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The Gylfaginning does not say what happens to Höðr after this. I will direct thee where he stands shoot at him with this wand.' Hödr took Mistletoe and shot at Baldr, being guided by Loki: the shaft flew through Baldr, and he fell dead to the earth and that was the greatest mischance that has ever befallen among gods and men." - Brodeur's translation Then spake Loki to him: 'Why dost thou not shoot at Baldr?' He answered: 'Because I see not where Baldr is and for this also, that I am weaponless.' Then said Loki: 'Do thou also after the manner of other men, and show Baldr honor as the other men do. Hödr stood outside the ring of men, because he was blind. "Loki took Mistletoe and pulled it up and went to the Thing. Ok hefir þat mest óhapp verit unnit með goðum ok mönnum.
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Flaug skotit í gögnum hann ok fell hann dauðr til jarðar. Höðr tók mistiltein ok skaut at Baldri at tilvísun Loka. Þá mælti Loki við hann: "Hví skýtr þú ekki at Baldri?" Hann svarar: "Þvíat ek sé eigi hvar Baldr er, ok þat annat at ek em vápnlauss." Þá mælti Loki: "Gerðu þó í líking annarra manna ok veit Baldri sœmð sem aðrir menn. En Höðr stóð útarliga í mannhringinum, þvíat hann var blindr. The mistletoe (believed to be harmless) have sworn an oath not to harm Baldr, so the Æsir throw missiles at him for sport.Įn Loki tók mistiltein ok sleit upp ok gekk til þings. Höðr is not mentioned again until the prelude to Baldr's death is described. He is of sufficient strength, but the gods would desire that no occasion should rise of naming this god, for the work of his hands shall long be held in memory among gods and men." - Brodeur's translation "One of the Æsir is named Hödr: he is blind. Œrit er hann styrkr, en vilja mundu goðin at þenna ás þyrfti eigi at nefna, þvíat hans handaverk munu lengi vera höfð at minnum með goðum ok mönnum. In the Gylfaginning part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda Höðr is introduced in an ominous way.
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In one less well known version, Baldr and Höðr are rival kings fighting a naval war. There are different and contradictory versions of this story. Though Höðr died, he and Baldr were alive once again in the world created after Ragnarök. He was later killed by Váli, his half-brother, born specifically for this task. This was because Baldr's mother, Frigg, made everything in existence swear never to harm Baldr, except for the mistletoe, which she found too unimportant to ask. Hǫðr, (Old Norse: often anglicized as Hod, Hoder, or Hodur) was the god of darkness and the blind son of Óðinn and Frigg who was tricked by Loki into killing his twin brother Baldr with a dart made of mistletoe, as it was the only thing which could kill him.