Illustration depicting the Norse god Loki maliciously orchestrating the death of Baldr at the hands of the blind god Hoder, an act which opened the way to the final catastrophe of the Twilight of the Gods. From an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript in the

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Illustration depicting the Norse god Loki maliciously orchestrating the death of Baldr at the hands of the blind god Hoder, an act which opened the way to the final catastrophe of the Twilight of the Gods. From an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript in the Royal Library, Copenhagen.

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