Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

Author:H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber [Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Mythology, Norse
Published: 2011-03-30T04:00:00+00:00

Balder Dead (Matthew Arnold).

North, South, East and West rode the heralds, and as they passed tears fell from every plant and tree, so that the ground was saturated with moisture, and metals and stones, despite their hard hearts, wept too.

The way at last led back to Asgard, and by the road-side was a dark cave, in which the messengers saw, crouching, the form of a giantess named Thok, whom some mythologists suppose to have been Loki in disguise. When she was called upon to shed a tear, she mocked the heralds, and fleeing into the dark recesses of her cave, she declared that no tear should fall from her eyes, and that, for all she cared, Hel might retain her prey for ever.

“Thok she weepeth

With dry tears

For Balder’s death—

Neither in life, nor yet in death,

Gave he me gladness.

Let Hel keep her prey.”

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