I'm certain of, however, that it is Saxo who tells another myth of
Balder's death than the common "killed by mistletoe shot by Hodir
tricked by Loki" one.
In this, the Aesir are really supernatural beings, but they walk the
earth - Odin has his court somewhere in Sweden, I think.
Hi son Balder, who is a "beautyful son-of-a-bitch" a la Bobby Brown
longs for the beautiful mortal woman Nanna, who really wants to marry
the Danish prince Hodir, who loves her.
The result is war between Hodir's people and the gods, and somewhere along the
way he kills off Balder (after chopping the handle off Thor's hammer,
among other things).
Then remember that Snorri and Saxo where Christians. The Malkioni may lie or may just be ignorant about the False Gods being only evil and powerful humans, but they are certainly euhemerizing while doing this...
End of Glorantha Digest V2 #104
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