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Death of Baldr

Myth & story

The Norse tale of Baldr’s killing, the failed ransom, and the funeral ship. Not mistletoe as a plant alone, and not ragnarok as the whole end.

Norse tradition

  • Death of Baldr appears in Norse tradition.

    Snorri’s Gylfaginning narrates Baldr’s killing, the failed ransom, and the funeral ship. A named Baldr tragedy in that prose, not mistilteinn as the weapon alone and not ragnarok as the whole end.

    from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • Gylfaginning · Snorri Sturluson

    Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning, in the Prose Edda.