Höðr

Norse · deity · mythic prehistoric · deity

Blind god, son of Odin, who unwittingly slew Baldr with a mistletoe dart guided by Loki.

Parentage

Domains

darkness blindness

Powers

slays the invulnerable Baldr with the mistletoe dart
Slays Baldr with a thrown mistletoe dart

Relations

sibling: Baldr

Sources

Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 22, 49; Poetic Edda, Völuspá 32

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