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Definition of Baldr
1. Noun. (Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna; killed by Hoth.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baldr
Literary usage of Baldr
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Saga Time by J[ohn] Fulford Vicary (1887)
"The mildest and most learned of the gods was baldr. He was beloved by gods and men.
He resided at Breidablik (the far-shining). ..."
2. The Normans in Europe by Arthur Henry Johnson (1896)
"Yet so long as baldr lived, sin and wickedness could not prevail on ... To kill
baldr, therefore, was Loki's constant aim, and by treachery he succeeded. ..."
3. Manual of Mythology: Greek and Roman, Norse and Old German, Hindoo and by Alexander Stuart Murray (1897)
"baldr Means time shining god. His son Brono means daylight, ... Time story of
baldr —the most lovely and pathetic not only in Norse but in any mythology ..."
4. The Home of the Eddic Poems: With Especial Reference to the Helgi-lays by Sophus Bugge (1899)
"The identification of baldr with Christ may be the reason why no deed of ...
All the stress is laid upon his death ; and, like Christ, baldr dies in his ..."
5. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom by Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) (1882)
"There is no need for me here to recapitulate at full length the myth of the death
of baldr. Almost every one knows its general outline : almost every one ..."
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