.: Balder - chasing away the Shadows :. by Eleria

Poser • Fantasy • posted on Oct 03, 2005

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I had this in my 'To do' Folder for quite a long time. Well, this is how I picture Balder, one of the most important gods in Norse/Germanic Mythology. The 'Prose Edda' tells about Balder: *** The second son of Odin is Baldr, and good things are to be said of him. He is best, and all praise him; he is so fair of feature, and so bright, that light shines from him. 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 fairness, both in hair and in body. He is the wisest of the

Comments (22)

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Sabra

11:05AM | Mon, 03 October 2005

Simply a gorgeous image, everything in it seems to be just right! Thanks for sharing the story, it's always interesting to hear what inspires people to create art. :)

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jjean21

11:16AM | Mon, 03 October 2005

Amazing work on this powerful and handsome Norse 'God'...beautiful postwork

radogerh

11:16AM | Mon, 03 October 2005

What an excellent image presinting a deity in all his glory. Beautifully painted and the light effects are gorgeous too!

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dvitola

11:39AM | Mon, 03 October 2005

This is beautiful!

Annachie

11:49AM | Mon, 03 October 2005

Impressive! Baldr in all his glory and light.

Merlin2000

12:18PM | Mon, 03 October 2005

Wow! Very Beautiful and fantastic !!!! Excellent and Vote!!!!

wishes3d

12:21PM | Mon, 03 October 2005

Gorgeous!!! Excellent work!

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bubly

12:28PM | Mon, 03 October 2005

very well done my compliments

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AGentleMuse

12:30PM | Mon, 03 October 2005

Beautiful work!! Excellent!!

venerella

1:21PM | Mon, 03 October 2005

Really beautiful Evelyn, love it ;)

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accel

1:25PM | Mon, 03 October 2005

Extraordinary work. -VOTE-

Sorceress

1:35PM | Mon, 03 October 2005

Amazing image... wonderful colours.

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Banshee42

3:19PM | Mon, 03 October 2005

Woweee, fantastic job on this germanic theme. I looooove the fur on his cloak, pants and boots, looks so real. And he is just gorgeous. ~V~

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FantastArt

4:16PM | Mon, 03 October 2005

Fantastic image! I like the colors a lot!

loba73

5:03PM | Tue, 04 October 2005

Awesome Image!!! Excellent Work!!! =0)

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bybydvd

7:36PM | Tue, 04 October 2005

SIMPLY EXCEPTIONAL ...SUPER EXCELLENT WORK

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Gor111

4:45AM | Wed, 05 October 2005

Wowww this warrior with his blond long hair looks really wonderful and so proud! Fabulous how you have dressed him! Excellent color setting and postwork! Bravo! V

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