Asatru Folk Assembly - We're Gonna Try Our Best #afa #asatru #asatrufolkassembly #shorts

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Could the story of Baldur's death be a warning about the dangers of over protecting one s children? If she hadn't made everything promise not to hurt him, he wouldn t have felt invulnerable, and no one would have thrown anything at him. Is this a good or bad way to interpret the story?

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00:00:00.000 Could the story of Baldur's death be a warning of the dangers of overprotecting one's children?

00:00:06.360 If she hadn't made everything promise not to hurt him, he wouldn't have felt invulnerable, and no one would have thrown anything at him.

00:00:15.820 Is this a good or a bad way to interpret the story?

00:00:20.820 Like I said earlier, there's a lot of truths in each of these stories.

00:00:27.060 They're meaty with truth.

00:00:30.000 Um, yes, I think that there's something in there about when you try to escape fate, fate

00:00:41.920 gets you in the end anyway. And, you know, there's plenty of folklore about those things

00:00:48.260 happening. Um, you know, if it wouldn't have happened that way, it would have happened a

00:00:52.660 different way. I think there's a truth to that, but, you know, like I said earlier, I think

00:00:58.820 there's something to be said for, you know, saying, I don't know, probability be damned,

00:01:09.440 we're going to try our best regardless, and be satisfied that we've done our best. Could the story

Asatru Folk Assembly - October 05, 2025

We're Gonna Try Our Best #afa #asatru #asatrufolkassembly #shorts

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