Norse Mythology -- Kinsmen Die Ch 82: Frigg grins and bears it

Welcome to CHAPTER 82 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.

This week we’re back with Frigg, the wife of Odin and Almother of Gladsheim.

As readers we’ve learned quite a bit more than Frigg has since we last saw her in Chapter 77.

And yet Frigg has learned a few things, too. First, through her visions she believes that her son Baldr’s life is threatened. Frigg and Odin learned that the mistletoe in which they’d hidden Baldr’s spirit—this is what makes him invulnerable—was vandalized and taken.

Frigg believes that the witch Yelena was res ...