'I'll tell you gladly,' he said 'It is not easy,' he continued 'to kill me by a blow .
It would be necessary to spend a year making the spear to strike me with –
and without making any of it [at any other time] except when one was at mass on Sundays.'
'And is that certain?' she asked.
'It's certain, God knows,' he replied.
'I cannot be killed inside a house, nor outside,' he continued '
I cannot be killed on horseback or on foot.'
'Aye,' said she '[so] in what way can you be killed?'
'I'll tell you,' he replied.
'By making a bath for me by the side of a river,
making a curved, slatted roof over the tub, and thatching that well and without [leaving] any gaps.
And bringing a buck,' he continued 'and putting it next to the tub,
and me putting one of my feet on the buck's back, and the other one on the side of the tub.
Whoever would strike me [while I am] like that would bring about my death.'
'Aye,' said she 'I thank God for that. That can be easily avoided.'
It would be necessary to spend a year making the spear to strike me with –
and without making any of it [at any other time] except when one was at mass on Sundays.'
'And is that certain?' she asked.
'It's certain, God knows,' he replied.
'I cannot be killed inside a house, nor outside,' he continued '
I cannot be killed on horseback or on foot.'
'Aye,' said she '[so] in what way can you be killed?'
'I'll tell you,' he replied.
'By making a bath for me by the side of a river,
making a curved, slatted roof over the tub, and thatching that well and without [leaving] any gaps.
And bringing a buck,' he continued 'and putting it next to the tub,
and me putting one of my feet on the buck's back, and the other one on the side of the tub.
Whoever would strike me [while I am] like that would bring about my death.'
'Aye,' said she 'I thank God for that. That can be easily avoided.'
The Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi
