* 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)
Wow, that's really beautiful :) Fantastic work my friend :)
Stunning scene and lighting! Awesome narrative!!
He is amazing. Stunning work.
This is indeed a most beautiful image and such a wonderful story. First class artwork. Excellent!
Fantastic lighting, such a beautiful composition!
Sensational scene...great idea and so well done...
Lovely work on this picture. Nice to see a great guy. bravo:-)hugs sessan
Fantastic work!!!!!!
This has to be the best in te series....awesome lighting ad posing reaslly make this a piece of art!
Wow!! ~Awesome~ Both, Scene & Story are Amazing... EXCELLENT!! ^5^
WOW Beautiful work...!!!!
Beautiful image! I'm loving the harp. The glowy eyes just make that pop. :-)One thing though: You might darken the eye holes and underside of the helmet a bit. It kind of looks like light is passing through the top of it.
Very nice scene, well done...
Great work & very nice BG!
Superb job....
Very nice image! I love that harp. ;) Missed ya!
SENSATIONAL ! Aplause ! Aplause ! Aplause ! ! ! ! !
i'm learning a lot here.great render all around.thanks for the info.
Wow superb!! hugs Jane xx
Lovely image... but then that is Baldr afterall! Very nice series!
Misleading thumb (cool!), and an excellent composition. I'm always striving to get away from the "3D model" look and make a more realistic presentation like this. Excellent job!
Amazing work! )
He really has a gentle face... nicely done.