Mistletoe and “The Most Disputed” Baldr
Posted in Myth, Pop Culture on Dec 20th, 2008 3 Comments »
Kissing beneath a mistletoe, like most Christmas traditions, owes its magic to much-disputed mythology. Norse legend, a gnarl of Celtic, Roman, and Greek mythology, ties the plant to Baldr (also Balder or Baldur), a god whose tale is as disputed as any in late-northern Norse literature. According to Mortensen and Crowell in the recent Handbook [...]
