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A Tale From the Far North

A Tale From the Far North

A. Christine Myers
Sep 06, 2021
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This week’s poetry is a single longer poem, a tale from the Norse about the god Baldr. I have retold it briefly because it is a story that has long fascinated me. Those familiar with it will see that I have simplified the plot for the sake of this telling, as the ancient poets themselves always did, with this and other tales. The main content comes d…

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