The myth of Loki and the deadly mistletoe - Iseult Gillespie

Discover the Norse myth of Baldur, the most beloved being in Asgard, and how the trickster god Loki plotted his death.

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Baldur was the gentlest and most beloved being in all of Asgard. But lately, he had been plagued by gruesome visions foretelling his own imminent death. Determined to protect her son from these grim prophecies, Queen Frigg travelled across the nine realms, begging all living things not to harm Baldur— all living things except one. Iseult Gillespie shares the myth of the death of Baldur.

Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by WOW-HOW Studio.

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[erinhollow]

This artstyle is so comforting and soft. It makes you want to kiss the homies goodnight. It's unfortunate that the homies are getting shot through the chest instead.

[gauravyamohan]

If I'm not wrong, there's a belief that Frigg cried over her son's body and her tears turned into the white pearl like berries that we see on mistletoe. She took an oath that mistletoe would never again be used for destruction and if anyone happened to walk under it, she would place a kiss on their forehead. That's why we kiss under mistletoe.

[smilesnack]

at this point ted ed should just make a mini series about loki and his misadventures

[hindsightpov]

They didn’t mention how Loki’s wife, Sigyn, would protect Loki by catching the serpent’s dripping venom into a bowl so it didn’t fall on him. Only when Sigyn left to empty the bowl was Loki exposed to the venom which caused him incredible pain.

[ishanjain]

Honestly Queen Frigg, you visited every *friggin’* thing in the nine realms, was a mistletoe really that hard?

[jesseexplosion]

"THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO KILLING A GOD!“

[MrSamulai]

Loki: *does anything*
Thor's Health Bar: *appears*

[anaksamanananggal]

Loki: "does anything that can cause misery and chaos in the gods"

Thor: *"I'm canna end this man's whole career"*

[midimusicforever]

Loki was trolling way before the internet existed.

[SS-xodc]

Loki is the kid in class that breaks the rules just because they exist

[Alkalus]

Hermod: Monster, cry.
Loki: No.
Hermod: CRY.
Loki: NO.
Hermod: Please.
Loki: Hahahahaha
Thor: What did I miss?

[crystalwaters]

They left out the part where Loki was bound with chains made from his son’s’ intestines

[shlaghyachaturvedi]

Loki: **does anything**
Thor: Bonjour

[ilertargenthorne]

Ahh Loki.
Causing Mischief since the creation of _Mjolnir_

[jorikrouwenhorst]

“The Mistletoe?”
“I’m certain of it”
“Freya said it was wicked”

[blueeye]

"When something goes wrong, the first thing I think is, it is Loki's fault. It saves a lot of time."
*What a coincidence! We also say the same! Except we say British instead of Loki.*

[angelrobles]

There are some grim things left out of the video:
1)As a punishment for killing Baldr, Váli was given birth (from Odin and Rindr, who was either a princess or a giantess), grew into adulthood in one day and slew Hodr. Yep, not only Hodr was fooled by Loki, he was slain as a quick punishment.
2)Did you see those shiny chains binding Loki? Váli bound him with those... after slaying Narfi (Loki's son) and using his entrails as chains. Other sources have another Váli as son of Loki, and this Váli was turned into a wolf to kill Narfi.
3)I think this one will go into a new video: Sigyn, Loki's wife, held a basin to catch the snake's venom. Whenever she had to empty the basin, the venom touched Loki, who writhed so violently that earthquakes happened. After so many years (centuries perhaps) of this, Loki writhed with such force he broke free. And in all that time, his hatred against the Aesir grew to such a degree he allied with the Jötnar to wage war against them, bringing forth...

[thundermijo]

Guess Baldur won't be up for kissing under the mistletoe this season.

[sydneyn]

“He would not let his work be so easily undone, ”
Hermod: literally visiting every living thing ever across nine realms

“but if he interfered is boldly it might reveal his hand in Baldur’s murder”
Loki: disguises himself as a giant

[vanilladreams]

Ahhh, are those Tom Hiddleston's cheekbones that I see?