| Blast-Ended Skrewt
Join Date: May 2006
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Originally Posted by Oesed  Raising her hand, Willow answered, "Carden was playing Baldr, the God of beauty and light." Snort. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ameh Raiden raised his hand. "Clifford is supposed to be Baldr, Professor Lupa." He thought for a second. "He's supposed to be the god of light and beauty, and he was married to Nanna... and he had a son. His hall's supposed to be the most beautiful of all the halls in Asgard. He was the one who was killed inadvertently by his brother, because of Loki. When he died, they burned him on his boat, and Thor kicked a dwarf into the fire, and Baldr's wife jumped on it and died, and his horse was put in it too..." Wow, lots of people had died when this guy had, hadn't they... He smiled at the Professor. "He came back after Ragnarok though, at least I think he did." Quote:
Originally Posted by Crayola Evangeline's eyes widened as Lupa tossed Clifford around in the air. Goodness gracious! The woman was going to get him killed!!! Grrrrrr. With a sigh, she raised her hand once more. "Clifford's meant to be Baldr, the Norse god of light and beauty." Oh dear. Clifford would like that. "Baldr had the greatest ship ever built ... Hringhorni, or something and there is no place more beautiful than his hall, Breidablik." Aaaaaaaaah. Weird names much? Quote:
Originally Posted by Hollister 2 points again?!
Miles was feeling a little neglected after he only got two points and everyone else was getting 5. Grr. He would have to try harder. "Cliff's playing Baldr, the god of beauty and light in Norse Mythology. He is known for the story of his death as a certain chain of events happen afterwards. Him and his mother, Frigg, had dreams about his death, so his mumsy made sure nothing hurt him." It seemed like Baldr was wrapped in his mother's cotton wool a little. Hehe. "But Loki, this mischeif maker, made a magical spear from a plant, and gave it to Baldr's blind brother to throw at him in a traditional game that the God's played; to throw things at Baldr and watch them bounce off." How nice of the Gods, Miles thought.
"See, Frigg didn't make EVERY object on earth vow to never hurt her sonny boy. Misteltoe was still dangerous, I don't know how though. And it's possibly that that what Loki's spear was made from." Quote:
Originally Posted by Celandine Cela raised her hand, "Clifford is Baldr! Baldr is the son of Frigg and Odin and was known to be beautiful, sweet-natured and just. He was almost completely invulnerable. Apart from the mistletoe thing which I already talked about with Frigg..." Cela paused, "So anyways, Baldr was the god of light and peace and his name means 'the Glorious'. He knew stuff about healing herbs and runes, which made him popular with the people of the time. So with the mistletoe thing, basically Loki the trickster god, disguised himself as an old woman and found out from Frigg that she hadn't gotten a promise from mistletoe. Then Loki made Hod- Baldr's blind brother who was the god of darkness- throw the mistletoe at Baldr and it killed him instantly. Sometimes it is said that the mistletoe was made into a spear and sometimes its just plain old mistletoe but It makes more sense for it to have been a spear because even if the gods of the Æsir were not immortal, having a bit of a relatively harmless but tricksy plant thrown at your chest shouldn't kill you... Oh and his death is related in 'The Prose Edda' by Snorri Sturluson. That also talks about the nightmares that Baldr had that actually predicted his death, which was because he was in the hall of truth at the time he had the nightmares. And who knows? Maybe he had a bit of Odin and Frigg's ability to see things." Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterloo Ack! What was the Professor doing to him!? "I'm - I'm Baldr, Professor Lupa." The Prefect informed unsurely from his spot in the air. "He's the god of light.. and beauty. He had a wife called Nanna and their son is Forseti. Baldr had the GREATEST ship built and he called it Hringhorni. And Breidablik, his hall, is meant to be the most beautiful hall." Sounded like a decent enough life to him! Quote:
Originally Posted by cedricdiggory Cedric always want to attend on ancient runes because he learn many things in ancient runes then he raised his hand,"Professor Clifford was Baldr.."he paused then he continued"Baldr,was the god of light and beauty...he was the second son of Odin...ummm,, Baldr had the greatest ship ever build named Hringhorni and that there is no place more beautiful than his hall, Breidablik."Cedric finished his speech Quote:
Originally Posted by milloy112 "Clifford was Baldr, The god of light and beauty" Ross said with his hand up Quote:
Originally Posted by Paintbrush "Baldr is often associated with light and beauty," Natka answered, her hand raised. "He is said to have the most beautiful hall ever built, called... uh, Breidablik or something of the sort, as well as some fantastic ship, Hringhorni. It could have actually been the greatest ship ever constructed. As for family, Baldr was the husband of Nanna and the father of Forseti." "Five points each!" She said, then looking at prefect Green, she tossed her in the air, letting Clifford fall with a thud on the ground. "Who is Evangeline, and tell me about her, k?"
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