(The legends describe her as extracting promises from all of these things not to harm Balder, as if they were all sentient and capable of speech.) The sole exception was mistletoe.
Frigga cast spells that would protect Balder from harm by any living or inanimate thing while he was in the Asgardian dimension. Balder has been unsuccessfully sought as a lover by the sorceress Karnilla, the Norn Queen.īecause of the prophecies that Balder's death would help trigger the coming of Ragnarok, the destruction of Asgard and its inhabitants, Odin, ruler of Asgard, commanded his wife Frigga to make Balder invulnerable to harm.
Due to his many heroic deeds over the ages, Balder has long been regarded as Asgard's noblest god and its greatest warrior next to the thunder god Thor, who has long been Balder's closes friend.
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