The name Balder comes from Norse
myThology. Balder is the modern Norwegian,Swedish and Danish for
m. He is also k@L_
696_4@n as Baldr or Baldur (icelan
Dic). Balder is the god of innocence.
The second son of Odin is Baldr,and good things are to be said of hi
m. He is best,and all praise him; he is so fair of feature,and so bright,that light shi
nes from hi
m. A certain herb is so white that
it is likened to Baldr's brow; of all grasses
it is whitest,and by it thou mayest judge his fair
ness,both in hair and in body. He is the wisest of the Æsir,
and the fairest-spoken and most grac
IoUs;
and that quality attends him,that none may gainsay his judgment
s. He dwells in the place called Br
EIDablik,which is in heaven; in that place may nothing unclean be[.] - Brodeur's translation