{"id":6194,"date":"2011-12-01T01:10:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T06:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=6359"},"modified":"2011-11-25T02:03:03","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T07:03:03","slug":"noblemen-of-god-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2011\/12\/01\/noblemen-of-god-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Noblemen Of God"},"content":{"rendered":"

God Of The Mistletoe <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mistletoe has been around for many years, giving others an excuse to lock lips under the doorway that it hangs.\u00a0 It\u2019s interesting to think that an innocent plant of the holidays could cause the death of a noble God.<\/p>\n

It all started with the Norse God Baldur; son of Frigga, the Goddess of marriage and divination, and Odin ruler of Aguard.\u00a0 Baldur lived in a place called Breidablik, with his wife Nanna.\u00a0 Breidablik was believed to have the power to cast away all lies because it was home to the God of truth and light.\u00a0 Baldur was well liked by everyone, Gods and men both.\u00a0 He was known for his shining good manner, and herb knowledge.<\/p>\n

One night Baldur tells his mother Frigga about the nightmares he\u2019s been having, causing her to jump into action.\u00a0 She immediately commanded all of nature to not harm her son.\u00a0 Unfortunately, she forgot about one specific plant.\u00a0 The mistletoe was left untouched by her power, and once the trickster God Lokki caught word of this, he pounced on the opportunity to cause mischief.\u00a0 Lokki ticked Baldur\u2019s brother Hod into killing him with an arrow made of mistletoe.\u00a0 Soon after his death his wife Nanna dropped dead of a broken heart.<\/p>\n

This particular myth is somewhat of a sad one, but reminds us of the death that occurs within ourselves during the winter solstice.\u00a0 Change can happen at a rapid pace, as the old falls away.<\/p>\n

CONNECTING WITH BALDUR<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Incorporate mistletoe into your winter solstice ritual, to symbolize old habits and past negative energy.<\/p>\n

SYMBOLS AND THINGS TO PUT ON YOUR ALTER<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mistletoe, gold, Yule logs, frankincense, cloves, cedar, juniper berries, lepidolite, ruby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

God Of The Mistletoe Mistletoe has been around for many years, giving others an excuse to lock lips under the doorway that it hangs.\u00a0 It\u2019s interesting to think that an innocent plant of the holidays could cause the death of a noble God. It all started with the Norse God Baldur; son of Frigga, the Goddess of marriage and divination, and Odin ruler of Aguard.\u00a0 Baldur lived in a place called Breidablik, with his wife Nanna.\u00a0 Breidablik was believed to have the power to cast away all lies because it was home to the God of truth and light.\u00a0 Baldur was well liked by everyone, Gods and men both.\u00a0 He was known for his shining good manner, and herb knowledge. One night Baldur tells his mother Frigga about the nightmares he\u2019s been having, causing her to jump into action.\u00a0 She immediately commanded all of nature to not harm her son.\u00a0 Unfortunately, she forgot about one specific plant.\u00a0 The mistletoe was left untouched by her power, and once the trickster God Lokki caught word of this, he pounced on the opportunity to cause mischief.\u00a0 Lokki ticked Baldur\u2019s brother Hod into killing him with an arrow made of mistletoe.\u00a0 Soon after his death his wife Nanna dropped dead of a broken heart. This particular myth is somewhat of a sad one, but reminds us of the death that occurs within ourselves during the winter solstice.\u00a0 Change can happen at a rapid pace, as the old falls away. CONNECTING WITH BALDUR Incorporate mistletoe into your winter solstice ritual, to symbolize old habits and past negative energy. SYMBOLS AND THINGS TO PUT ON YOUR ALTER Mistletoe, gold, Yule logs, frankincense, cloves, cedar, juniper berries, lepidolite, ruby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}