Today, we associate mistletoe with the kiss of love. Yet, according to the ancient Norse, it once brought death to the Aesir's most beloved member.
Even the most ferocious of the Norse Pantheon, the Aesir, recognized the essential goodness, even gentleness, of Baldr. Son of Odin and Frigga, twin brother of Hodur who had been born blind, he demonstrated the use of medicinal plants to the men and women who dwelt in Midgard. The healing chamomile was called Baldr's brow for its beneficial qualities.