Years of being under his mothers' spell soon took its toll on Baldur, and he was driven to insanity due to his sensory incapabilities. With the faintest amount of love for his mother still left, he let her live, citing that he never wanted to see her again.Īfter abandoning his mother, he spent 100 years at Asgard raising with his father, Odin, his brother, Thor and nephews, Magni and Modi, only to consider that his entire family were "fucked up". An outraged Baldur was consumed with hatred for his mother and initially attempted to kill her. Baldur’s pleas to Freya to lift the spell fell on deaf ears, and Freya insisted that Baldur would thank her for it. He could no longer feel anything from pain and pleasure to even the temperature of wherever he stood. However, the spell had a side-effect of removing Baldur's ability to physically feel anything. To make sure no one figured out the spell's weakness, she also cursed Mimir to prevent him from speaking about it. The spell had one weakness, however: mistletoe. Determined to prevent his death at any cost, Freya at some point placed a spell on him that made him invulnerable to all threats, physical or magical. At his birth, his mother learned from the runes that he would die a "needless death". worthless coward.īaldur was an Aesir born to Odin and Freya and was the half-brother of Thor, Týr, Bragi, and Hodr. However, it is known that after Ragnarok, Baldr, along with Hod, would come back to life and become the new ruler of the peaceful land. Hel asked that every being in creation weep for Baldr, and every being did, except the giantess Thökk (who was Loki in disguise), who refused to weep the tears that would release Baldr from death.īaldr's death was the start of Ragnarök: The Death of the Norse Gods and end of the Nine Realms. The blind god Höd, (Baldr’s twin brother) deceived by Loki, killed Baldr by hurling mistletoe, the only thing that could hurt him.Īfter Baldr’s funeral, the messenger Hermod was sent to Hel, the goddess of the land of the dead also known as Hel, to ask for Baldr's return. Icelandic stories tell how the gods amused themselves by throwing objects at him (knowing that he was immune from harm). After he and Frigg had a dream in which they saw his death (with dreams being prophetic in Norse mythology), Frigg asked everything in creation to promise to not harm Baldr, only forgetting to ask mistletoe, as she thought it was "too young" to swear an oath. Most legends about him concern his death. He was known to be beautiful, kind and emanate pure light. Baldr was the son of Odin (the King of the Gods) and his wife Frigg.
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