Term Papers on The Death Of Balder

Term Paper Title	The Death Of Balder
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# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	1.68

The Death Of Balder

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, and their son is Forseti, the god of justice.
Balder's hall is Breidablik ("broad splendor").

Most of the stories about Balder concern his death. He was dreaming
about his death 1, so Frigg extracted an oath from every creature, object
and force in nature (snakes, metals, diseases, poisons, fire, etc.) that they
would never harm Balder. They agreed that none of their kind would
ever hurt or assist in hurting Balder. Thinking him invincible, the gods
enjoyed themselves thereafter by using Balder as a target for
knife-throwing and archery.

The malicious trickster Loki, who was jealous of Balder, changed his
appearance and asked Frigg if there was absolutely nothing that could
harm Balder. Frigg, suspecting nothing, answered that there was just one
thing: a small tree in the west that was called mistletoe, but she thought it
was too small to ask for an oath. Loki immediately left for the west and
returned with the...

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