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- Season 1 Meeting the Norse Gods of the Viking Age
- Season 1 Fate and the Norse Worldview
- Season 1 The Norse Art of Mythic Storytelling
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- Season 1 Balder's Death: Tragic Murder of a God
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Norse Mythology - Season 1 Episode 8 Balder's Death: Tragic Murder of a God
0.00 48 minutes Odin's son, Balder, was a god so beloved (in fact, his Old Norse name is likely related to ancient words for brightness and light) that his shocking death is one of the principal stories of the "Eddas." Consider two different angles on this story-one of which offers more logical coherence by omitting the presence of the trickster Loki.
