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From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN)
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Subject: re: Who will rule Asgard?
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 10:17:33 EDT
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I thought this may be of interest...

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From:	XENON::BURROWS      "Jim Burrows" 22-AUG-1985 09:20
To:	AKOV68::BOYAJIAN,BURROWS     
Subj:	Balder

If you look into the Eddas you will find that their "history" of the Asa-gods
doesn't end at Ragnarok. Some Aesir and Vanir survive, as do two humans who
start the world over. There is a new pantheon of gods and guess who is the top
god... Balder. 

[Jack Kirby must have known this. In "The Pact", he mentioned that New Genesis
and Apokolips were descended from Balduur [sic] and a sorceress (Karnilla?)
after the war that destroyed the Old Gods. --- jmb]

Given that Simonson is pretty knowledgeable of his sources, the only real
choices he has for rulers of Asgard are Balder who rules after Ragnarok, Thor
who was the chief god before Odin (Before in our time-frame, people believed
he was the chief god before they believed Odin was. Once they started to regard
Odin as head man, he always had been.) and Tyr who also had been. Tyr, of
course is the same person as Tiwaz, so Tiwaz is also possible. They really
shouldn't coexist though. Of all of these, I agree that Balder is the most
likely. 

[Net.comics readers note: Tyr & Tiwaz are the same in the original myths. In
the Marvel pantheon, they are separate gods. --- jmb]

Feel free to quote or post this. I seem to have gotten out of the habit
of contributing to net.anything.

JimB.
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--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA)

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