Balder
or BALDUR, a Scandinavian divinity, represented as the son of Odin and Frigga, beautiful, wise, amiable, and beloved by all the gods. His mother took an oath from every creature, and even from every inanimate object, that they would not harm Balder, but omitted the mistletoe. Balder was, therefore, deemed invulnerable, and the other gods in sport flung stones and shot arrows at him without harming him. But the evil god, Loki, fashioned an arrow from the mistletoe and got Balder's blind. brother Höder to shoot it, himself guiding his aim. Balder fell dead, pierced to the heart, to the deep grief of all the gods. He is believed to be a personification of the brightness and beneficence of the sun. god, Loki, fashioned