Episode 21 - Crime and Envy Part I: Baldr's Death

Norse Mythology: The Unofficial Guide

In this episode, the most beloved of all the gods suffers a tragic death as the result of what appears to be another god's jealous rage. This story has everything: murder, zombies, flaming dwarves, and possible hints at something akin to suttee– everything except the consequences. Those will come next time.

Sources:

• “Dictionary of Northern Mythology” by Rudolf Simek, 2007
• “The Road to Hel: A Study of the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature” by Hilda Ellis Davidson, published under the name Hilda Roderick Ellis, 1968
• “The Poetic Edda”, transl. by Carolyne Larrington, 2014
• “The Prose Edda”, transl. by Anthony Faulkes, 1995

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Celebration by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/