Illustration
The Norse god Baldr and his wife Nanna, illustration from page 271 of Nordisch-germanische Götter und Helden by Wilhelm Wägner, Otto Spamer, Leipzig & Berlin, 1882.
Baldr was a beloved son of Odin and Frigg. Despite being universally loved he was deceitfully killed as a result of an intrigue plotted by the trickster Loki.
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Heine, F. W. (2021, September 14). Baldr and Nanna. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14606/baldr-and-nanna/
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