the messenger of the gods. He rode to Hel's realm after the death
of Balder to try and convince her to let Balder come back from the dead. He got her
to agree to let Balder return to the living if all things would weep for him. One giantess
named Thokk, Loki in disguise, refused to weep, so he remained dead and was cremated on
his funeral boat, hringhorni. He is supposed to come back to life after the Ragnarok. A
more complete retelling of Snorri's account of Balder's death is available on various
sites on-line.
