This is a big one: Hel & Baldur. Hell and light. The Norse underworld and Norse Mythology's god of everything that is good. I was planning to do a video on them separately, but you simply can not separate the tales of Hel and Baldur. They go hand in hand and culminate in Ragnarök. In essence, the tale of Baldur and Hel is THE key tale in Norse Mythology. All other gods are connected in one way or another, and Baldur's fate in Helheim is the catalyst for the end of Norse Mythology.
No pressure for this video then... just absolute pressure to get it right. It's unfortunate that outside of mythology, Hel and Baldur are not really all that known, and that is because we actually have very few stories that include them, outside of this centerpiece tale that you are about to learn about in this video. So... let's explore these two sides of a coin, the children of the blood brothers Odin and Loki: Baldur and Hel — Light and Darkness.

Episode VII Of Keeping Up With The Norse Gods — Darkness & Light: Hel & Baldur

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Notes:
I touched on this above, but... let's go a bit more in detail — so much of Norse mythology is lost to the times, or the wrath of Christians, and as such there is a lot of confusion when it comes to the Norse tales. Was Helheim even one of the realms? Was Hel just a late Christian addition? These are all questions I had to weigh while making this video, but, as always, ultimately I chose to go with the version that allows me to tell the best story, while staying as accurate as possible.

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Sources:
A lot of people ask me about my sources, and… to be honest, they are a mixed bag. One major source is my lifelong interest in storytelling and mythology. Another is the beautiful endless library that is the internet, and, third, I read the occasional book from time to time, which I’m happy to recommend to you, but also… I’m planning to write my own book on mythology, so, in due time it will be…:
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Music:
- Asher Fulero - Ceremonial Library
- Asher Fulero - Nocturne
- Asher Fulero - Surrender
- Bach - C Major Prelude
- Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (by Beethoven)
- Cooper Cannell - Bach Cello Suite No. 1, G Major, Prelude
- Esther Abrami - No.1 A Minor Waltz
- Esther Abrami - No.10 _A New Beginning
- Zachariah Hickman - Argonne
- Angevin - Thatched Villagers by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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