The 1913 caption reads: ""Loki took the form of a woman and hastened to the mansion of Frigga."" The goddess Frigga, also spelled Frig, was the highest-ranking of the Aesir goddesses. Her husband was Odin, the chief god. She was also the mother of Baldur. Loki, the impish trickster of the Norse pantheon, disguised himself in the form of a woman and approached Frigg (seen here) and asked her whether all things had sworn oaths never to harm Baldur. Not knowing the woman's true identity, Frigg conceded that she had not demanded the oath from a humble sprig of mistletoe.
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The 1913 caption reads: ""Loki took the form of a woman and hastened to the mansion of Frigga."" The goddess Frigga, also spelled Frig, was the highest-ranking of the Aesir goddesses. Her husband was Odin, the chief god. She was also the mother of Baldur. Loki, the impish trickster of the Norse pantheon, disguised himself in the form of a woman and approached Frigg (seen here) and asked her whether all things had sworn oaths never to harm Baldur. Not knowing the woman's true identity, Frigg conceded that she had not demanded the oath from a humble sprig of mistletoe.

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Frigga loki Old woman mistletoe god Norse Scandinavian saga Scandinavia myth mythology legend religion deity

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