And when the gods came to themselves then Frigg spoke, and asked who there was among the Aesir who wished to earn all her love and favour and was willing to ride the road to Hel and try if he could find Baldr, and offer Hel a ransom if she would let Baldr go back to Asgard. Hermod the Bold, Odin's boy, is the name of the one who undertook that journey.
— High, Prose Edda, "Gylfaginning"
