I certainly don't go for Germanic Paganism but "Baldr" (Balder/Baldur) has a good strong sound to it. From Wordnik.com. [Name My Dog] Reference
The Baldr theories are stated in the following authorities. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
The story of Baldr is the most debated point in the Edda. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
Saxo's version of the Baldr story has been mentioned already. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
Snorri gives Baldr a son, Forseti (Judge), who is also named as a. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
Baldr being a tree-spirit whose soul is contained in the mistletoe. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
Baldr episode, and Snorri makes it a consequence of Loki's share in that event. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
She said I could take just Baldr, but I insisted on bringing Höd back with me too. From Wordnik.com. [Norse Code Preview (Chapter 2) - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games] Reference
Hod plays a role, Baldr doesn't fare well, there's a rebellious valkyrie, and Munin makes a few observations. From Wordnik.com. [princeofcairo: Ragnarok Available At the Touch of a Button] Reference
Turning to the future, the Sibyl prophesies the death of Baldr, the vengeance on his slayer, and the chaining of. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
Baldr was resurrected each year at Jul, (or Yule) the 12-day Norse Solstice festival when light returned to the world. From Wordnik.com. [Kenneth C. Davis: Mistletoe: Why All The Kissing Under A Parasitic Plant?] Reference
In the all accounts I've read except for the Saxo Grammaticus outlier, Baldr pretty much stews in Helheim, dead, until after Ragnarok. From Wordnik.com. [Norse question] Reference
Bragi, hearing the approach of Eirik and his host, asks "What is that thundering and tramping, as if Baldr were coming back to Odin's hall?". From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
Baldr, one of the sons of Woden, had passed away, but prophecy promised that he should return to deliver mankind from sorrow and from death. From Wordnik.com. [Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891] Reference
Snorri's version is merely an amplification of that in the Elder Edda, which, scanty as its account of Baldr is, leaves no doubt as to his divinity. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
The connexion with the hierarchy of the Aesir seems external only, since Baldr has no apparent relation to the great catastrophe as have Odin, Thor, Frej. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
It has often been pointed out that there is no trace of Baldr-worship in other Germanic nations, nor in any of the Icelandic sagas except the late Frithjofssaga. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
The funeral pyre of Baldr is described by Ulf Uggason: he is burnt on his ship, which is launched by a giantess, in the presence of Frey, Heimdal, Odin and the Valkyries. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
"Then unsown the swath shall flourish and back come Baldr. From Wordnik.com. [Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891] Reference
(probably at first an epithet of) Baldr, but no legend of him is told. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
I am the cause that thou wilt never more see Baldr ride into the hall. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
"Here the mead, clear drink, stands brewed for Baldr; the shields are spread. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
The gods restored Baldr to life?. From Wordnik.com. [Norse question] Reference
Gering explains as a kenning for Baldr. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
An episode in the story is the death of Baldr. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
Dead Baldr?. From Wordnik.com. [Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway] Reference
A hall to Baldr among the Gods. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
Baldr, Niord, Frey, Tyr, Bragi, Heimdall, Vidar, Vali, Ullur, and. From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook] Reference
(Odin, Thor, Baldr, Njörd, Frey, Tyr, Bragi, Heimdal, Höd, Vidar, Vali. From Wordnik.com. [The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12] Reference
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