Höðr
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Höðr is a god in Norse mythology. The blind son of Odin, he is tricked and guided by Loki into shooting a mistletoe arrow that kills the otherwise invulnerable Baldr.
Höðr fatally shoots Baldr, his hand guided by Loki; illustration by George Wright (1908)
Höðr and the mistletoe in a 17th-century Icelandic manuscript
Baldr and Höðr return together after Ragnarök in a Faroese stamp by Anker Eli Petersen (2003)
In Saxo's version of the story Hotherus meets wood maidens who warn him that Balderus is a demi-god who can't be killed by normal means.
Baldr
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Baldr in Old Norse, Bældæġ in Old English, Balder or Palter in Old High German, is a god in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, he is a son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg, and has numerous
Höðr
…god in Norse mythology. The blind son of Odin, he is tricked and guided by Loki into shooting a mistletoe arrow that kills the otherwise invulnerable Baldr. According to the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda, the goddess Frigg, Baldr's mother, made everything in existence swear never to harm Baldr, except for…
"Each arrow overshot his head" (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith.
"Mímir and Baldr Consulting the Norns" (1821–1822) by H. E. Freund.
Baldr in an illustration to a Swedish translation of the Elder Edda.
A depiction of Loki quarreling with the gods (1895) by Lorenz Frølich.