His law is wisdom. All the folk of heaven

And earth and hell obey him gladly; thou—

Submit thou also; make thine oath to Odin.

FENRIS

Oathless be Odin; am I earth’s overlord!

[Odin beckons to the eastward with his spear. From the

distance comes a flash of fire and faint thunder.]

[Pg 22]

BALDUR

Hush, brother, hush! He hears; for thy pain’s sake

Remember he is Allfather. Be meek.

FENRIS

Am I Asa’s heir!—I—I—I am Allfather!

[By a dazzling river of light and thunder-peal, the whole

scene is riven. On the peaks at either side appear

Loki and Thor. Loki holds in his hand a serpentine

Loki

Thor

whip of many lashes, as of glittering brass; Thor,

a white hammer. The Pack cower, moaning; Fenris

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