Balder, (also Bald, Baldur) is a god of mythology. he is often interpreted as the god of Love, Peace, forgiveness, justice, ligjt or purity.
Second son of Odin and the goddess Frigg (The Seeress) and has numerous brothers such as THOR and VALI.
The interpretation of Baldr as "the brave god" may be secondary. Baltic (Lithuanian baltas, Latvian balts) has a word meaning "the white, the good", and Grimm speculates that the name may originate as a Baltic loan into Proto-Germanic. In continental Saxon and Anglo-Saxon tradition, ths son of Odin is called not Bealdor but Baldag (Sax) and Beldeg (AS) which show association with "day", possibly with DAY personified as a deity which, Grimm points out, would agree with the meaning "shining one, white one, a god" derived from the meaning of Baltic baltas, further adducing Slavic Belobog and German Berhta.
According to Gylfaginning, Baldr's wife is Nanna and their son is Forseti.
The Gylfaginning relates that Baldr's had the greatest ship ever built named Hringhorni..
