Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Mystery partially solved

Remember the beautiful Haroldsborg house?

a friend did a great job of waiting for the wind to catch the flag for this photo
It is currently an assisted-living house for those with mild mental disabilities.  About fifty years ago it was used as a place to teach proper girls how to cook and keep house.

I also learned that while balder does mean buttocks, Baldersvej most definitely does NOT mean Buttocks Way (my Danish teacher was horrified, yes horrified, that I had posted that definition).  Balder was a Norse god.  Here is what I learned.
Balder was considered the god of light, joy, spring, and peace. He was a very popular and well-liked god and warrior. He was extremely strong and gentle-hearted, but was sometimes considered a bit slow in the head. He was actually killed by his own blind brother when Loki tricked Hodur into throwing a dart of mistletoe at him. Mistletoe was the only thing of nature that was not asked by Frigga to not harm her son.

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