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is so white that it is likened to Baldr's brow; of all grasses it is whitest, and by it thou mayest judge his fairness, both in hair and in body. He is the wisest of the Æsir, and the fairest-spoken and most gracious; and that quality attends him, that none may gainsay his judgments. He dwells in the
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Annarr sonr Óðins er Baldr, ok er frá honum gott at segja. Hann er beztr, ok hann lofa allir. Hann er svá fagr álitum ok bjartr, svá at lýsir af honum, ok eitt gras er svá hvítt, at jafnat er til Baldrs brár. Þat er allra grasa hvítast, ok þar eftir máttu marka fegurð hans bæði á hár ok á líki. Hann
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to a Völva's grave and awakens her using magic. The Völva asks Odin, who she does not recognize, who he is, and Odin answers that he is Vegtam ("Wanderer"). Odin asks the Völva for whom are the benches covered in rings and the floor covered in gold. The Völva tells him that in their location mead is
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Odin again asks the Völva to not be silent and says that he seeks to know who the women that will then weep be. The Völva realizes that Vegtam is Odin in disguise. Odin says that the Völva is not a Völva, and that she is the mother of three giants. The Völva tells Odin to ride back home proud,
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As he was carried to the ship, Odin whispered something in his ear. The import of this speech was held to be unknowable, and the question of what was said was thus used as an unanswerable riddle by Odin in other sources, namely against the giant
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could not wound his sacred body. The two rivals encountered each other in a terrific battle. Though Odin and Thor and the other gods fought for Balderus, he was defeated and fled away, and Høtherus married the princess.
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in disguise), who refused to mourn the slain god. Thus Baldr had to remain in the underworld, not to emerge until after Ragnarök, when he and his brother Höðr would be reconciled and rule the new earth together with
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Odin again asks the Völva to not be silent and asks her who will avenge Baldr's death. The Völva replies that Váli will, when he will be one night old. Once again, she says that she will speak no more:
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Odin asks the Völva to not be silent and asks her who will kill Baldr. The Völva replies and says that Höðr will kill Baldr, and again says that she spoke unwillingly, and that she will speak no more:
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er vitrastr ásanna ok fegrst talaðr ok líknsamastr, en sú náttúra fylgir honum, at engi má haldast dómr hans. Hann býr þar, sem heitir Breiðablik. Þat er á himni. Í þeim stað má ekki vera óhreint
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Apart from this description, Baldr is known primarily for the story of his death, which is seen as the first in a chain of events that will ultimately lead to the destruction of the gods at
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In stanza 62 of Völuspá, looking far into the future, the Völva says that Höðr and Baldr will come back, with the union, according to Bellows, being a symbol of the new age of peace:
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The second son of Odin is Baldr, and good things are to be said of him. He is best, and all praise him; he is so fair of feature, and so bright, that light shines from him.
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Nevertheless, Balderus took heart of grace and again met Høtherus in a stricken field. But he fared even worse than before. Høtherus dealt him a deadly wound with a
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Upon seeing the corpse being carried to the ship, Nanna, his wife, died of grief. She was then placed on the funeral fire (perhaps a toned-down instance of
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personified as a deity. This, as Grimm points out, would agree with the meaning "shining one, white one, a god" derived from the meaning of Baltic
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and Odin sing to the foot in order for it to heal. The identification with Balder is not conclusive. Modern scholarship suggests that the god
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Unlike the Prose Edda, in the Poetic Edda the tale of Baldr's death is referred to rather than recounted at length. Baldr is mentioned in
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A Latin votive inscription from Utrecht, from the 3rd or 4th century C.E., has been theorized as containing the dative form
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sees and describes in Völuspá is Baldr's death. In stanza 32, the Völva says she saw the fate of Baldr "the bleeding god":
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In the next stanza, Loki responds to Frigg, and says that he is the reason Baldr "will never ride home again":
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riding to the woods, where the foot of Baldr's foal is sprained. Sinthgunt (the sister of the sun),
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Besides these descriptions of Baldr, the Prose Edda also explicitly links him to the Anglo-Saxon
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In the next two stanzas, the Völva refers to Baldr's killing, describes the birth of
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it is assumed that what Odin whispered in Baldr's ear was a promise of resurrection.
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itself is white-god, light-god, he that shines as sky and light and day, the kindly
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place called Breidablik, which is in heaven; in that place may nothing unclean be
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Old Norse also shows the usage of the word as an honorific in a few cases, as in
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contain numerous references to the death of Baldr as both a great tragedy to the
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Van Ægir tot Ymir: personages en thema's uit de Germaanse en Noordse mythologie
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opens with the gods holding a council discussing why Baldr had had bad dreams:
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brewed for Baldr, and that she spoke unwillingly, so she will speak no more:
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should be interpreted as meaning 'shining day', from a Proto-Germanic root *
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in Hedmark county, Norway: "a Balldrshole" 1356 (where the last element is
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Baldr is mentioned in two stanzas of Lokasenna, a poem which describes a
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of the Slav system. It is in perfect accord with this explanation of
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There are a few old place names in Scandinavia that contain the name
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Baldr's death is portrayed in this illustration from an 18th-century
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because she will speak to no more men until Loki escapes his bounds.
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Anthropomorphic wooden cult figurines of Central and Northern Europe
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Murder and Vengeance Among the Gods: Baldr in Scandinavian Mythology
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if all objects alive and dead would weep for him. All did, except a
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Baldr in an illustration to a Swedish translation of the Elder Edda.
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came running before his feet. Thor then kicked him into the pyre.
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Illustrations of Baldr from manuscripts and early print books.
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never to hurt Baldr. All objects made this vow, save for the
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According to Carolyne Larrington in her translation of the
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His hands he shall wash not, | his hair he shall comb not,
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Upon Frigg's entreaties, delivered through the messenger
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people, clan, and place names in Germanic heroic legend
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A depiction of Loki quarreling with the gods (1895) by
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The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
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Die germanischen Götternamen der antiken Inschriften
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Till the slayer of Baldr | he brings to the flames.
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 2. 1694:, in Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde 1013:Writing during the end of the 12th century, the 585:And the mighty gods: | would you know yet more? 706:The shining drink, | and a shield lies o'er it; 569:For Valhall's need: | would you know yet more? 708:But their hope is gone | from the mighty gods. 687:And the far-famed ones | the truth would find, 583:Baldr and Hoth dwell | in Hropt's battle-hall, 524:Full grown in strength | the mistletoe stood. 151:and other Danish Latin chroniclers recorded a 1892: 1708:Anglo-Saxons Chronicle (Winchester Chronicle) 1299:(fire brand or blade of a sword), signifying 1157:there is a Baldersgatan (Balder's Street) in 748:Unwilling I spake, | and now would be still. 726:Unwilling I spake, | and now would be still. 710:Unwilling I spake, | and now would be still. 581:All ills grow better, | and Baldr comes back; 565:Till he bore to the bale-blaze | Baldr's foe. 554:But the brother of Baldr | was born ere long, 552:Came a harmful shaft | that Hoth should hurl; 37:"Baldur" redirects here. For other uses, see 30:"Balder" redirects here. For other uses, see 1673:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 1649:Vermeyden, Pamela & Quak, Arend (2000). 1586: 159:during the 13th century, but based on older 147:During the 12th century, Danish accounts by 3621: 1921:Mythological Norse people, items and places 1447:"Guðni Jónsson's edition of the Prose Edda" 1395: 1393: 1057:, pointing to a Latin nominative singular * 879:Baldr was ceremonially burnt upon his ship 1899: 1885: 1871:MyNDIR (My Norse Digital Image Repository) 1653:. Cambridge University Press. p. 43. 1115:m "mound; small hill"). Others may be (in 720:Hoth thither bears | the far-famed branch, 685:And the goddesses came | and council held, 299:This etymology was originally proposed by 204:. Baldr had the greatest ship ever built, 2719:List of figures in Germanic heroic legend 1751:Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic 1648: 1372: 1370: 1368: 1366: 1364: 1362: 1360: 1358: 1150:is called Baldursgata (Baldur's Street). 579:Then fields unsowed | bear ripened fruit, 50:"Each arrow overshot his head" (1902) by 1724: 1390: 1197: 1064: 997: 841: 763: 689:Why baleful dreams | to Baldr had come. 656: 589: 472: 460: 399: 45: 1748: 1731:Altnordisches Etymologisches Worterbuch 1255: 742:And one night old | fights Othin's son; 556:And one night old | fought Othin's son. 493:, and is the subject of the Eddic poem 14: 3974: 1609:Heathen Gods in Old English Literature 1355: 1048: 1021:tells the story of Baldr (recorded as 926:, also attested in the Arab traveller 724:And steal the life | from Othin's son. 522:Famous and fair | in the lofty fields, 1880: 1791: 1605: 1471: 1310: 1267: 1226: 567:But in Fensalir | did Frigg weep sore 1767: 1688: 1214: 1029:. 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The incantation relates of 13: 1: 1181: 937:As the pyre was set on fire, 757: 606:between the gods and the god 1860:(1835), chapter 11 "Paltar". 652:will never ride home again. 502:Among the visions which the 7: 3126:Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr 1829:Alvíssmál 11 (2004): 17–54. 1164: 1098: 941:blessed it with his hammer 740:bears Vali | in Vestrsalir, 284:'bold, frank', Old English 10: 4038: 3793:Festivals and holy periods 1614:Cambridge University Press 1408:Hackett Publishing Company 847:Odin's last words to Baldr 650:who made it so that Balder 412:(in the genitive singular 379:, further adducing Slavic 265:'prince, hero'), itself a 36: 29: 3943: 3833: 3792: 3711: 3704: 3614: 3576: 3281: 3230: 3189: 3180: 3061:Nine Mothers of Heimdallr 2787: 2774:named animals and plants 2709: 2599: 2301: 2236: 2083: 1950: 1927: 1918: 1841:Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia 1387:. pp. 14–15, 25, 195–200. 1091:through his supposed son 786: 624:like Balder, sitting here 261:'great man', Old English 85:, he is a son of the god 2882:Black elves (Svartálfar) 1734:(1977 ed.). Brill. 1171:List of Germanic deities 626:with me in Aegir's hall, 622:You know, if I had a son 250:) – probably stems from 4022:Life-death-rebirth gods 3764:Sacred trees and groves 3004:Hamskerpir and Garðrofa 2877:Light elves (Ljósálfar) 1606:North, Richard (1997). 1588:Gutenbrunner, Siegfried 1503:Tíðendi ór ǫðrum heimum 1501:News from Other Worlds/ 1323:, D.C. Heath & Co. 217: 138: 124: 112: 39:Baldur (disambiguation) 32:Balder (disambiguation) 3622: 2872:Dark elves (Dökkálfar) 2521:Narfi (father of Nott) 1749:Kroonen, Guus (2013). 1594:. Max Niemeyer Verlag. 1479:. 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Ellis 1532:on 30 September 2007 1526:"Gylfaginning, XLIX" 1477:The Children of Odin 1427:on 30 September 2007 1421:"Gylfaginning, XXII" 1377:Bellows, Henry Adams 1127:in Hordaland county 1123:in Vestfold county, 644:to recount even more 334:'fire') attached to 3066:Narfi (son of Loki) 2213:Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr 1857:Deutsche Mythologie 1689:Helm, Karl (1976). 1049:Utrecht Inscription 694:Odin then rides to 537:and the weeping of 533:for the slaying of 513:Henry Adams Bellows 326:- (cf. 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