The myth of Loki and the deadly mistletoe - Iseult Gillespie
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- Discover the Norse myth of Baldur, the most beloved being in Asgard, and how the trickster god Loki plotted his death.
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Baldur was the gentlest and most beloved being in all of Asgard. But lately, he had been plagued by gruesome visions foretelling his own imminent death. Determined to protect her son from these grim prophecies, Queen Frigg travelled across the nine realms, begging all living things not to harm Baldur- all living things except one. Iseult Gillespie shares the myth of the death of Baldur.
Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by WOW-HOW Studio.
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Loki: *does anything*
Thor's Health Bar: *appears*
A dark souls game that is
@Hannah Jamail Herrick Loki: Does literally anything*
Loki: Why do I hear boss music?
Also the boss music: We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
Never, ever desert you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
No, I'm never gonna give you up
No, I'm never gonna let you down
No, I'll never run around and hurt you
I'll never, ever desert you
@@vaughnjohnson8767 I did not expect the first time I get rickrolled to be go this way but here we are
@@hafhdrn3984 yes, don’t we all have some sort of our first Rick rolls? It is similar to first kisses, but I guess that doesn’t count cause I haven’t had one yet. Key word: Yet
@Real CreatureMan yeah boiiiiiii
Loki was trolling way before the internet existed.
@Hannah Jamail Herrick
More like a troll model
@@midimusicforever I KNEW somebody would say that
HAH
Kind of like the Satyrs in Greek mythology. Trolling is a human universal
And just like many he went to far, he should have cry after denying it, a couple times that way, is his doing the death and rebirth of the god
"THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO KILLING A GOD!“
How did you know? HOW DID YOU KNOW?!?!
@@originaleagle2684 Watch your tone boy!
@@andrei-_-850 whatever
LOKI IS A BOSS
Mimir, tell me about Baldur weakness
They didn’t mention how Loki’s wife, Sigyn, would protect Loki by catching the serpent’s dripping venom into a bowl so it didn’t fall on him. Only when Sigyn left to empty the bowl was Loki exposed to the venom which caused him incredible pain.
Why didn't she bring 2 bowls? Or a pipe of some sort to run off the venom? Why not kill the snake? Or tie a rope to snake's mouth?
@@acturusgarcia6027
Then the gods would have known Loki wasn’t being punished. She had to be discreet and this is the best she could do.
Bro she was cheated on but she was too loyal
@@hindsightpov4218 no they literally told her to get the bowl. and everytime she left to empty and loki got exposed to the venom, the earth would shake causing earthquakes
@@grealishszn3544 both versions a correct, it’s not as if people from Sweden back then believed the same thing as a Germanic tribe to the south
Honestly Queen Frigg, you visited every *friggin’* thing in the nine realms, was a mistletoe really that hard?
Really, it's surprising she only missed one thing.
In some version the mistletoe was too young to take an oath. That's the version what I hear most.
@@alienalchemist oh that makes sense
She took the oath from "all plants of the Earth", but mistletoe escapes this broad grouping, because it is not actually "of the Earth". As a parasite, it only grows on other plants. Mistletoe was very important, because it was an "in-between thing". They considered it not quite of the Earth, and yet not of the Air either. Some other "in-between things":
Dawn and dusk (not quite of the Day, yet not of the Night)
The shore (not quite of the Earth, yet not of the Water)
Sea foam (not quite of the Water, yet not of the Air)
@@Taurencowpew Thanks for explaining so clearly :)
This artstyle is so comforting and soft. It makes you want to kiss the homies goodnight. It's unfortunate that the homies are getting shot through the chest instead.
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If I'm not wrong, there's a belief that Frigg cried over her son's body and her tears turned into the white pearl like berries that we see on mistletoe. She took an oath that mistletoe would never again be used for destruction and if anyone happened to walk under it, she would place a kiss on their forehead. That's why we kiss under mistletoe.
Oh... Well said
Loki: **does anything**
Thor: Bonjour
ಠωಠ
at this point ted ed should just make a mini series about loki and his misadventures
I hope the Disney+ series will reference the mythology
@@Benimation Disney had already destroyed many tales... Just look up original story/ending of "the little mermaid", "Mulan", "Pocahontas"... Let's hope they stop at using Norse mythology names...
YES
YES
What? A man’s gotta do, what he’s gotta do,
Fun fact: ted Ed loves Thor and Loki.
I mean, who doesn't?
@@aditisk99 I don't (Loki not Thor)
@@cb9852 Yeah there are always exception.
Can you blame us?
@@TEDEd 100%nope you can't re think when it comes to Loki and first thing comes to mind when hear Loki is Tom Hiddleston so,
and you guys like this one 😍😍.
Loki is the kid in class that breaks the rules just because they exist
Loki: "does anything that can cause misery and chaos in the gods"
Thor: *"I'm canna end this man's whole career"*
Hermod: Monster, cry.
Loki: No.
Hermod: CRY.
Loki: NO.
Hermod: Please.
Loki: Hahahahaha
Thor: What did I miss?
his fishing trip
"Ah, Salmon. Wait, who dis?"
New hammer who dis
Honestly couldn't he have tickled him until tears came to his eyes or something> 😂
Thor: HOLD UP STARK, I GOTTA GO.
Ahh Loki.
Causing Mischief since the creation of _Mjolnir_
Actually Loki was behind the creation of Mjolnir. It was one of the gifts Loki tricked a pair drawf blacksmiths to forge for him, so that he could present them to the gods to make them stop being mad at him for cutting Thor's wife's golden hair while drunk.
@@michalepak2790 there is a ted Ed vid on that
He meant that Loki has been causing mischief ever since that video, or something
Norse Mythology in a nutshell: LOKI, WHY.
Loki:(after Baldur is killed) It was just a prank bro!
They left out the part where Loki was bound with chains made from his son’s’ intestines
Isn’t Loki’s son the milti legged horse?
@@srijanumesh5355 loki has like 5 sons. The horse, snake, wolf, and two god sons. The god sons were killed and their guts turned to steel and chained Loki.
That's ruthless.. Idk how Gods claim to be the best if they killed innocent sons to punish their father..
So the lokis son helped odins son ride around the world and punish odins son who was caught by odins son and punished by getting bound by lokis sons guts
@ yes
“The Mistletoe?”
“I’m certain of it”
“Freya said it was wicked”
YES!
BOI
That's not my blood..uhuukkk..
Yaaaaay
"Mistletoe harmed him?"
Ahhh, are those Tom Hiddleston's cheekbones that I see?
Ted ed liked so this is def confirmed
Sorry. I ruined the 666 votes .
T___T
War of the gods czcams.com/video/f-lpG7kuFNg/video.html
Guess Baldur won't be up for kissing under the mistletoe this season.
My least favorite part of the Holidays
B r u h
Ba Dum tss!
_I knew someone would say this_
Snow.....
Odin's mighty steed, huh? That's literally Loki's kid, Sleipnir.
Hel too
Pratically everything is Loki's kid, he's like the Zeus of norse mythology 🤣
There are some grim things left out of the video:
1)As a punishment for killing Baldr, Váli was given birth (from Odin and Rindr, who was either a princess or a giantess), grew into adulthood in one day and slew Hodr. Yep, not only Hodr was fooled by Loki, he was slain as a quick punishment.
2)Did you see those shiny chains binding Loki? Váli bound him with those... after slaying Narfi (Loki's son) and using his entrails as chains. Other sources have another Váli as son of Loki, and this Váli was turned into a wolf to kill Narfi.
3)I think this one will go into a new video: Sigyn, Loki's wife, held a basin to catch the snake's venom. Whenever she had to empty the basin, the venom touched Loki, who writhed so violently that earthquakes happened. After so many years (centuries perhaps) of this, Loki writhed with such force he broke free. And in all that time, his hatred against the Aesir grew to such a degree he allied with the Jötnar to wage war against them, bringing forth... *Ragnarök!!!!!*
Ted-ed should hire you so that the rest of the story can be told. Also the way you wrote it: 👌 enough to get a person excited about the story and the parts missed
@@AzzyC25 Thank you
@@angelrobles7201 and don’t forget Loki is the father of Hel, the wolf Fenrir, and the world serpent Jörmungandr. By his wife Sigyn, nice kids 😳
@@kimmogensen4888 Well, yes, they are Loki's children, but not Sigyn's. They are Loki and Angrboda (a giantess) children.
With Sigyn, and depending on the sources, he's father of Narfi and/or Nari, and maybe Vali too.
And let's not forget he gave birth to Sleipnir, the badass eight-legged horse of Odin. _Gave birth_ here means: _he was a mare knocked up by the stallion Svaldifari_
@@kimmogensen4888 a WORLD serpent!? Omg Loki and Sigyn need to be sterilized ASAP!!! Wolves are cool, but world serpents - thanks no thanks
TED-Ed brings all us Scandinavians to the yard
And they’re like, “it’s better than yours”
🎶 Plus they teach you, hashtag #nocharge 🎶
Obligatory my great grandparents were from norway
I love how all Ted-Ed's Norse mythology videos start with a quote from Neil Gaiman.
Is he big man? Who is he
@@cotesia7931 I only know him for Good Omens. It's good.
Because he wrote American Gods, which is a retelling of mythology.
Muhammad Wahyudin he wrote a book called Norse Mythology, with stories from... Norse mythology.
@@dylanrodrigues interesting
The art style is so soothing. It's perfect for this video. Ted-Ed is filled with amazing animators with styles that match the tone of the video
Yes. I love to watch it
“Your quiver is broken boy”
-Kratos
TED-Ed: Nanna the Peaceful, and God of truth and light.
My nana: TED-Ed knows what's up.
They need more like Inanna or the orisa
My name is Bennie profile pic 👀
@@thomasngy.5378 Thank you for noticing
it's Ted-ED! Of course they know what is up
"When something goes wrong, the first thing I think is, it is Loki's fault. It saves a lot of time."
*What a coincidence! We also say the same! Except we say British instead of Loki.*
Irish i presume ?
As a french i could easely get behind your assumption
@@OmbreDunDouble No. Think harder
How about CHINA?
@Mithun Bala Well you could've been right if it were 1947. I'm actually Bangladeshi. Once it was a part of India. And those British ruled us for like 200 years.
Damnnnn looking at all these different places the british have screwed over...
And hey neighbor! I'm from india 😁
4:44 "Remember when we used to play 'Get Help' when we were younger?"
“He would not let his work be so easily undone,”
Hermod: literally visiting every living thing ever across nine realms
“but if he interfered is boldly it might reveal his hand in Baldur’s murder”
Loki: disguises himself as a giant
its every living thing and element. Even a blade was visited, lol
That seems rather unnecessary. Surely, Loki himself qualifies as a "living thing in the 9 realms"? He could have just appeared as himself, and shown apathy. "Not my fault he died. Meh"
@@pierrecurie You don't argue back to mythology
@@chanbricks4461 try me
@@pierrecurie true
that is honestly what i thought
Whenever I read Loki my brain goes half to mythology half to Tom Hiddleston and there is a moment of chaotic confusion in between 😂
Same here girl same here 😂🤭
same
U Harry Potter fan❤️
Same here!! Whenever Loki is mentioned I cannot help but think of Tom Hiddleston ♥️♥️♥️
@Han Jamail Herrick same
The reason gods didn’t want baldur to die is because baldur’s Death starts the death of all the other gods RAGNAROK
if a prophesy must be fulfilled 100%, then any of its parts could be completely prevented to permanently delay the prophesy. If there's a prophesy that say Krakens will walk on land, then killing every kraken would do it.
@@zawsrdtygbhjimokpl6998 and fenris Wolf must be released
Oh like how Methuselah's death marked the end of earth in the old testament. Because of all the sins humans were doing God killed them all using the Great Flood but spared Noah's wife, sons, himself, and his sons wives. Man some legends revolve around truth
more like Bore Ragnorok.
Possibly, nordic storys were not written down very well except in runic forms and even then, the first translation from ancient icelandic was into german in 1026 (or 1062) and then from that form of German to hoch deutsch and then to English. The original translator was a catholic priest. As such, Baldur often takes on a "jesus" like persona. His death triggering ragnorak and then when all the gods are dead he is reborn as the only god and to bring about the new cycle of gods. Maybe this is the nordic tale, or maybe this is the german priest super imposing catholic beliefs onto a nordic story. It is really tough to say, one thing is for certain, there are many many many variations of every story and of every character.
Question: where is Sigyn here, who stood by Loki’s side until Ragnarök and held a bowl below the serpent to try and spare Loki from the venom?
I always felt really bad for Haldur he didn’t know how Loki was manipulating him and unknowingly killed his brother
Loki's fault costs a lot
Yea
@A D. yea that would have definitively worked
Remember it's Loki's fault that caused the creation of Thor's hammer and Odin's spear.
@@alienalchemist and thanos' glove too.
No mention of Loki’s wife holding a cup beneath the venom, it is only when she must empty it that Loki feels pain and causes earthquakes from his trembling. Also, the “giant” he encounters isn’t a giant the way we think of them. They were just a family of anti-divinities opposing the gods-they’re implied to hold the same stature as gods.
The style of animation on this is beautiful, really brings the story of Loki and Baldur to life!
The art and animations are incredible. Such good accompaniment to this interesting tale! Much love to the team🧡
Love this myth series. They're so interesting.
Yeah! They're some of my favourite episodes!
I was just waiting for Kratos to show up and say: "Boy"
Wtf krstos is greek
@@sidharth3779 well yes but the new well new as in 2018 game was in the norse mythology
@@sidharth3779 it was a reference to the newest God of War. Atreus is Loki
Oh
Baldur's death in Kratos version is more.... interesting
I remember the version of the story I read as a boy; Frigg explains to Loki that she made the pact with every plant that grows out of the ground - assuming that all plants grow out of the ground - forgetting that Mistletoe, as a parasite, grows not out of the ground but upon a tree, and so was not covered by her pact. Loki then used his dark arts to make a dart out of mistletoe and make the normally soft plant as hard as iron and lethally sharp.
Frigg: I made everything swear to not hurt Balder
Loki: Hodor, hold my mistletoe
So totally different from it's MCU version.
Because MCU is changed from Norse Belief in many ways.
MCU is inaccurate in every single way
Because MCU is nonsense
Okay,i only said it's different from the MCU Loki.
Sure, real Norse myth is amazing
But have you heard about the version where Kratos is there to beat the gods' asses?
I'll never look at a mistletoe the same again
This is such a gorgeous animation, and one of my favourite stories!
A big applause for the animators ! What a picturesque representation !
You guys really have to use this animation more often. It's so crisp!
Who else went 👀 when the narrator said "until 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒓 arrived 😏" at 4:44
The way the narrator says "Thor" is just so awesome
Was waiting for Thor's entry actually
Living things: mourning
A blade: *mourns too*
That part made me go: WTF
I love the quote in the beginning "When something goes wrong, the first thing I think is, it is Loki's fault. It saves a lot of time" 😂
Moral of the story:
If you truly love your children, don't forget the small things.
And seek out Loki and kill him.
SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY.
for every Loki there's always a thor
@@dhruvkumarkanaujia ya this is perfect😃
@@dhruvkumarkanaujia if there's a thor for a loki
is there a jormungandr for each thor?
Nooo atreus!!
Does the kill order count for all Loki Variants?
0:10 I like the details, especially Odin with his ravens❤️
My favorite norse myth, and the reason why I am so interested in mistletoe lately, a both holly and pagan plant
Baldur in video: "was the gentlest and most beloved being in all of asgard
Baldur in GOW: insane psychopath that wanted nothing but to kill his mother
Never knew Loki did something with a mistletoe until now
Also, is it just me, or does the Loki in the thumbnail look like he's doing that one chef meme?
Salt
Salt Bae
SALT BAEEEE
*SaLt BaEEeEEEeEEE*
*SALTBARARAEAEAEEAEEAEEAEAEEAEAEEAEAEEAEEAEEAEEAAEEA*
I love Thor and Loki's love-hate brotherhood.
It was more of a ''Nephew-uncle' relationship since Loki was Odin's blood brother.
@@raptormage2209 *adoptive brother
What Raptor said. MCU≠Norse Belief. The God to thunder, rain, and agriculture is no brother to the giant of Mischeif. They're just occasional adventuring pals. *looks at when Thor dressed as Freyja*
@@vincentxu8217 Blood brother in term of they made a blood pact. so yea.. Loki was adopted
@@raptormage2209 Sorry, that word got me a bit confused. Also isn't Odin actually the adoped one?
God of War's interpretation of this story is so well done :)
Thanks, Ted-Ed! These stories are so well done!
How is the yt recommended faster than notifications?
I was asking myself the same thing ......I actually thought this was an old video until I looked at the date
Discord recommend new videos before CZcams notifications
@@poopypants2286 I thought the same
A MYTH IS AN IMAGE IN TERMS OF WHICH WE TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF THE WORLD.
ALAN WATTS
Fun Fact: Loki's imprisonment and the acidic drips from the Serpent are the Norse claims of earthquakes, that with each drop that strikes, the Jötunn languishes and wrestles with the earth, shaking the land aggressively. That is until Sigyn comes back to help.
All of the nine realms : *_Everytime thing's are at peace, why, of all things, would you DARE to disturb it A LOT_*
Loki :
😳
😅
👉👈
ive been seeing ted ed for a while and the animation is still so good
But Baldur is invulnerable to all threats, physical or magical!
But not mental threats ;)
TED-Ed animation never fails to amaze me, kudos to you guys.
Brilliant, this whole series is spectacularly well put together 😃 I look forward to watching another mythological tale every morning Thank you 🙏🏽
Loki after getting chained: it’s just a prank bro.
Loki was actually not bound by chains, but by the entrails of his favorite sons. The gods were so angry at Loki that they found his favorite sons, and gave them poison (or something, i don't remember the full myth), which made them go mad. The brothers killed each other, and the gods took their entrails and bound Loki to the pillar and placed the snake above him.
less keep dis kid friendly
I love these stories,and also this channel! Keep up the good work!
omg the animation is especially incredible and cozy! love love love it so much. also the narrator did a wonderful job
Wait is that the same horse that Loki gave birth to???
If so this is really really messed up
The horse was Sleipnir
Indeed it was
Sleipnir was a gift to Odin and was the fastest horse ever. So yeah, makes sense to ride him with a great mission in mind.
It's not the only child he bore, because he has 4 child
The Norse myths are usually messed up. The fate of Loki's children doubly so.
TED ED UPLOADS A VIDEO
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IVE MISSED YOUR MYTHOLOGICAL VIDEOS! WE NEED MORE!!💕💕💕
The way this tied into the God of War universe. Intriguing
Love TED-Ed's Norse Mythology videos! The animation is beautiful, too.
I know it's been like two whole years, and someone's probably already pointed it out, but you got some things around with Hel & Helheim. Helheim, for one, isn't a fiery landscape like plenty other versions of the Underworld, instead Helheim is iced-over, impossibly cold even. As for Hel herself, while one half of her is in fact beautiful, the other side of her body is a skeleton.
This was amazingly well done.
The animations almost made me cry, it's so beautiful
YES MORE MYTHIC I LOVE THESE SO MUCH I'VE WATCHED EVERY ONE AND JUST-😍😍
I really love learning more about myths from around the world, and looking at similarities and differences
And Norse mythology has been a favourite of mine ever since I read Magnus Chase ❤
There’s a bit missing like how Loki planned his escape while he was a salmon and was the first to create a fishing net Loki found out to escape from one and one more thing when Loki was punished his wife held a bole to collect the venom to make Loki’s punishment a bit more easier
The music is so soothing in myth videos, I humbly request to upload them seperately.
Loved stories like these
Thanks Ted!
Jeez, God of War really does turn myths into horror stories. This is portrayed as “oh everyone loves Baldur, he loves that he’s invincible!” Meanwhile in God of War, Baldur hates (and tries to kill) his mother for robbing him of a lifetime of physical feeling.
2:34 never knew ted Ed liked endgame
ted ed, i loved your myths (the animations) so please can you do more of these video
thanks
This is the most uniquely beautiful Christmas TED Ed story I've ever seen :)
"Yee yee, I'm bad as Michael Jackson."
Hee, heee*
3:56 I think Ted-Ed should know that ferocious giants should not look so cute and cuddly.
yeah it was a different animator,tell them that
Loved it!!! What a beautiful animation! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤😍
As usual the video is great!!!!
And thus Ragnarök begins!
Snow.....
new mythic episode comes out just as I'm binging them
boy you have the best videos ever. so informative
Amazing video, as always🤙
I remember hearing this story in middle school here in Sweden. I never forgot about it, I thought it was awful that Balder died and felt so sorry for the blind God😔 And Loki’s punishment gave me nightmares
You missed few important points. Loki did kill Baldor because Asgardian Gods mistreated his children. He wasn't tied with a snake, he was tied with his son's guts. Sigyn, his wife is catching the venom in a bowl. When she needs to walk away to empty it Loki is in such agony that we can feel it on Earth in form of the earthquake.
Im always amazed by the amazing animations.
That was a superb narration, animation and sounds too.
The fact that Hel & Slepnir are half-siblings probably helped in reaching her, I wonder if Hel knew her father would do something like this?
Baldur died? But Baldur is blessed with invulnerability to all threats Physical or Magical
love these videos
All mythology is so beautiful to me. Thanks !