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determined ‘to find out. So, changing his 
shape to that of a fair and queenly woman, 
he hastened at once to the dwelling of Freya. 
The goddess received him graciously, and 
inquired from whence he came. 
“From the place where the gods are 
making a target of Baldur the Good without 
hurting him,” replied her false guest. 
“Ay,” said Frigga, “neither metal nor 
wood can hurt Baldur, for I have exacted an 
oath from all of them that they will not.” 
“What!” exclaimed the guest, astonished 
and dismayed, “have all things sworn to 
spare Baldur ?” 
“ All things,” replied Freya ; “ except one 
little shrub, that grows on the eastern side of 
Valhalla, and is called mistletoe ; I thought 
it too young and feeble to crave an oath 
from it.” 
A secret joy thrilled through the false 
maiden as she heard these words; and 
hastening away from Freya’s dwelling as 
soon as she could, she flew to the spot where 
grew the fatal parasite. There resuming his 


