Höðr (often anglicized as Hod) is the blind brother of
Baldr in
Norse mythology. Guided by
Loki he shot the
mistletoe missile which was to slay the otherwise invulnerable Baldr. According to the
Prose Edda and the
Poetic Edda the goddess
Frigg made everything in existence swear never to harm Baldr, except for the mistletoe which she found too young to demand an oath from. The gods amused themselves by trying weapons on Baldr and seeing them fail to do any harm.
Loki, upon finding out about Baldr's one weakness, made a missile from mistletoe, and helped Höðr shoot it at Baldr. After this
Odin and the
giantess Rindr gave birth to
Váli who grew to adulthood within a day and slew Höðr.
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