Balder

deity sky Old High German single tradition · 10

Balder is the God of Light. He is reincarnated as Chaos, a Rune Knight who has lost the memory of his childhood. With his memories starting to return and his powers growing with every battle, Chaos struggles to unravel his past and find his true destiny.

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When

First attested
1000 BCE
Attested period
-1000 – 2020
Historical notes
Attested in the Old High German Merseburg Incantations, dated to the 9th or 10th century.

Relationships

manifests as
Chaos, Destroyer armor
consort of
Nanna
sibling of
Thor
serves
Queen Hela
child of
Odin, Frigga

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Sources

Source passages

“learned that he was the reincarnation of Balder, the God of Light. With his memories starting to return and his powers growing with every battle, Chaos struggles to unravel his past and find his true destiny.”

#15228 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The incantation describes how Phol and Wodan rode to a wood, and there Balder's foal sprained its foot.”

#16166 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“One of the two Merseburg Incantations names Balder (in the genitive singular Balderes), but also mentions a figure named Phol, considered to be a byname for Baldr (as in Scandinavian Falr, Fjalarr; (in Saxo) Balderus : Fjallerus).”

#37744 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Odin also was the father of Balder from Frigga. ... stopping Loki, the Storm Giant Skagg, and Surtur (with the aid of Thor and Balder)”

#38497 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The evil Loki was quickly punished for murdering Balder by being exiled from Asgard. Still, it remains for the gods — the Æsir and the Vanir dwelling in Asgard — to bury and to mourn their dead.”

#40887 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001