Hod’s Family Tree

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Family

• Frigg(parent),Odin(parent),Baldur(sibling)— Marriage

  Odin and Frigg, queen of Asgard, are the parents of Baldur the Beautiful and the blind god Höðr. Baldur's death at Höðr's unwitting hand set in motion the events leading to Ragnarök.

  ⚠ Gylfaginning names Baldur as son of Odin and Frigg explicitly, but Höðr's mother is not specified in surviving sources. His inclusion as Frigg's son is a common scholarly inference.

Slain by

• Vali

  Váli slew Höðr one day after his own birth, never washing his hands nor combing his hair until he had avenged Baldur's death as the Völuspá foretold.

Slew

• Baldur

  Loki tricked the blind god Höðr into throwing mistletoe at Baldur, killing the otherwise invulnerable god and setting in motion the chain of vengeance that led to Ragnarök.

Member of

• Aesir

  The Æsir are the principal tribe of Norse gods who dwell in Asgard, including both native members and Vanir hostages received after the Æsir-Vanir War, as catalogued in Gylfaginning.

Associated with

• Baldur,Ragnarok

  After Ragnarök, Baldur and Höðr return together from Hel to the renewed world, the slayer and the slain reconciled at last in the green fields of a reborn earth.