Norse Myth -- (AtHB) Kinsmen Die Ch 40: Frigg tends to wounds

Welcome to CHAPTER 40 of the Kinsmen Die podcast, home of fantasy fiction based on Norse mythology that’s written and read by me, Matt Bishop.

In this podcast I read my first novel, Kinsmen Die, one chapter at a time. And, with each episode, when it makes sense, I provide some commentary about the source materials I’ve referenced in the text.

Today, we’re back with Frigg, Odin’s wife and mother of Baldr and Hodr. Last time we were with her, she’d been brutally attacked by Odin. He was not himself at the time; he’d been fighting a spirit that came up from Urdrbrunnar — Urdr’s Well. That same spirit, while it beat the crap out of Odin and drove him into a battle fury — took a few moments to speak directly with Frigg.

In this chapter, Frigg deals with the aftermath of that encounter and we meet some new Aesir.

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