Just for LOLz

I was wandering around the internet and I found this interesting article on the Norse God Baldr:

Baldur, grandson of the Norse god Thor, woke up one morning certain that each and every plant and animal on earth wanted to kill him. His mother consoled him. His wife consoled him, but all to no avail. As Baldur cowered in his room, half-wild with fear, his mother and wife decided to ask every living thing to leave their poor Baldur in peace. They begged the kindness of the oak tree, the pig, the cow, the crow, the ant and even the worm. Each agreed. Then, as Baldur paused to celebrate his release from torment, he felt a pain in his chest. He had been stabbed and killed by an arrow made from the wood of a mistletoe plant. Mistletoe was the one species on earth his wife and mother had failed to notice.

Baldur died, but a lesson was learned: Never forget about the mistletoe. Mistletoe would come to hang over our doors as a reminder to never forget. We kiss beneath it to remember what Baldur’s wife and mother forgot. At least that is one version of the origin of our relationship with mistletoe.

Heh, sound like somebody you know? 😀

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0 Responses to Just for LOLz

  1. Greg Camp says:

    And he claims to be a son of Odin. Someone should tell him that it’s not a good idea to piss off gods who go about carrying hammers and fighting battles with frost giants. Oh, wait, I already did that. Didn’t do any good.

  2. Bob S. says:

    That explains the spelling — the chuckle head from Oregon is the Anti-BALDUR — he’s afraid of inanimate objects.

    Maybe his mom could go around and talk to all the inanimate objects.

  3. Archer says:

    Heh, sound like somebody you know?

    You know, now that you mention it, that does sound familiar. People who would ask (and expect!) the rest of the universe to lay down everything to accommodate the cowering person who wants to feel safe, who didn’t even have the nerve to ask them himself; his mommy did it for him.

    And in the story, as in real life, feeling safe does not equate to being safe.

    Good one! 😀

  4. Cargosquid says:

    According to Norse mythology….Baldur wasn’t a warrior either….in a nation of warriors. Hmmmm. that DOES sound familiar.

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