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In [[Norse mythology]], '''Breiðablik'''<ref>The name can be Anglicized as '''Breidablik''', '''Breithablik''' or '''Breidhablik'''.</ref> (''Broad-gleaming'') is the home of [[Baldr]]. It is briefly described in [[Snorri Sturluson]]'s ''Gylfaginning'' as one of the halls of Asgard: |
In [[Norse mythology]], '''Breiðablik'''<ref>The name can be Anglicized as '''Breidablik''', '''Breithablik''' or '''Breidhablik'''.</ref> (''Broad-gleaming'') is the home of [[Baldr]]. It is briefly described in [[Snorri Sturluson]]'s ''Gylfaginning'' as one of the halls of [[Asgard]]: |
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:"Then there is also in that place the abode called Breidablik, and there is not in heaven a fairer dwelling."<ref>''Gylfaginning'' XVII, Brodeur's translation.</ref> |
:"Then there is also in that place the abode called Breidablik, and there is not in heaven a fairer dwelling."<ref>''Gylfaginning'' XVII, Brodeur's translation.</ref> |
InNorse mythology, Breiðablik[1] (Broad-gleaming) is the home of Baldr. It is briefly described in Snorri Sturluson's Gylfaginning as one of the halls of Asgard:
Later in the work, when Snorri describes Baldr, he gives a longer description, citing Grímnismál, though he does not name the poem:
Breiðablik is not otherwise mentioned in the Eddic sources.