In Jötunheim, Atreus and Kratos learn that Atreus was a Frost Giant from his mother's side, and referred to as "Loki." In the MCU, Loki is Thor's adoptive brother. Loki very much lives up to his mischief god moniker, causing havoc throughout the MCU.
Born in the Wildwoods of Midgard, Loki, later named Atreus was conceived between the Greek God, Kratos and the Jötunn, Faye. Unbeknownst of his true heritage, Atreus spent most of his childhood as a sickly child and was taken care of by his mother while his father was absent for long periods of time to hunt food.
Pelops then entered Pisa, became its king and named the land "Peloponnesus", meaning "island of Pelops". He fathered several sons, including Thyestes, the father of Aegisthus, and Atreus, the father of Menelaus and Agamemnon.
Divine-Jötnar Physiology: Atreus is the son of Kratos, a Greek divine being and the former God of War, and son to Zeus, and Laufey, a powerful Jötnar Giant. As a result of this, Atreus has a tremendous physiology, making him a hybrid of the Greek and Norse pantheon.
Atreus and Loki have always been one in the same character in God of War, but the name has far less significance to both Kratos and Atreus than it does to the audience. Loki, as it was revealed, was the name that Kratos' wife, Faye, wanted to give Atreus when he was born.
In Jötunheim, Atreus and Kratos learn that Atreus was a Frost Giant from his mother's side, and referred to as "Loki." In the MCU, Loki is Thor's adoptive brother.
Faye was a giant, which makes Atreus half giant and half god. A prophecy reveals that Kratos is not long for this world and that Atreus, known as Loki among the giants, will somehow be involved in his death.
However, Atreus also had two sons, Agamemnon and Menelaus, the two brothers who figure so centrally in The Iliad and The Odyssey. As you know, Agamemnon married Clytemnestra, and Menelaus married her half sister, Helen (known later as Helen of Troy).
The real-life explanation for why Kratos called Atreus "Boy" in God of War was that the developers at Sony Santa Monica weren't able to agree on Atreus' real name until relatively late in God of War (2018)'s production, but “Boy” soon became a popular meme for the game's fans and made Kratos all the more endearing in ...
While it's not canon that Kratos (a made-up Greek deity for the God of War franchise) is Loki's father, the mythology doesn't go into the details of Loki's father. Laufey (Faye in the games) is Loki's mother, a giantess with extraordinary capability.
Atreus and his twin brother Thyestes were exiled by their father for murdering their half-brother Chrysippus in their desire for the throne of Olympia. They took refuge in Mycenae, where they ascended to the throne in the absence of King Eurystheus, who was fighting the Heracleidae.
Atreus subsequently married Pelopia, and she afterward bore Aegisthus. Atreus believed this child to be his own, but Aegisthus was in fact the son of Thyestes. According to one version of the story, Agamemnon and Menelaus—sons of Atreus and Aërope—found Thyestes at Delphi and imprisoned him at Mycenae.
At the same time, Sophos says that Thor is a clone of Kratos. Thor believes himself to be an irredeemable person as he's done horrible things like killing a bunch of Giants. Similarly, Kratos started his new family after killing all of the Greek gods in the franchise's previous games.
In the God Of War official novel, it is confirmed that Atreus is 11 years old in the game. Fimbulwinter lasts three years, so by the time Ragnarök takes place, which is when the game will be set, Atreus will be 14 years old.
The leading theories include the possibility of Deimos' birthmark being genetic and Atreus' scars being related, as well as possible self-scarification as a young Atreus was trying to look more like his father. Alternatively, it's just a coincidence, and Atreus got his scars in an accident or fight.
Atreus: Son of Kratos and Laufey. Unlike Calliope, he is said to be a demigod possibly due to his mother Laufey being a Jötunn (although technically Atreus is 1/4 god).
And Giants like the Aesir and Vanir are in fact a tribe of Gods of the Norse Realm. Therefore Atreus having Half-Giant and only 1/4th Mortal Heritage along with 1/4th Greek God Heritage, isnt a Demi-God but rather simply a being closer to being a God in essence that Kratos.
While he wouldn't know it for most of his life, Kratos was a demigod as he is the son of Zeus, but he would later become a full-on god, the God of War to be precise, after killing Ares. After years of serving the Greek gods, Kratos became disillusioned, and resentment towards the gods grew strong.
Loki is a god in Norse mythology. Loki is the son of Fárbauti (a jötunn) and Laufey (mentioned as a goddess), and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr.
Due to the Aesir gods being so sick of Loki's antics in Asgard, Loki was given a torturous fate that prevented his freedom to battle in Ragnarok. Loki was caught by the Aesir gods, and imprisoned in an unknown cave, bound to three rocks with his own son's entrails to bind him.
Towards the end of the first title, players learn that Atreus's mother, Faye, originally named him Loki — as in the God of Mischief. It was Kratos who later gave Atreus the name he's referred to throughout the game, though there's no doubt this little bit of knowledge will become important in Ragnarok.
