Phol
Continental Germanic · deity · continental germanic migration and conversion (4th–10th c.) · deity
PHOL IS INGESTED AND BALDER IS NOT, AND NEITHER DECIDES THE QUESTION. The charm names Phol in its first line and Balder's foal in its second, and whether that is one figure under two names or two figures in one scene is the text's central crux. The corpus holds norse_baldr; creating a Continental Germanic Balder would either duplicate that record or assert an answer, so Balder is a census row. This record says what the charm says: a name, a ride, and a horse that goes lame.
Relations
- rode with: Wodan
Sources
- Reference treatments of the Merseburg charms and of Phol.