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Balder: God Of Light, Joy, Purity, Beauty, Innocence, And Reconciliation
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The god of light, joy, purity, beauty, innocence, and reconciliation. Son of
Odin and Frigg. He was loved by both gods and man and was considered to be the
best of the gods. He had a good character, was friendly, wise and eloquent,
although he had little power. His wife is Nanna, daughter of Nep, ....
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....im. And everything wept, except for Loki
(who had disguised himself as the witch Thokk) so Balder had to remain in the
underworld.
The others took the dead god, dressed him in crimson cloth, and placed him on a
funeral pile aboard his ship Ringhorn, which passed for the largest in the world.
Beside him they lay the body of his wife Nanna, who had died of a broken heart.
Also Balder's horse and his treasures were placed on the ship. The pile was set
to fire and the ship was sent to sea by the gi.... |
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