Loki and Sigyn (1863) by Mårten Eskil Winge (public domain)
It is said that nothing could harm Balder except for one thing, mistletoe. One day, Balder played a game where he let men shoot arrows and throw things at him, since none would harm him. Then Loki, being the trickster her was, made an arrow of mistletoe and got the blind got Hoder to shoot it at Balder. It killed him.
Hodr was killed for this act and Loki was blamed for the death of Balder and punished by being chained in a cave where a snake drips burning venom on him. His wife Sigyn, tries to catch the venom in a bowl before it burns Loki, but can't always catch it because she has to empty the bowl eventually.
This tale of the death of Balder, is the Nordic version of the death and murder of Dionysus-Osiris by Prometheus-Set and the other conspirators.
by Rita Jean Moran (www.thelibrarykids.com and www.hiddenhumanstory.com)
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki
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