Baldrs draumar (Balder's dreams) or Vegtamskviða is an Eddic poem, contained in the manuscript AM 748 I 4to. Balders death is portrayed in this illustration from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript. ... The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems from the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. ... AM 748 I 4to is an Icelandic vellum manuscript fragment containing several Eddaic poems. ...
Balder has been having nightmares. Odin rides to Hel to investigate. He finds the grave of a völva and resurrects her. Their conversation follows, where the völva tells Odin about his and Balder's fate and ends with predicting Ragnarök. Balders death is portrayed in this illustration from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript. ... In common current usage, the term nightmare refers to dreams of particular intensity, with content that the sleeper finds disturbing, related either to physiological causes, such as a high fever, or to psychological ones, such as unusual trauma or stress in the sleepers life. ... For other meanings of Odin, Woden or Wotan see Odin (disambiguation), Woden (disambiguation), Wotan (disambiguation). ... In Norse mythology, the realm Hel, shares a name with the Hel who rules it. ... The völva, vala, wala (Old High German), seiðkona, or wicce was a female shaman in Norse mythology, and among the Germanic tribes. ... Look up Ragnarok in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Gylfaginning tells the rest of the story. External links Original text English text Categories: Mythology stubs | Medieval literature | Sagas of Iceland | Norse mythology | Nordic folklore ...
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Vegtamskviða eða Baldrs Draumar Translation by Benjamin Thorpe
Balder (Old Norse Baldr, modern Icelandic and Faroese Baldur, Balder is the name in modern Norwegian, Swedish and Danish and an anglicized form) is, in Norse Mythology, the god of innocence, beauty, joy, purity, and peace, and is Odin's second son.
A certain herb is so white that it is likened to Baldr's brow; of all grasses it is whitest, and by it thou mayest judge his fairness, both in hair and in body.
Due to perceived similarities, Balder is sometimes associated with Christ in art, as is clearly emphasized in this illustration of Baldrsdraumar.
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