Tonight, the brightest of the gods begins to dream of his own ending. Baldr, the most loved and the most gentle, wakes from dreams of death, and his mother Frigg walks the whole world asking every living thing to swear it will never harm him. Everything swears, except one small plant she passes by. A slow, sorrowful story of love, an overlooked thing, and a grief that even the gods cannot undo. Let it settle over you softly.

Chapters:

0:00 Welcome

8:04 Chapter 1. The Dream That Baldr Had

15:29 Chapter 2. The Long Ride to Hel

18:50 Chapter 3. The Seeress Who Did Not Want To Speak

25:35 Chapter 4. Frigg's Long Walking

35:35 Chapter 5. The Sport of the Gods

40:53 Chapter 6. The Old Woman at Frigg's Door

45:57 Chapter 7. The Plant West of Valhǫll

51:33 Chapter 8. The Brother Who Could Not See

56:37 Chapter 9. The Throw

1:02:03 Chapter 10. The Greatest Ship in the World

1:13:13 Chapter 11. Hermóðr's Nine Nights

1:32:38 Chapter 12. Goodnight. And the Wolf at the Edge of Time.

1:46:27 Music to sleep by

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New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday.

Sources: the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson (Gylfaginning) and the Poetic Edda (Vǫluspá and Baldrs draumar), retold in an original written narrative.

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