Baldr and the Mistletoe || Dael Kingsmill

[@parasite159]

"don't mind me, i'm just drinking from my stormtrooper skull" I didn't know you were an Ewok...

[@pencilhb13]

In this week's installment of "The Housewives of Norse Mythology", Thor succeeds at drop kicking a dwarf in an intense rugby game featuring fire, wrangles a salmon with his bare hands, wolves die, and Loki really just f*cks up majorly. There was something about a guy that gets killed by mistletoe, but that was only in the trailer.

[@daxdleader719]

Right before Loki jumped off the cliff and transformed into a fish he probably said "it's fine, I'm a god"

[@nwavette]

Thor: casually punting people into fire. Seems fine.

[@johanmilde]

I always love the Norse mythology, and as a Norwegian I am certainly not biased in that regard. Loki's punishment might have been severe, thrashing so hard against his bonds of son-entrails that he causes the world's earthquakes requires inhuman amounts of pain, but then again he does get a pretty metal role in Ragnarok: at the helm of Naglfar, the largest longship of them all, made from the fingernails of the dead, the ship carrying all the damned dead of Hel to wage war on gods and men, captained by a grim jotun named Rym.

[@Intermetheus]

This is one of my favourite myths. Also, I was so ready to rage if you didn't do the Hodor joke.

[@kant12]

After this story!? I wouldn't celebrate in public. I'd keep it to myself. Like the glasses btw.

[@IanMoldovan]

Shakespeare reference during a Norse myth telling? I approve, but only like 110% approve. I don't even watch Game of Thrones, but that was hilarious. And I love your new glasses. Very cute.

[@scottsmartky]

Dael is beginning her journey as Supergirl with her cool glasses? Thor dwarf punting is hilarious. Great job as usual and cool stormtrooper cup/mug.

[@Mr_G-off]

Gods i love you, I'm not even through your series and already desperately hoping you'll start making these faster. Thanks for being awesome Dael!

[@axbx7139]

Your charisma is just overwhelming

[@axbx7139]

or should I say *Charisma

[@alexanderlundberg5644]

Prophetic dreams about your own death gives an new meaning to saying that you really didn't sleep well, I would say.

[@barisyesil]

nice story with war stuff talking about peace.

[@hawkeyestegosaurus5680]

The story and the glasses, I love them both!

[@Twinzz27MC]

Norse mythology has always been fascinating to me. Thanks for the wonderful video Deal :D (also i love the new opening XD)

[@thofus]

Absolutely love to listen to you telling these mythology stories - relieves all my stress. Thank you Dael :-)

[@Alefiend]

One of my favorite stories, from one of my favorite KZbinrs.

[@rasnac]

Thank you Kingsmill, this is one of my most favourite tales from Norse mythology. And I love how cold, sinister and evil is Loki in this story(and eventually in Ragnarok after that). As you know, contrary to modern popular belief, Loki is never depicted as dark and evil in Norse myths except for this one tale. He is mischievous, unpredictable, deceitful, and sometimes bitter and vengeful yes but usually he and Odin(who can be pretty mischievous himself) are like an odd couple in a buddy cop movie. But in this one he is outright scary and almost self-destructively evil, and with minimal provocation too. I wonder what was his motivation for all this, other then petty jealousy. An idea: how about you tell the quest of Gilgamesh for immortality for the next mythology episode. It is the oldest story ever written and has a tragic story with very interesting universal themes...

[@robertjohnson9187]

It's all fun and games until someone gets a mistletoe arrow through the heart.

[@ljmastertroll]

Crazy Norse gods with all their dwarf kicking.

[@MoreGore]

These videos are just the best 😀Norse mythology is the best mythology in my view, I could listen to these stories all day.

[@zerotriple431]

Ah, Norse mythology. throwing in dwarf punting for no clear reason other than, "Why not?"

[@samhorrell96]

Thought process during the video: Yay Norse stuff! I should get a mythology book to read. I wish there was a Dale mythology book. Dale should write a book! *preorders Dale's book in my future brain *.

[@omarnajam]

New band name: Fiasco Funeral

[@Grimfaxe]

You retold this story masterfully :)

[@halabackatchya]

why do these stories always end with, "And then the good guys were horrible people."? If I were immortal, I'd want to make a library and collect all knowledge of everything....or I'd go Wolverine and join the X-men after fighting in successive wars.

[@leftwardglobe1643]

+halabackatchya Sooo... either Odin or Fenris?

[@halabackatchya]

+LeftwardGlobe16 pretty much

[@Caleb-dn7yq]

"fishing and turning himself into a fish" Only in Norse myth. Hahaha

[@votro]

Great retelling, and oddly coincidental for me because I just read Roger Zelazny's story "Love is an Imaginary Number" which combines elements of this story and that of Prometheus.

[@AbhijeetBorkar]

I'm digging the new glasses!

[@olafbressel5249]

Again well done, the force of storytelling is strong with you (sorry, I couldn't resist :D ). Was nice to hear the story. If you find a way to get it with subtitles there was a german fantasy movie using norse myth (particullar the chained Loki & Siegfried) called Mara & the Firebringer (ger: Mara und der Feuerbringer). I think you might enjoy that greatly.

[@wwbwbgohbc]

First, Dael in glasses, totally cute! Second, could you do a little more about Loki and his family?

[@trent2920]

Excellent story telling but the ending is from a different poem. Officially in the poetic Eddas, Loki's binding appears in the Lokasenna after he crashes Njord's party. Both Baldrs Draumar (Balder's dreams) and the Voluspa, stanzas 32-34, state that Hoth was punished for the crime by his half-brother Vali (different from Loki's son) the day of his birth. It wasn't until Loki insulted all of the Aesir in Njords hall that he was finally punished in the manner you presented.

[@BlyzExile]

Honestly, as a baby Norse pagan, this is a very affective education strategy, i retained more here than from reading my havamal.

[@galileor.cuevas9739]

Hey!? You are pretty good at story telling and in the process I´ve been writtng a book (which make a lot of different mythologies colide between each other) you have helpede me to understand lots of things ´bout Norse ´n´Greek mythology Thanks: you do a really great job!

[@summonerspam9673]

Love your videos! Love the mythology! The world needs more Dael. On a related note. How do you go about picking which myths you cover? Do you pick them at random or do you plan things out before hand????

[@The_McRib]

Those glasses really suit you!

[@ryanmcmenamim9871]

This story has Odin being a total Poseidon when it comes to Hodr. He beds a giantess (Rindr) specifically to birth a son (Vali) whose sole purpose was to grow up was to slay Hodr. Hodr, who I'm sure feels terrible, and was tricked, is still given the weirdest vengeance by his own father. Jerk move Odin.

[@MidasStorm]

If I became immortal I'd team up with Baldr and Achilles. We'd be like the three musketeers but immortal. It'd be pretty cool.

[@janistransbian]

if i discovered i was immoral i'd be devastated and would probably cry.

[@welshwitch-gwrachcymraeg639]

Love your videos! There's a story about Loki that you should do, but I don't know what it's called and it involves him giving birth to an 8-legged horse, it's crazy, I think you'd enjoy it :D also intrigued as to how you know about Eisteddfod's? (I'm Welsh as the channel suggests)

[@sheetedkid]

Aw, you left out Loki's Flyting... Oh well--it's still an excellent rendition of one of the Norse classics! (Although I always feel really bad for Hodr. Poor guy.)

[@MistiCato]

I was waiting for the Hodor joke. ;)

[@stratahawk_1]

Dael has gone native. She turned Ewok and is now drinking out of a stormtrooper's head. Someone get a protocol droid to be her new god considering the old gods are kicking dwarves into fires and salmon wrangling.

[@EricBarkman]

If I suddenly found myself immortal, I might try getting a job as a stuntman... maybe.

[@alexlight6924]

I love the shirt and cup, I would probably not tell anyone im immortal

[@DrossPedantic]

I miss my Vader mug. After many uses, the microwave and dishwasher took their tolls on it.

[@joohndope4362]

Kratos gave him a bunch of scratches.

[@Dresnat]

I just read Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard so this was a nice little tie in. Also if I found out I was immortal I would tell no one and just try to become an American James Bond. I think that'd be pretty rad.

[@Followmybliss2013]

Upon further.research the family Canidae also includes wolves, so you're good.

[@jomenicktancardoso3659]

may the froth be with u

[@gregputnam7243]

Is this kind if like your Breakfast with Dael serious... actually, I don't think that is the title but it is where you tell us a story while eating a bowling cereal, oatmeal, having toast, etc.. Technically you are consuming something throughout the video

[@LeviathanSpeaks1469]

11:57 Loki killed Odin's son... so Odin killed Loki's son...

[@nielcassidy8295]

you use that cup and don't tell the story of Gunrun's revenge

[@MLeoDaalder]

I was initially introduced to the Asgardian myths via the book Asgard by Nigel Firth, even bought it from my local Library when they 'end-of-life'-ed it. Still can't get why they did that...

[@MLeoDaalder]

+MLeoDaalder ... And it tells the story of Baldur and various other myths as a, more or less, single coherent story.

[@MonarchsFactory]

Ahhh! That actually makes a lot of sense! The way the eddas are written tends to weave the stories in together as well (which can sometimes make it a little tricky to separate them in order to only tell one) and the overall cyclical structure of Norse mythology reflects that as well (or I suppose the other way around... Those reflect the structure...)

[@elromanozo]

That one's always good ! :)

[@b1merio]

12:20 Went a little British there, huh :P Anyway, how about an Australian myth?

[@MsLittleMonsterCris]

If I became immortal is probably wouldn't even celebrate? Cause if you think about it, you'll probably end up alone

[@timothyheimbach3260]

Can we discuss how difficult it is to aim someone else shooting a bow to accurately hit?

[@dannyboy5996]

Here's how you can convict Loki: How is a blind man supposed to find mistletoe let alone identify what it is?

[@Halbed_Lemons]

Atomic Buu I’m just saying, he coulda just stumbled upon it, made an arrow out of it, and shot his supposedly immortal brother.

[@nicholasdeangelis3695]

I want to hear you tell a story of the Tuatha de Danann.

[@willemverheij3412]

If any of you do get immortality, don't be like the dog from duck hunt.

[@alexdickinson1120]

you're a boss

[@Redgoo2]

Baldr is mythologies biggest mummy's boy.

[@adirmugrabi]

+Redgoo2 nhaa, yahweh is.

[@StephenPaulTroup]

If Loki was the only holdout not to mourn Baldr's death, why didn't they just kill Loki and then every living thing would mourn Baldr's passing thus meeting Hell's criteria for release of Baldr? What am I missing?

[@geeveelution]

Oh, uh, okay. _clears throat_ Once upon a time, there was a little-- oh, so you _are_ telling a story, well, alright. You missed an excellent opportunity to go "Alas, poor Finn", but it was a pretty good delivery. The arrow thing is very Achilles, isn't it? Any known relation? If i suddenly became immortal, i would immediately binge-watch every single show on my watchlist because i would no longer need to eat or sleep or move. Any superpower of mine would be used for facilitating binge-watching, really. _obligatory Baldur's Gate reference_

[@BroomClosetArtistry]

she went there... oh she went there. hodor. ^-^ love these videos been using some of them to explain mythology to the girls I nanny

[@jamesparker8854]

So, Thor is a bear?

[@otterboden1056]

First could you let me know the ingredients in your coffee? second that was a great way of telling the story!

[@Polex411]

ahhhh you didn't cover how odin banged a giant to spawn a new son with the soul purpose of killing hodi

[@Followmybliss2013]

Wouldn't a giant riding wolf be a lupine rather then a canine?

[@BexTrokerKey]

You have Eisteddfod's in Australia? Cool! How very colonial :)

[@arturoaltamirano9892]

Loved the myth and the nerdy references! If you find time, maybe you could do the Greek myth of how skeezy Zeus turned into an eagle to capture a super good lookin dude to be his cupbearer? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganymede_(mythology) Zeus = still skeezy, but also maybe kinda bisexual?

[@darman53]

Surely Jormungandr wouldn't have eaten his Daddy? Why was Loki scared?

[@timgersh6787]

words are hard

[@timgersh6787]

+tim gersh also nice glasses, they really seem to work with your face

[@wilomica]

Thanks for the Norse myth. What was Loki's wife's name?

[@fornamnefternamn1532]

We pronounce "Höder" different in Swedish. :D

[@LordGNome1000]

what happened to the funny doodles ???

[@marctelfer6159]

Tell you a story (albeit a year on)?! How about the time Thor tricked a dwarf into talking for so long that the dwarf turned to stone when the sun rose. That's right, no booze at all! Not that's a story :P (I forget the details. It's Thor. There might have been booze)

[@FlyingAxblade_D20]

bet yer glad yer on internet now

[@VespersVids]

Hodor

[@AdamYJ]

You want me to tell you a story? Well, fine. Just check out my channel. They're a little old but still okay.

[@aname5078]

Pretty sure kratos killed him.....lol

[@theokrisna]

'Snap'

[@bullvinetheband7260]

Do I age as an immortal if so it's off to the mountains it not travel the world.

[@yorumane4453]

I would try to deicide(not decide) if I found out I was immortal.....Oh wait already have. But you have a couple flaws in my story. The god of peace can't be present at ragnarok the war amongst gods, and My dreams are not of My death.....

[@mikaaizawa8184]

Loki had a wife? !?!?

[@markjosephtoriente9469]

i'm here because of God of War 4

[@konzack]

His name is Höder not Hodor. It is pronounced more like Heuder.

[@Jaclynantes1]

what???????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JorgePerez-de5ne]

You look so cute in this video.

[@szethh2013]

Damn you're beautiful

[@JS-hw9iu]

This is Germanic mythology. It is your mythology so why say it is Norse as if it was theirs alone and not yours?