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Balder

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Balder (bôl`dər, bäl–), Norse god of light; son of Odin and Frigg. He was the most beautiful and gracious of the gods of Asgard. His mother extracted oaths from all things in nature not to harm her son, but neglected the mistletoe. According to one legend Loki gave a dart of mistletoe to the blind god Hoder and aimed it for him at Balder, who was killed by it. The gods grieved inconsolably over his death. It was prophesied, however, that after Ragnarok Ragnarok (räg`nərŏk'), in Norse mythology, the doom of the gods.
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 (the doom of the gods) Balder would return to heaven. See Germanic religion Germanic religion, pre-Christian religious practices among the tribes of Western Europe, Germany, and Scandinavia. The main sources for our knowledge are the Germania of Tacitus and the Elder Edda and the Younger Edda.
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Balder

In Norse mythology, the just and beautiful son of Odin and Frigg. He could be harmed by nothing except mistletoe. Knowing he was invulnerable, the gods amused themselves by throwing things at him. Deceived by Loki, the blind god Höd hurled mistletoe at Balder and killed him. The giantess Thökk, probably Loki in disguise, refused to weep the tears that would have released Balder from the underworld.


Balder
god of light and joy; known for his beauty. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 106]

Balder (Baldur)
when he was slain, all things on earth wept. [Scand. Myth: Brewer Dictionary, 70]
See : Grief

Balder
god of light and peace. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 106]
See : Light

Balder
conquerable only with mistletoe. [Norse Myth.: Walsh Classical, 43]

Balder
most beautiful, luminescent, and wise god. [Norse Myth.: Parrinder, 40]
See : Wisdom


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The rosy man had grown pale; his flesh had fallen away; he was visibly balder and older; and yet it was not so much these tokens of a swift physical decay that arrested the lawyer's notice, as a look in the eye and quality of manner that seemed to testify to some deep-seated terror of the mind.
Even he was repelled by the stem command, ``Down, Balder, down
He was a little stouter, a little balder, a little grayer.
 
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