This event is foreshadowed in a short poem in which a question about weeping maidens who toss sails into the air reveals the identity of the traveller Vegtam.
This event is foreshadowed in a short poem in which a question about weeping maidens who toss sails into the air reveals the identity of the traveller Vegtam. The instigator of this event is killed by a newborn deity who refuses to wash his hands or comb his hair until he does so. During a commemoration of this incident, a bonfire consumes a self-duplicating ring and the goddess (*) Nanna. The mastermind of this event is bound in a cave using the entrails of his son, as poison drips onto his face. Nearly everything in the world is made to promise never to hurt its victim in an attempt to prevent this crime, which Loki orchestrates by deceiving the blind god Hodr. For 10 points, in what event was a beautiful Norse god slain using a spear of mistletoe?
This event is foreshadowed in a short poem in which a question about weeping maidens who toss sails into the air reveals the identity of the traveller Vegtam.
 the death of Baldr [or obvious equivalents, like (accidental) murder of Baldr] 