{"product_id":"the-heliost-ghost-figurine-baldur","title":"The Heliost Ghost Figurine - Baldur","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eMidsummer in the Nordic lands is not only beautiful. It is watchful  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe lyse nætter, the bright nights, bring a light that does not behave as it should. It lingers past midnight.  And the old ones knew that when the veil thins at midsummer, it does not thin toward the dead. It thins toward something older.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Heliosts arrive with this long light. They come carrying the warmth of a sun that would not set, and a quiet knowledge they will not share. What they have witnessed in the spaces between dusk and a dawn that never truly came; this they keep  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven those who do not love the summer feel them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe landvættir were offered gifts \u003c\/span\u003eat midsummer\u003cspan\u003e. Small things. Tokens of acknowledgment. Perhaps the Heliosts are what answered.  \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eBaldur was beloved of all things. The sun warmed brighter in his presence. The flowers turned toward him without being asked. Even the stones, when approached with kindness, would soften.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe arrives at midsummer because midsummer is when he was lost. He arrives pale and perfect and luminous with the memory of what he carried.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo find Baldur on your doorstep is to be trusted with something precious. He does not come to everyone. He comes to those who will not forget him.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBaldur\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethe ghost figurine stands at just short of 9 cm.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Nordic Ghost Merchants","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57531638645080,"sku":"TNGM_Heliost_Baldur","price":245.0,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7658\/9144\/files\/TheNordicGhostMerchantsHeliostGhostFigurinesBaldur1.jpg?v=1781740804","url":"https:\/\/nordicghostmerchants.com\/products\/the-heliost-ghost-figurine-baldur","provider":"The Nordic Ghost Merchants","version":"1.0","type":"link"}