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two forms of the myth, one of which left Baldur dead, like Sarpedon, T T — -^ ' another which brought him back from the unseen world, like Memnon and Adonis.^

But the essence of the myth lies in his death, the cause of which entitled Baldur's dream, a poem so beautiful and so true to the old myth that I may be forgiven for citing it in full.

' The glory of Baldur is reflected in ]Fythology,'iC)%',zxA Popular Romanca the picture of Frilhjof. For the Frilhjof of the Middle Ages, yjz. Saga see lutrodia/ion to Comparative