Mistletoe

Mistletoe is the common name for a number of parasitic plants in the order . Its most famous species, Viscum album, is native to Europe, where it features in many myths and legends, such as in Norse mythology as a symbol of hope and renewal.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Dawn of Ragnarök – The Rescue
==Mythology==
In Norse myth, the goddess Frigg went about the world extracting a promise from every plant and animal that they would do her son, Baldr, no harm, accomplishing with all but the mistletoe, which made the god invulnerable to everything but the small plant.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths – Issue 2 In a telling of the Norse myth detailing Baldr's travels before being captured by the Muspels, he revealed his weakness to Loki, who later collected the mistle-berries and baked them into a cake that he then gifted to Baldr while disguised as Eysa, princess of the Muspels. Though aware of Loki's treachery, Baldr still ate the cake and was captured by the ruler of Múspellsheimr, Surtr.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths – Issue 3
==History==
In 9th century East Anglia, a sprig of mistletoe was part of a recipe for a charm meant to bless the harvest, called the "Charm of Crop Blóm".Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Viking Expansion notes: Scroll of Potent Charms In Ireland, mistle berries were given to the as offerings, alongside root and morning dew.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids – Viking Expansion notes: Letter to the Fairy
In Eivor Varinsdottir's visions of Odin's time at Svartálfaheimr, the god and Freyja found a room in a building in Eitri which housed a table covered with mistletoe and nearby a note saying that only the plant would harm Baldr, which Odin suspected had been written by Loki.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Dawn of Ragnarök – The Rescue Calder and Sinmara used many draughts made with the plant to torture Baldr.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla 
**Wrath of the Druids 
**Dawn of Ragnarök 
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths
*Echoes of History 
==References==
Category:Plants