Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Johan Egerkrans, 'Norse God'

This is Baldur, from Johan Egerkrans's book Nordiska Gudar.

In 1925, Dietrich Eckart wrote
In Christ, the embodiment of all manliness, we find all that we need. And if we occasionally speak of Baldur, our words always contain some joy, some satisfaction, that our pagan ancestors were already so Christian as to have an indication of Christ in this ideal figure.

Samurai Monk Gandalf

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