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Death Of Baldur Research Paper

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Ernel Johnson
Professor Kathryn Lucas
June 2, 2015
Week 5 Discussion Post

The Death of Baldur is one of the most famous myths because it reveals the unfortunate demise of the invulnerable Baldur, the god of truth and light. As the story goes Baldur started having nightmares of his death which caused his mother Frigg to seriously worry. See unlike gods in the pantheons, the Norse gods where not immortal, so to cure herself and her son of worry she set out to exact assurances from everything in the nine realms that Baldur not be a harmed. Everyone celebrated Baldur’s invulnerability everyone, except Loki. You see, Loki better known as the god of mischief, become very disturbed by all of the celebrating and decided to do something about. So while using a disguise Loki was able to trick Frigg into revealing “Why was everyone throwing things at Baldur? And revealing the one thing in the nine realms she hadn’t sked not to harm Baldur. The mistletoe. With …show more content…

Take Loki’s role in Baldur’s death for example, Loki was able to use Baldur’s amusing “not dying horribly party trick” game to kill him with the most insignificant and tiny thing in the nine realms the, mistletoe. An act truly deserving of Loki’s mischievous label, in a way wickedly hilarious. Humor has always been used throughout history especially in dire, weird, unfortunate and unique situations to help the audience relate to the characters but also allows us for that moment, maybe to understand the multifaceted, complex and sometimes rigid nature of the writer. In Thor’s crossing dressing quest to retrieve his stolen hammer, humor is used to spark the audience’s imagination yet provide a light hearted moment. These intricately placed elements of humor are used in all sorts of literature pieces, even the dwarf getting kicked into the fireplace yet it serves no purpose does make you

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