Höðr (10)
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.
Digital image of Arthur
Rackham's illustration on page 137 of the
1907 edition of The Land of
Enchantment.