. "Odin and Frigg"@en . . . . "H\u00F6\u00F0r"@en . . . "H\u00F6\u00F0r, or Hod, was the god of winter and the blind son of Odin 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. 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. He was later killed by Vali, his half-brother, born specifically for this task. Though H\u00F6\u00F0r died, he and Baldr were in the world created after Ragnarok."@en . . "H\u00F6\u00F0r, or Hod, was the god of winter and the blind son of Odin 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. 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. He was later killed by Vali, his half-brother, born specifically for this task. Though H\u00F6\u00F0r died, he and Baldr were in the world created after Ragnarok. There are different and contradictory versions of this story. In one less well known version, Baldr and H\u00F6\u00F0r are rival kings fighting a naval war. In this version H\u00F6\u00F0r is not blind and is wholly responsible for Baldr's death. Even in the best known version (from the Icelandic Eddas) there is ambiguity. Why, if H\u00F6\u00F0r was an unwitting pawn of Loki, is he executed in the name of justice? Is Loki's involvement in the story a later addition?"@en . . . . . . . . . "God of Winter"@en . . . "H\u00F6\u00F0r (often anglicized as Hod, Hoder, or Hodur) is the 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 H\u00F6\u00F0r shoot it at Baldr. After this Odin and the giantess Rindr gave birth to V\u00E1li who grew to adulthood within a day and slew H\u00F6\u00F0r."@en . . . . . . . . "H\u00F6\u00F0r"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Loki tricks H\u00F6\u00F0r into killing Baldr"@en . "H\u00F6\u00F0r (often anglicized as Hod, Hoder, or Hodur) is the 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 H\u00F6\u00F0r shoot it at Baldr. After this Odin and the giantess Rindr gave birth to V\u00E1li who grew to adulthood within a day and slew H\u00F6\u00F0r. The Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus recorded an alternative version of this myth in his Gesta Danorum. In this version the mortal hero H\u00F8therus and the demi-god Balderus compete for the hand of Nanna. Ultimately H\u00F8therus slays Balderus."@en . .