* Northern Light : Baldr * by DreamRage
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* The God of Light, Goodness, Purity and of Beauty. Second son of Odin and Frigg. His main aspects are : Tolerance, peaceably and love. In Iceland many flowers are still called : Baldr`s Eyelashes.
Baldr one day dreamed of his own death. Since dreams were usually of prophetic nature, this one depressed him and he turned to his mother Frigg for help. She made every being and object on earth vow never to hurt Baldr. All made this vow, except the mistletow. Frigg had thought it too unimportant to bother asking it to also make the vow.
When Loki found out about this, he made a magical spear from this plant. He went to the place where the gods, making fun hurling objects at Baldr which would bounce off without harming him. Loki gave the spear to the blind God Hoor, Baldr`s brother, who then inadvertenly killed his own brother with it.
Baldr was ceremonially burned upon his ship Hringhorni, the largest of all ships.
Hermodr, another of Baldr`s brothers rode nine nights through dark dales to the realm of Hel to beg her for Baldr`s release. Hel agreed, but only if every being in the world would cry over his death. The Aesir were sending out Herolds to all directions and convinced even stones and metals to cry for Baldr, except for one giantess.
When the gods discovered that this giantess had been Loki in disguise, they hunted him down and bound him to three rocks. Then they tied a serpent above him, the venom of which dripped onto his face.
Baldr had to remain in the underworld, not to emerge until after Ragnarok, when he and his brother Hoor would be reconciled and rule the new earth together with the sons of Thor.
** Welcome to the second half of my series my friends. I like to take this opportunity to let you all now, how overwhelmed I was when I saw your reactions to my last image, Hel. Thank you so much for your support !!! Hope you will like this and the coming images as much as well !
***edit : It is in fact intentional that he is floating above the grass ! smile !
Comments (53)
Fav ---> Oh my Karel. Glad you made a male image. His a stunner. And where do you get all this great info to read. Hugs
Another spectacular image in this series! Beautiful image of Baldr. The lighting is spectaular and background stunning, as have they all been throughout this series. The only 'issue' I could possibly see about this is that he seems to be floating above the ground (though that may have been intentional...who am I to judge grin). Other than that...STUNNING! Can't wait for the next in the series!
really has the look of Baldur!!
Great scene and lighting ..very well done!
Beautiful Creation!!!
WOW! He's a hottie! LOL Great work! Love the surroundings and all the nature. Beautiful!!
Fantastic image as usual!! The narrative is very informative as well.
A beautifully composed scene! Lovely work
great work!
It's really awesome work, very creative!
very nice great job!!
First of all my congratulations on your achievements my 3D friend! Finally this wonderful comunity is recognizing your fabulous Art and is getting to know who you are!!! The reason for this is your amazing bombardment with STUNNING works of Art!!! The work here above is no exception to that.. Careful and precise composed scene, excellent character with a very good expression, stunning textures and well balanced lighting. Great kick-off for the second half!!!
These are all such splendid creations. Love the costume, the instrument he's playing, the helmet, the character, the scene. All beautifully done.
Karel, this is getting silly... just when I thought it was safe to post in the gallery again I see this. Yet another masterpiece in the series! Beautiful scene, placement, posing, etc. These just get better and better...
Excellent composition and image, well done...
Brilliant image! Great background, pose and character!
Karel this is yet another stunning image the colors so vibrant and Baldr is very handsome. Excellent work yet again! :)
Fantastic work..
Excellent work. Gives a great middle earth feel to it. Bravo!
Excellent Presentation
This is a very beautiful image!
beautiful light and color. a very magical scene!
Wonderfull work!!! Love the story too... :0) 5++
WOW awesome scene. :0
Beautiful work!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i am utterly amazed by this image, nice done. Story Line is also very good
Beautiful picture, very well done! In compairison with the other pictures of the series, here the atmosphere lacks a bit of density.
Wonderful work, both, image and story!!!
Again a Great Image and detail to your fantastic Gallery
stunning! beautiful colors and wonderful story! I'm loving learning about all this. thank you for sharing not only your art, but your knowledge!