AnaGuard says : Hel was skeptical and agreed to release Balder on the condition that everything, dead or alive, should weep for Balder. If only one thing should not cry, then she would keep Balder in the Realm of the dead. Hermod returned to the land of the living and told the Gods what Hel's terms were. But not everyone wept and therefore Balder had to remain in the underworld until The End of the world. |