Mistletoe :-*

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        One of my favorites holiday traditions is MISTLETOE :) Who doesn't like the idea of stealing a kiss under the mistletoe?  It actually originates from a Pagan and Norris tradition that was associated with having magical powers.

      There are several species of mistletoe that grow in various parts of the world. Most mistletoe plants are poisonous if eaten and should be kept out of the reach of children. It is actually a parasite plant that grows on trees and steals its nutrients for its benefits.

" The most fully developed myth regarding mistletoe comes from the Norse mythology of the Vikings. Mistletoe’s curative powers and the belief that it can raise humans from the dead relates to the resurrection of the Norse god Baldar.

The story goes as follows. Baldar, the Norse god of the summer sun, saw in a dream his death. Frigga, his mother and the goddess of beauty and love — and from whom we get the name Friday — compelled the elements, plants and animals not to kill Baldar. But she neglected to extract this same promise from the unique mistletoe. The mischief god Loki (brother of Thor) realizing that mistletoe grows on trees and has no roots in the ground fashioned a poisoned dart from mistletoe and with the aid of Baldar’s blind brotherHoder shot the mistletoe missile to kill Baldar. His death brought winter and his mother’s lamentation.

Frigga’s tears over her son changed the red mistletoe berries white and raised Baldar from the dead. From her gratitude she blessed with a kiss everyone who walked beneath mistletoe, declaring that the mistletoe must forever after bring love rather that death into the world."

http://billpetro.com/history-of-mistletoe