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Quotation from The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson

“the shaft flew through Baldr, and he fell dead to the earth; and that was the greatest mischance that has ever befallen among gods and men.”

Snorri Sturluson (spoken by Hárr)

The Prose Edda, Gylfaginning XLIX, trans. Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (1916)

Portrait of Snorri Sturluson

Blind Hodr, guided by Loki, shoots the mistletoe at his brother during the gods' game.

Citation: "the shaft flew through Baldr, and he fell dead to the earth; and that was the greatest mischance that has ever befallen among gods and men." — Snorri Sturluson, The Prose Edda, Gylfaginning XLIX, trans. Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (1916). (id prose-edda-q5)

Portrait: Snorre Sturluson-Christian Krohg, Christian Krohg, Public domain.

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