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Originally Posted by Bjoorka
Here is a suspicious story (if I remember it right): Baldur the most beloved son of Odin dies (by an arrow made out of the same kind of tree as the cross which Crist was put on).
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Yup. The poems and stories about Baldr (outside of Saxo Grammaticus) sound suspiciously like the poets were linking Baldr with the figure of Christ. Especially the whole end of the Völuspá where Baldr returns to rule over the world after Ragnarök and there's no discord or hardship.