Balder
Balder
No one in Asgard is more beloved than Balder. He is so good and so beautiful that he radiates light wherever he goes. He is the god of peace. The bright white mayweed flower “Baldr’s brow” is named after him. Balder is the son of the king of the Norse gods, Odin. When Loki, the Norse trickster god, masterminds Balder's death, Asgard grieves more than it has ever grieved before. It is prophesied that Balder's death signifies the beginning of the end of the world.
Basic Information
| Name | Balder |
| Nickname | Baldr / Baldur (traditional Old Norse spellings), Bældæg / Beldeg (Old English), the Dying God, Bright Eyes |
| Sex | Male |
| Current city | Hel, the Norse Underworld |
Work & Education
| Occupation | The Dying God The Bleeding God |
Family & Friends (& Enemies)
| Parents | Odin and Frigg |
| Siblings | My full brother, Hod (with Odin's wife, Frigg) My half-brother, Thor (with Odin's giantess mistress, Jörd) My half-brother, Vali (with Odin's lover, Rind) My half or full brother, Hermod (from Odin and an uncertain mother) |
| Children | My son, Forseti (with Nanna) |
| Friends | Everybody loves me! |
| Enemies | Loki, who masterminds my death |
Relationships
| Relationship status | Married to Nanna, an Aesir goddess |
Favorites
| Quotations | "For certain is death for the born,/ And certain is birth for the dead;/ Therefore over the inevitable/ Thou shouldst not grieve." – Bhagavad Gita "The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself." – Publilius Syrus, Moral Sayings "Oh hey, I've been travelin on this road too long (too long)/ Just trying to find my way back home (back home)/ But the old me is dead and gone, dead and gone." – T.I. and Justin Timberlake, "Dead and Gone" "when death comes/ like an iceberg between the shoulder blades,/ I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering:/ what is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness?" – Mary Oliver, "When Death Comes" |
| Books | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling When Death Comes by Mary Oliver Afterwards by Thomas Hardy When I Have Fears that I May Cease to Be by John Keats Death be not proud by John Donne Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner |
| Music | It's the End of the World as We Know It, R.E.M. Dead and Gone, T.I. and Justin Timberlake |
| Movies | Ghost Heart and Souls The Sixth Sense Bright Star Scoop |
Activities & Interests
| Likes | My hall, Breidablik (the most beautiful in Asgard!) My magnificent ship, Hringhorn |
| Activities | Giving fair judgments Dodgeball Maintaining the purity of my hall Being missed |
| Groups | World-Enders Dying Gods Sons of Odin Most Popular Gods of Asgard |