Facts about Baldur
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Baldur's wife Nanna died of grief upon learning of his death and was burned alongside him on the funeral pyre Hringhorni in Norse mythology.
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Baldur's hall Brimir, located in Muspelheim, was said to have a roof made of gold and would serve as a refuge for the righteous after Ragnarok destroyed the nine realms.
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Baldur's beauty was so renowned that his radiance could light the darkest corners of the nine realms, making him the most beloved god among both Aesir and mortals in Norse tradition.
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Loki, the trickster god, engineered Baldur's death by manipulating the blind Höðr into throwing the mistletoe weapon during a celebratory game among the assembled gods.
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Dreams of Baldur's death visited the gods before it occurred, prompting Odin to ride to Niflheim to consult the völva prophetess about the future.
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Baldur's prophesied return after Ragnarok represents one of the few hopeful elements in Norse mythology's apocalyptic narrative of universal destruction and rebirth.
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The goddess Idun guarded golden apples in Norse mythology that kept the gods eternally young, and Baldur's death marked the beginning of Ragnarok's inevitable approach toward the twilight of the gods.
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Baldur's body was placed on his ship Hringhorni for his funeral pyre, which required all nine worlds' giants to launch into the sea according to Norse sources.
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Frigg, Baldur's mother in Norse mythology, secured oaths from all things on earth and in heaven to never harm her son, except she overlooked the mistletoe as too young and harmless.
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According to the Prose Edda, the gods held funeral games for Baldur that lasted three days following his death in Asgard.
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In Norse mythology, the mistletoe plant caused the death of Baldur when the blind god Höðr threw it as a weapon at his brother.