Baldur
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The Norse god of light and purity, a son of Odin and Frigg, known for his beauty and near-invulnerability.
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1997, Philip Schaff, ''History of the Christian Church'', Volume IV: Mediaeval Christianity, A.D. 590—1093, unnumbered page,
- A transition from the myth of Baldur to the gospel of Christ cannot have been very difficult to the Scandinavian imagination; and, indeed, it is apparent that the first ideas which the Scandinavian heathens formed of the “White Christ” were influenced by their ideas of Baldur.
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the Norse god
(given name)
Baldur, one of the Norse gods, son of Odin and Frigg, known for his beauty and near-invulnerability.