Höðr (9)
Höðr (non.)
Hod (en.)
The god who killed his brother Baldr with a weapon made of mistletoe. Depending on the source, the mistletoe projectile is a spear, an arrow, or a dart. In the Prose Edda, Höðr is blind and his aim is guided by Loki.
Hod (en.)
The god who killed his brother Baldr with a weapon made of mistletoe. Depending on the source, the mistletoe projectile is a spear, an arrow, or a dart. In the Prose Edda, Höðr is blind and his aim is guided by Loki.
Höðr is referenced in:
Digital image of the illustration on page 232 of Abbie F
Brown's childrens book In the Days of Giants.
Digital image of the illustration on page 256 of Abbie F
Brown's childrens book In the Days of Giants.
Digital image of the illustration on page 239 of the 1908 edition of
Olive
Bray's dual language edition The Elder or Poetic Edda: Commonly Known As
Sæmund's Edda.
Digital image of C.
E.Brock's
illustration on page 155 in the 1930 edition of Annie
Keary's childrens book The Heroes of Asgard.