution.
Related Mappings
Andite military commander (~5000 BC)
= Thor, Norse god of thunder and warfare
Van, sustained by the Tree of Life for 150,000 years
= Odin, self-hung on Yggdrasil, the World Tree (Norse)
Tree of Life, the Edentia shrub at the center of the Father's temple
= Yggdrasil, the World Tree sustaining all realms (Norse)
The staff split: loyal vs. rebel members of the Prince's corps
= The Aesir-Vanir War, the first conflict among the gods (Norse)