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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> 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title="Hodr – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Hodr" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hod" title="Hod – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Hod" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6d" title="Höd – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Höd" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B8der" title="Høder – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Høder" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6dur" title="Hödur – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hödur" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6dr" title="Hödr – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Hödr" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84" title="Χοντ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Χοντ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r" title="Höðr – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Höðr" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r" title="Höðr – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Höðr" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r" title="Höðr – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Höðr" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B1_(%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3)" title="هودر (اسطوره نورس) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هودر (اسطوره نورس)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6d" title="Höd – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Höd" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6der" title="Höder – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Höder" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%B8%EB%93%9C_(%EB%85%B8%EB%A5%B4%EB%93%9C_%EC%8B%A0%ED%99%94)" title="호드 (노르드 신화) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="호드 (노르드 신화)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodr" title="Hodr – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Hodr" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodhr" title="Hodhr – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Hodhr" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0ur" title="Höður – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Höður" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r" title="Höðr – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Höðr" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%27%D7%A8" title="הוד'ר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הוד'ר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C4%93ds" title="Hēds – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Hēds" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiodas" title="Hiodas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Hiodas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6dr" title="Hödr – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Hödr" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%80" title="Ходр – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Ходр" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AF_(%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87)" title="هود (اله) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="هود (اله)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%8D%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%97%EA%AF%94" title="ꯍꯣꯗꯔ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯍꯣꯗꯔ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodr" title="Hodr – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Hodr" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6der" title="Höder – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Höder" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%82%BA" title="ヘズ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヘズ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hod" title="Hod – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Hod" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hod" title="Hod – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Hod" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodur" title="Hodur – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hodur" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoder" title="Hoder – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Hoder" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hod" title="Hod – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Hod" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%91%D0%B4" title="Хёд – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Хёд" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r" title="Höðr – Simple 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The <a href="/wiki/Blindness" class="mw-redirect" title="Blindness">blind</a> son of <a href="/wiki/Odin" title="Odin">Odin</a>, he is tricked and guided by <a href="/wiki/Loki" title="Loki">Loki</a> into shooting a <a href="/wiki/Mistletoe" title="Mistletoe">mistletoe</a> arrow which was to slay the otherwise invulnerable <a href="/wiki/Baldr" title="Baldr">Baldr</a>. </p><p>According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Prose_Edda" title="Prose Edda">Prose Edda</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Poetic_Edda" title="Poetic Edda">Poetic Edda</a></i>, the goddess <a href="/wiki/Frigg" title="Frigg">Frigg</a>, Baldr's mother, made everything in existence swear never to harm Baldr, except for the mistletoe, which she found too unimportant to ask (alternatively, 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. <a href="/wiki/Loki" title="Loki">Loki</a>, the mischief-maker, upon finding out about Baldr's one weakness, made a spear from mistletoe, and helped Höðr shoot it at Baldr.<sup id="cite_ref-D'AulaireD'Aulaire2005_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D'AulaireD'Aulaire2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Conway1990_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conway1990-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Welch2001_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Welch2001-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In reaction to this, Odin and the <a href="/wiki/Giantess" title="Giantess">giantess</a> <a href="/wiki/Rindr" title="Rindr">Rindr</a> gave birth to <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A1li" title="Váli">Váli</a>, who grew to adulthood within a day and slew Höðr. </p><p>The Danish <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">historian</a> <a href="/wiki/Saxo_Grammaticus" title="Saxo Grammaticus">Saxo Grammaticus</a> recorded an alternative version of this myth in his <i><a href="/wiki/Gesta_Danorum" title="Gesta Danorum">Gesta Danorum</a></i>. In this version, the mortal hero <b>Høtherus</b> and the demi-god <i>Balderus</i> compete for the hand of <a href="/wiki/Nanna_(Norse_deity)" title="Nanna (Norse deity)">Nanna</a>. Ultimately, Høtherus slays Balderus. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H%C3%B6%C3%B0r&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to scholar <a href="/wiki/Andy_Orchard" title="Andy Orchard">Andy Orchard</a>, the theonym <i>Hǫðr</i> can be translated as 'warrior'.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOrchard199787_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOrchard199787-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jan_de_Vries_(philologist)" title="Jan de Vries (philologist)">Jan de Vries</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Orel" title="Vladimir Orel">Vladimir Orel</a> write that is comparable with <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Old Norse</a> <i>hǫð</i> ('war, slaughter'), and related to <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> <i>heaðu-deór</i> ('brave, stout in war'), from <a href="/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" title="Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a> <i>*haþuz</i> ('battle'; cf. <a href="/wiki/Old_High_German" title="Old High German">Old High German</a> <i>hadu</i>-, <a href="/wiki/Old_Saxon" title="Old Saxon">Old Saxon</a> <i>hathu</i>-<i>,</i> <a href="/wiki/Old_Frisian" title="Old Frisian">Old Frisian</a> <i>-had</i>, <a href="/wiki/Burgundian_language_(Germanic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Burgundian language (Germanic)">Burgundian</a> *<i>haþus</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEde_Vries1977278–279_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEde_Vries1977278–279-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOrel2003165_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOrel2003165-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Prose_Edda">The <i>Prose Edda</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H%C3%B6%C3%B0r&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Prose Edda"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Gylfaginning" title="Gylfaginning">Gylfaginning</a></i> part of <a href="/wiki/Snorri_Sturluson" title="Snorri Sturluson">Snorri Sturluson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Prose_Edda" title="Prose Edda">Prose Edda</a> Höðr is introduced in an ominous way. </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <p><i>Höðr heitir einn ássinn, hann er blindr. 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.</i> <span class="nowrap"> — Eysteinn Björnsson's edition</span><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <p>"One of the <a href="/wiki/%C3%86sir" title="Æsir">Æsir</a> is named Hödr: He is blind. 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." <span class="nowrap"> — Brodeur's translation</span><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Höðr is not mentioned again until the prelude to Baldr's death is described. All things except the mistletoe (believed to be harmless) have sworn an oath not to harm Baldr, so the Æsir throw missiles at him for sport. </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <p><i>En Loki tók mistiltein ok sleit upp ok gekk til þings. En Höðr stóð útarliga í mannhringinum, þvíat hann var blindr. 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. Ek mun vísa þér til hvar hann stendr. Skjót at honum vendi þessum."</i> </p><p><i>Höðr tók mistiltein ok skaut at Baldri at tilvísun Loka. Flaug skotit í gögnum hann ok fell hann dauðr til jarðar. Ok hefir þat mest óhapp verit unnit með goðum ok mönnum.</i> <span class="nowrap"> — Eysteinn Björnsson's edition</span><sup id="cite_ref-hi.is_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hi.is-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <p>"Loki took Mistletoe and pulled it up and went to the <a href="/wiki/Thing_(assembly)" title="Thing (assembly)">Thing</a>. </p><p>Hödr stood outside the ring of men, because he was blind. 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. 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." <span class="nowrap"> — Brodeur's translation</span><sup id="cite_ref-voluspa.org_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voluspa.org-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i>Gylfaginning</i> does not say what happens to Höðr after this. In fact it specifically states that Baldr cannot be avenged, at least not immediately. </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <p><i>Þá er Baldr var fallinn, þá fellusk öllum ásum orðtök ok svá hendr at taka til hans, ok sá hverr til annars ok váru allir með einum hug til þess er unnit hafði verkit. En engi mátti hefna, þar var svá mikill griðastaðr.</i> <span class="nowrap"> — Eysteinn Björnsson's edition</span><sup id="cite_ref-hi.is_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hi.is-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <p>"Then, when Baldr was fallen, words failed all the Æsir, and their hands likewise to lay hold of him; each looked at the other, and all were of one mind as to him who had wrought the work, but none might take vengeance, so great a sanctuary was in that place." <span class="nowrap"> — Brodeur's translation</span><sup id="cite_ref-voluspa.org_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voluspa.org-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>It does seem, however, that Höðr ends up in <a href="/wiki/Hel_(realm)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hel (realm)">Hel</a> one way or another for the last mention of him in <i>Gylfaginning</i> is in the description of the post-<a href="/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k" title="Ragnarök">Ragnarök</a> world. </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <p><i>Því næst koma þar Baldr ok Höðr frá Heljar, setjask þá allir samt ok talask við ok minnask á rúnar sínar ok rœða of tíðindi þau er fyrrum höfðu verit, of Miðgarðsorm ok um Fenrisúlf.</i> <span class="nowrap"> — Eysteinn Björnsson's edition</span><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <p>"After that Baldr shall come thither, and Hödr, from Hel; then all shall sit down together and hold speech with one another, and call to mind their secret wisdom, and speak of those happenings which have been before: of the <a href="/wiki/Midgard_Serpent" class="mw-redirect" title="Midgard Serpent">Midgard Serpent</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Fenrir" title="Fenrir">Fenris-Wolf</a>." <span class="nowrap"> — Brodeur's translation</span><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Snorri's source of this knowledge is clearly <i><a href="/wiki/V%C3%B6lusp%C3%A1" title="Völuspá">Völuspá</a></i> as quoted below. </p><p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Sk%C3%A1ldskaparm%C3%A1l" title="Skáldskaparmál">Skáldskaparmál</a></i> section of the Prose Edda several <a href="/wiki/Kenning" title="Kenning">kennings</a> for Höðr are related. </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <p><i>Hvernig skal kenna Höð? Svá, at kalla hann blinda ás, Baldrs bana, skjótanda Mistilteins, son Óðins, Heljar sinna, Vála dólg.</i> <span class="nowrap"> — Guðni Jónsson's edition</span><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <p>"How should one periphrase Hödr? Thus: by calling him the Blind God, Baldr's Slayer, Thrower of the Mistletoe, Son of Odin, Companion of Hel, Foe of Váli." <span class="nowrap"> — Brodeur's translation</span><sup id="cite_ref-voluspa.org1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voluspa.org1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>None of those kennings, however, are actually found in surviving <a href="/wiki/Skaldic_poetry" class="mw-redirect" title="Skaldic poetry">skaldic poetry</a>. Neither are Snorri's kennings for <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A1li_(son_of_Odin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Váli (son of Odin)">Váli</a>, which are also of interest in this context. </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <p><i>Hvernig skal kenna Vála? Svá, at kalla hann son Óðins ok Rindar, stjúpson Friggjar, bróður ásanna, hefniás Baldrs, dólg Haðar ok bana hans, byggvanda föðurtófta.</i> <span class="nowrap"> — Guðni Jónsson's edition</span><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <p>"How should Váli be periphrased? Thus: by calling him Son of Odin and Rindr, Stepson of Frigg, Brother of the Æsir, Baldr's Avenger, Foe and Slayer of Hödr, Dweller in the Homesteads of the Fathers." <span class="nowrap"> — Brodeur's translation</span><sup id="cite_ref-voluspa.org1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voluspa.org1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>It is clear from this that Snorri was familiar with the role of Váli as Höðr's slayer, even though he does not relate that myth in the <i>Gylfaginning</i> prose. Some scholars have speculated that he found it distasteful, since Höðr is essentially innocent in his version of the story.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Poetic_Edda">The <i>Poetic Edda</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H%C3%B6%C3%B0r&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Poetic Edda"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Höðr is referred to several times in the <a href="/wiki/Poetic_Edda" title="Poetic Edda">Poetic Edda</a>, always in the context of Baldr's death. The following strophes are from <i><a href="/wiki/V%C3%B6lusp%C3%A1" title="Völuspá">Völuspá</a></i>. </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td> <dl><dd><i>Ek sá Baldri,</i></dd> <dd><i>blóðgom tívur,</i></dd> <dd><i>Óðins barni,</i></dd> <dd><i>ørlög fólgin:</i></dd> <dd><i>stóð um vaxinn</i></dd> <dd><i>völlum hærri</i></dd> <dd><i>mjór ok mjök fagr</i></dd> <dd><i>mistilteinn.</i></dd></dl> <dl><dd><i>Varð af þeim meiði,</i></dd> <dd><i>er mær sýndisk,</i></dd> <dd><i>harmflaug hættlig:</i></dd> <dd><i>Höðr nam skjóta.</i></dd> <dd><i>Baldrs bróðir var</i></dd> <dd><i>of borinn snemma,</i></dd> <dd><i>sá nam, Óðins sonr,</i></dd> <dd><i>einnættr vega.</i></dd></dl> <dl><dd><i>Þó hann æva hendr</i></dd> <dd><i>né höfuð kembði,</i></dd> <dd><i>áðr á bál um bar</i></dd> <dd><i>Baldrs andskota.</i></dd> <dd><i>En Frigg um grét</i></dd> <dd><i>í Fensölum</i></dd> <dd><i>vá Valhallar -</i></dd> <dd><i>vituð ér enn, eða hvat?</i></dd> <dd></dd> <dd>- Eysteinn Björnsson's edition<sup id="cite_ref-hi.is1_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hi.is1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td> <td> <dl><dd>I saw for Baldr,</dd> <dd>the bleeding god,</dd> <dd>The son of Othin,</dd> <dd>his destiny set:</dd> <dd>Famous and fair</dd> <dd>in the lofty fields,</dd> <dd>Full grown in strength</dd> <dd>the mistletoe stood.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>From the branch which seemed</dd> <dd>so slender and fair</dd> <dd>Came a harmful shaft</dd> <dd>that Hoth should hurl;</dd> <dd>But the brother of Baldr</dd> <dd>was born ere long,</dd> <dd>And one night old</dd> <dd>fought Othin's son.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>His hands he washed not,</dd> <dd>his hair he combed not,</dd> <dd>Till he bore to the bale-blaze</dd> <dd>Baldr's foe.</dd> <dd>But in <a href="/wiki/Fensalir" title="Fensalir">Fensalir</a></dd> <dd>did Frigg weep sore</dd> <dd>For <a href="/wiki/Valhalla" title="Valhalla">Valhall</a>'s need:</dd> <dd>would you know yet more?</dd> <dd></dd> <dd>- Bellows' translation<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td> <td> <dl><dd>I saw for Baldr—</dd> <dd>for the bloodstained sacrifice,</dd> <dd>Óðinn's child—</dd> <dd>the fates set hidden.</dd> <dd>There stood full-grown,</dd> <dd>higher than the plains,</dd> <dd>slender and most fair,</dd> <dd>the mistletoe.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>There formed from that stem</dd> <dd>which was slender-seeming,</dd> <dd>a shaft of anguish, perilous:</dd> <dd>Hǫðr started shooting.</dd> <dd>A brother of Baldr</dd> <dd>was born quickly:</dd> <dd>he started—Óðinn's son—</dd> <dd>slaying, at one night old.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>He never washed hands,</dd> <dd>never combed head,</dd> <dd>till he bore to the pyre</dd> <dd>Baldr's adversary—</dd> <dd>while Frigg wept</dd> <dd>in Fen Halls</dd> <dd>for Valhǫll's woe.</dd> <dd>Do you still seek to know? And what?</dd> <dd></dd> <dd>- <a href="/wiki/Ursula_Dronke" title="Ursula Dronke">Ursula Dronke</a>'s translation</dd></dl> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This account seems to fit well with the information in the Prose Edda, but here the role of Baldr's avenging brother is emphasized. </p><p>Baldr and Höðr are also mentioned in <i>Völuspá'</i>s description of the world after Ragnarök. </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <dl><dd><i>Munu ósánir</i></dd> <dd><i>akrar vaxa,</i></dd> <dd><i>böls mun alls batna,</i></dd> <dd><i>Baldr mun koma.</i></dd> <dd><i>Búa þeir Höðr ok Baldr</i></dd> <dd><i>Hropts sigtóptir</i></dd> <dd><i>vel, valtívar -</i></dd> <dd><i>vituð ér enn, eða hvat?</i> – Eysteinn Björnsson's edition<sup id="cite_ref-hi.is1_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hi.is1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <dl><dd>Unsown shall</dd> <dd>the fields bring forth,</dd> <dd>all evil be amended;</dd> <dd>Baldr shall come;</dd> <dd>Hödr and Baldr,</dd> <dd>the heavenly gods,</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Odin" title="Odin">Hropt</a>'s glorious dwellings shall inhabit.</dd> <dd>Understand ye yet, or what? – Thorpe's translation<sup id="cite_ref-google.com_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google.com-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The poem <i><a href="/wiki/Vaf%C3%BEr%C3%BA%C3%B0nism%C3%A1l" title="Vafþrúðnismál">Vafþrúðnismál</a></i> informs us that the gods who survive Ragnarök are <a href="/wiki/Vi%C3%B0arr" class="mw-redirect" title="Viðarr">Viðarr</a>, <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A1li_(son_of_Odin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Váli (son of Odin)">Váli</a>, <a href="/wiki/M%C3%B3%C3%B0i_and_Magni" title="Móði and Magni">Móði and Magni</a> with no mention of Höðr and Baldr. </p><p>The myth of Baldr's death is also referred to in another Eddic poem, <i><a href="/wiki/Baldrs_draumar" title="Baldrs draumar">Baldrs draumar</a></i>. </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <dl><dd><i>Óðinn kvað:</i></dd> <dd><i>"Þegj-at-tu, völva,</i></dd> <dd><i>þik vil ek fregna,</i></dd> <dd><i>unz alkunna,</i></dd> <dd><i>vil ek enn vita:</i></dd> <dd><i>Hverr mun Baldri</i></dd> <dd><i>at bana verða</i></dd> <dd><i>ok Óðins son</i></dd> <dd><i>aldri ræna?"</i></dd></dl> <dl><dd><i>Völva kvað:</i></dd> <dd><i>"Höðr berr hávan</i></dd> <dd><i>hróðrbaðm þinig,</i></dd> <dd><i>hann mun Baldri</i></dd> <dd><i>at bana verða</i></dd> <dd><i>ok Óðins son</i></dd> <dd><i>aldri ræna;</i></dd> <dd><i>nauðug sagðak,</i></dd> <dd><i>nú mun ek þegja."</i></dd></dl> <dl><dd><i>Óðinn kvað:</i></dd> <dd><i>"Þegj-at-tu, völva,</i></dd> <dd><i>þik vil ek fregna,</i></dd> <dd><i>unz alkunna,</i></dd> <dd><i>vil ek enn vita:</i></dd> <dd><i>Hverr mun heift Heði</i></dd> <dd><i>hefnt of vinna</i></dd> <dd><i>eða Baldrs bana</i></dd> <dd><i>á bál vega?"</i></dd></dl> <dl><dd><i>Völva kvað:</i></dd> <dd><i>Rindr berr Vála</i></dd> <dd><i>í vestrsölum,</i></dd> <dd><i>sá mun Óðins sonr</i></dd> <dd><i>einnættr vega:</i></dd> <dd><i>hönd of þvær</i></dd> <dd><i>né höfuð kembir,</i></dd> <dd><i>áðr á bál of berr</i></dd> <dd><i>Baldrs andskota;</i></dd> <dd><i>nauðug sagðak,</i></dd> <dd><i>nú mun ek þegja."</i> – Guðni Jónsson's edition<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <dl><dd>Vegtam</dd> <dd>"Be thou not silent, <a href="/wiki/V%C3%B6lva" class="mw-redirect" title="Völva">Vala</a>!</dd> <dd>I will question thee,</dd> <dd>until I know all.</dd> <dd>I will yet know</dd> <dd>who will Baldr's</dd> <dd>slayer be,</dd> <dd>and Odin's son</dd> <dd>of life bereave."</dd></dl> <dl><dd>Vala</dd> <dd>"Hödr will hither</dd> <dd>his glorious brother<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> send,</dd> <dd>he of Baldr will</dd> <dd>the slayer be,</dd> <dd>and Odin's son</dd> <dd>of life bereave.</dd> <dd>By compulsion I have spoken;</dd> <dd>I will now be silent."</dd></dl> <dl><dd>Vegtam</dd> <dd>"Be not silent, Vala!</dd> <dd>I will question thee,</dd> <dd>until I know all.</dd> <dd>I will yet know</dd> <dd>who on Hödr vengeance</dd> <dd>will inflict</dd> <dd>or Baldr's slayer</dd> <dd>raise on the pile."</dd></dl> <dl><dd>Vala</dd> <dd>"Rind a son shall bear,</dd> <dd>in the western halls:</dd> <dd>he shall slay Odin's son,</dd> <dd>when one night old.</dd> <dd>He a hand will not wash,</dd> <dd>nor his head comb,</dd> <dd>ere he to the pile has borne</dd> <dd>Baldr's adversary.</dd> <dd>By compulsion I have spoken;</dd> <dd>I will now be silent." – Thorpe's translation<sup id="cite_ref-google.com_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google.com-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Höðr is not mentioned again by name in the Eddas. He is, however, referred to in <i><a href="/wiki/V%C3%B6lusp%C3%A1_in_skamma" class="mw-redirect" title="Völuspá in skamma">Völuspá in skamma</a></i>. </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <dl><dd><i>Váru ellifu</i></dd> <dd><i>æsir talðir,</i></dd> <dd><i>Baldr er hné,</i></dd> <dd><i>við banaþúfu;</i></dd> <dd><i>þess lézk Váli</i></dd> <dd><i>verðr at hefna,</i></dd> <dd><i>síns of bróður</i></dd> <dd><i>sló hann handbana.</i> – Guðni Jónsson's edition<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td> <td style="padding: 1pt 10pt;"> <dl><dd>There were eleven</dd> <dd>Æsir reckoned,</dd> <dd>when Baldr on</dd> <dd>the pile was laid;</dd> <dd>him Vali showed himself</dd> <dd>worthy to avenge,</dd> <dd>his own brother:</dd> <dd>he the slayer slew. – Thorpe's translation<sup id="cite_ref-google.com_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google.com-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Skaldic_poetry">Skaldic poetry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H%C3%B6%C3%B0r&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Skaldic poetry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Höðr appears in both the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name of Höðr occurs several times in <a href="/wiki/Skaldic_poetry" class="mw-redirect" title="Skaldic poetry">skaldic poetry</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> as a part of warrior-<a href="/wiki/Kenning" title="Kenning">kennings</a>. Thus <i>Höðr brynju</i>, "Höðr of byrnie", is a warrior and so is <i>Höðr víga</i>, "Höðr of battle". Some scholars<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> have found the fact that the poets should want to compare warriors with Höðr to be incongruous with Snorri's description of him as a blind god, unable to harm anyone without assistance. It is possible that this indicates that some of the poets were familiar with other myths about Höðr than the one related in <i>Gylfaginning</i> – perhaps some where Höðr has a more active role. On the other hand, the names of many gods occur in kennings and the poets might not have been particular in using any god name as a part of a kenning.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gesta_Danorum"><i>Gesta Danorum</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H%C3%B6%C3%B0r&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gesta Danorum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hotherus_and_wood_maidens_by_Froelich.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Hotherus_and_wood_maidens_by_Froelich.jpg/300px-Hotherus_and_wood_maidens_by_Froelich.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Hotherus_and_wood_maidens_by_Froelich.jpg/450px-Hotherus_and_wood_maidens_by_Froelich.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Hotherus_and_wood_maidens_by_Froelich.jpg/600px-Hotherus_and_wood_maidens_by_Froelich.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1470" data-file-height="946" /></a><figcaption>In <a href="/wiki/Saxo_Grammaticus" title="Saxo Grammaticus">Saxo</a>'s version of the story Høtherus meets wood maidens who warn him that Balderus is a demi-god who can't be killed by normal means.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Gesta_Danorum" title="Gesta Danorum">Gesta Danorum</a></i>, Hotherus is a human hero of the Danish and Swedish royal lines. He is gifted in swimming, archery, fighting and music and Nanna, daughter of King <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gevarus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gevarus (page does not exist)">Gevarus</a> falls in love with him. But at the same time Balderus, son of Othinus, has caught sight of Nanna bathing and fallen violently in love with her. He resolves to slay Hotherus, his rival.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015142–145Book_3_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015142–145Book_3-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Out hunting, Hotherus is led astray by a mist and meets wood-maidens who control the fortunes of war. They warn him that Balderus has designs on Nanna but also tell him that he shouldn't attack him in battle since he is a demigod. Hotherus goes to consult with King Gevarus and asks him for his daughter. The king replies that he would gladly favour him but that Balderus has already made a like request and he does not want to incur his wrath.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015144–147Book_3_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015144–147Book_3-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gevarus tells Hotherus that Balderus is invincible but that he knows of one weapon which can defeat him, a sword kept by <a href="/wiki/Mimingus" class="mw-redirect" title="Mimingus">Mimingus</a>, the satyr of the woods. Mimingus also has another magical artifact, a bracelet that increases the wealth of its owner. Riding through a region of extraordinary cold in a carriage drawn by reindeer, Hotherus captures the satyr with a clever ruse and forces him to yield his artifacts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015146–149Book_3_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015146–149Book_3-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hearing about Hotherus's artifacts, Gelderus, king of Saxony, equips a fleet to attack him. Gevarus warns Hotherus of this and tells him where to meet Gelderus in battle. When the battle is joined, Hotherus and his men save their missiles while defending themselves against those of the enemy with a <a href="/wiki/Testudo_formation" title="Testudo formation">testudo formation</a>. With his missiles exhausted, Gelderus is forced to sue for peace. He is treated mercifully by Hotherus and becomes his ally. Hotherus then gains another ally with his eloquent oratory by helping King Helgo of <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A5logaland" title="Hålogaland">Hålogaland</a> win a bride.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015148–151Book_3_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015148–151Book_3-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, Balderus enters the country of King Gevarus armed and sues for Nanna. Gevarus tells him to learn Nanna's own mind. Balderus addresses her with cajoling words but is refused. Nanna tells him that because of the great difference in their nature and stature, since he is a demigod, they are not suitable for marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015150–151Book_3_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015150–151Book_3-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As news of Balderus's efforts reaches Hotherus, he and his allies resolve to attack Balderus. A great naval battle ensues where the gods fight on the side of Balderus. <a href="/wiki/Thor" title="Thor">Thoro</a> in particular shatters all opposition with his mighty club. When the battle seems lost, Hotherus manages to hew Thoro's club off at the haft and the gods are forced to retreat. Gelderus perishes in the battle and Hotherus arranges a funeral pyre of vessels for him. After this battle Hotherus finally marries Nanna.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015152–155Book_3_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015152–155Book_3-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balderus is not completely defeated and shortly afterwards returns to defeat Hotherus in the field. But Balderus's victory is without fruit for he is still without Nanna. Lovesick, he is harassed by phantoms in Nanna's likeness and his health deteriorates so that he cannot walk but has himself drawn around in a cart.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015154–155Book_3_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015154–155Book_3-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a while Hotherus and Balderus have their third battle and again Hotherus is forced to retreat. Weary of life because of his misfortunes, he plans to retire and wanders into the wilderness. In a cave he comes upon the same maidens he had met at the start of his career. Now they tell him that he can defeat Balderus if he gets a taste of some extraordinary food which had been devised to increase the strength of Balderus.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015158–159Book_3_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015158–159Book_3-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Encouraged by this, Hotherus returns from exile and once again meets Balderus in the field. After a day of inconclusive fighting, he goes out during the night to spy on the enemy. He finds where Balderus's magical food is prepared and plays the lyre for the maidens preparing it. While they don't want to give him the food, they bestow on him a belt and a girdle which secure victory.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015158–161Book_3_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015158–161Book_3-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Heading back to his camp, Hotherus meets Balderus and plunges his sword into his side. After three days, Balderus dies from his wound. Many years later, Bous, the son of Othinus and Rinda, avenges his brother by killing Hotherus in a duel.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015160–161Book_3_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriis-JensenFisher2015160–161Book_3-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gesta_Danorum_på_danskæ"><span id="Gesta_Danorum_p.C3.A5_dansk.C3.A6"></span><i>Gesta Danorum på danskæ</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H%C3%B6%C3%B0r&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gesta Danorum på danskæ"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Gesta_Danorum_p%C3%A5_dansk%C3%A6" title="Gesta Danorum på danskæ">Gesta Danorum på danskæ</a></i> is an <a href="/wiki/Old_Danish" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Danish">Old Danish</a> work based, in part on Saxo's <i>Gesta Danorum</i> and another Latin chronicle called the <i><a href="/wiki/Chronicon_Lethrense" title="Chronicon Lethrense">Chronicon Lethrense</a></i>. It contains a second, briefer <a href="/wiki/Euhemerism" title="Euhemerism">euhemerized</a> account of Höðr's slaying of Balder,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><i>Gesta Danorum på danskæ</i> (manuscript B 77)<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><i>Gesta Danorum på danskæ</i> (manuscript C 67)<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><i>Deeds of the Danes in Danish</i> (Peter Tunstall's translation)<sup id="cite_ref-Tunstall_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tunstall-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Sithæn warth Høthær konungh, Hodbrodæ ſøn, Hadding konungs døttær ſøn, for thy at han war næftæ arwæ. Han [war konung i Saxæland. Han drap i ſtrith Baldær, Othæns ſøn, oc æltæ Othæn oc Thor oc therræ kompanæ; the hafthæs for [af guthæ, æn tho the thœt æi woræ… Sithaen war han dræpæn af Both, thæns ſøn, i ſtrith. </td> <td>Sithen war Hothar konung, Hotbrodæ ſøn, Hadings konungs dothers ſøn, forthi han war neſt arffuæ. Han wan konung aff Saxaland [j ſtriidh. Han drap Baldar, Othæns ſøn, j ſtriidh och ælthæ Othen, Thor och therræ companæ, ther haffthes foræ guthæ och tho æy waræ. [Han fik Swerike effther ſin brothers døth. Sithen war han dræpen aff Both, Othens ſøn, j ſtriidh. </td> <td>Then <a href="/wiki/Hothbrodd" title="Hothbrodd">Hodbrod</a>'s son Hother was king, the son of <a href="/wiki/Hadding" class="mw-redirect" title="Hadding">Hadding</a>'s daughter, since he was the nearest heir. He was king of <a href="/wiki/Saxons" title="Saxons">Saxland</a>. He killed Othen's son, Balder, in battle, and pursued Othen and Thor and their companions. They were seen as gods, even though they weren't. Later he was killed in battle by Othen's son Both. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>After this, Hother's son <a href="/wiki/Hr%C5%93rekr_Ringslinger" title="Hrœrekr Ringslinger">Rorik Slengeborre</a>, aka Rake, became king.<sup id="cite_ref-Tunstall_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tunstall-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rydberg's_theories"><span id="Rydberg.27s_theories"></span>Rydberg's theories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H%C3%B6%C3%B0r&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Rydberg's theories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the Swedish mythologist and romantic poet <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Rydberg" title="Viktor Rydberg">Viktor Rydberg</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the story of Baldr's death was taken from <i><a href="/wiki/H%C3%BAsdr%C3%A1pa" title="Húsdrápa">Húsdrápa</a></i>, a poem composed by <a href="/wiki/Ulfr_Uggason" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulfr Uggason">Ulfr Uggason</a> around 990 AD at a feast thrown by the Icelandic Chief <a href="/wiki/Olaf_the_Peacock" title="Olaf the Peacock">Óláfr Höskuldsson</a> to celebrate the finished construction of his new home, Hjarðarholt, the walls of which were filled with symbolic representations of the Baldr myth among others. Rydberg suggested that Höðr was depicted with eyes closed and Loki guiding his aim to indicate that Loki was the true cause of Baldr's death and Höðr was only his "blind tool." Rydberg theorized that the author of the <i>Gylfaginning</i> then mistook the description of the symbolic artwork in the Húsdrápa as the actual tale of Baldr's death. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H%C3%B6%C3%B0r&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The name <i>Höðr</i> is thought to be related to <i>höð</i>, "battle", and mean something like "killer". This would seem to fit with the god's mythological role. In the standardized Old Norse orthography the name is spelled <i>Hǫðr</i> but the letter <span class="nowrap">⟨ǫ⟩</span> is frequently replaced with the Modern Icelandic <span class="nowrap">⟨ö⟩</span> for reasons of familiarity or technical expediency. The name can be <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse_orthography" title="Old Norse orthography">represented in English texts</a> as <i>Hod</i>, <i>Hoder</i>, <i>Hodur</i>, <i>Hodr</i>, <i>Hödr</i>, <i>Höd</i> or <i>Hoth</i> or less commonly as <i>Hödur</i>, <i>Hödhr</i>, <i>Höder</i>, <i>Hothr</i>, <i>Hodhr</i>, <i>Hodh</i>, <i>Hother</i>, <i>Höthr</i>, <i>Höth</i> or <i>Hödh</i>. In the reconstructed pronunciation of <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Norse language">Old Norse</a> <i>Hǫðr</i> is pronounced <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="non-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">[ˈhɔðr]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-2" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/f\/ff\/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r_%28RP%29.ogg\/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r_%28RP%29.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"H\u00f6\u00f0r (RP).ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r_%28RP%29.ogg/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r_%28RP%29.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:H%C3%B6%C3%B0r_(RP).ogg" title="File:Höðr (RP).ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>, while the Icelandic pronunciation is <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="is-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Icelandic" title="Help:IPA/Icelandic">[ˈhœːðʏr̥]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-3" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/5\/55\/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r_%28IP%29.ogg\/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r_%28IP%29.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"H\u00f6\u00f0r (IP).ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/55/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r_%28IP%29.ogg/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r_%28IP%29.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:H%C3%B6%C3%B0r_(IP).ogg" title="File:Höðr (IP).ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>, corresponding to the Icelandic spelling <i>Höður</i>. The various anglicizations are pronounced in an ad hoc fashion according to the taste and dialect of the speaker.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The quoted translation renders the word <i>hróðrbaðm</i> as 'glorious brother', but most translations do not explicitly refer to a sibling relationship between Baldr and Hödr. The 1936 translation by Henry Adams Bellows renders <i>hróðrbaðm</i> as 'far-famed branch', the 2020 translation by Eiður Eyþórsson renders it as 'famous tree', and the 2023 translation by Edward Pettit renders it as 'glory-tree'.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=H%C3%B6%C3%B0r&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Saxo Grammaticus, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://norse.ulver.com/src/other/saxo/03.html">Gesta Danorum</a></i>, book 1, ch. 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-D'AulaireD'Aulaire2005-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-D'AulaireD'Aulaire2005_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFIngri_D'AulaireEdgar_Parin_D'Aulaire2005" class="citation book cs1">Ingri D'Aulaire; Edgar Parin D'Aulaire (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TzMqpL66DDYC&q=Hod&pg=PA131"><i>D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths</i></a>. New York Review of Books. p. 131. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59017-125-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59017-125-7"><bdi>978-1-59017-125-7</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230706104924/https://books.google.com/books?id=TzMqpL66DDYC&q=Hod&pg=PA131">Archived</a> from the original on 6 July 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Beli_(j%C3%B6tunn)" title="Beli (jötunn)">Beli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bergelmir" title="Bergelmir">Bergelmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bestla" title="Bestla">Bestla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%B6l%C3%BEorn" title="Bölþorn">Bölþorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%BDleistr" title="Býleistr">Býleistr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egg%C3%BE%C3%A9r" title="Eggþér">Eggþér</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A1rbauti" title="Fárbauti">Fárbauti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fj%C3%B6lvar" title="Fjölvar">Fjölvar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fornj%C3%B3t" title="Fornjót">Fornjót</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangr" title="Gangr">Gangr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geirr%C3%B6%C3%B0r" title="Geirröðr">Geirröðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillingr" title="Gillingr">Gillingr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gj%C3%A1lp_and_Greip" title="Gjálp and Greip">Gjálp and Greip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%AD%C3%B0r" title="Gríðr">Gríðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunnl%C3%B6%C3%B0" title="Gunnlöð">Gunnlöð</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gymir_(father_of_Ger%C3%B0r)" title="Gymir (father of Gerðr)">Gymir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Har%C3%B0greipr" title="Harðgreipr">Harðgreipr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helblindi" title="Helblindi">Helblindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helreginn" title="Helreginn">Helreginn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hljod" title="Hljod">Hljod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hr%C3%A6svelgr" title="Hræsvelgr">Hræsvelgr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hr%C3%ADmger%C3%B0r" title="Hrímgerðr">Hrímgerðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hr%C3%ADmgr%C3%ADmnir" title="Hrímgrímnir">Hrímgrímnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hr%C3%ADmnir" title="Hrímnir">Hrímnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hro%C3%B0r" title="Hroðr">Hroðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrungnir" title="Hrungnir">Hrungnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrymr" title="Hrymr">Hrymr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hymir" title="Hymir">Hymir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyrrokkin" title="Hyrrokkin">Hyrrokkin</a></li> <li><a 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title="Andvari">Andvari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austri,_Vestri,_Nor%C3%B0ri_and_Su%C3%B0ri" title="Austri, Vestri, Norðri and Suðri">Austri, Vestri, Norðri and Suðri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billingr" title="Billingr">Billingr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1inn_(Norse_dwarf)" title="Dáinn (Norse dwarf)">Dáinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durinn" title="Durinn">Durinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BArnir" title="Dúrnir">Dúrnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dvalinn" title="Dvalinn">Dvalinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A1fnir" title="Fáfnir">Fáfnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fjalar_and_Galar" title="Fjalar and Galar">Fjalar and Galar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandalf_(mythology)" title="Gandalf (mythology)">Gandalf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrei%C3%B0marr" title="Hreiðmarr">Hreiðmarr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litr" title="Litr">Litr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%B3tsognir" title="Mótsognir">Mótsognir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%93tr" title="Ótr">Ótr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regin" title="Regin">Regin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sons_of_Ivaldi" title="Sons of Ivaldi">Sons of Ivaldi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brokkr" title="Brokkr">Brokkr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eitri" title="Eitri">Eitri</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Germanic_heroic_legend" title="Germanic heroic legend">Heroes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend" title="Lists of figures in Germanic heroic legend">List of figures in Germanic heroic legend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_A" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, A"> A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_B%E2%80%93C" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, B–C"> B–C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_D%E2%80%93E" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, D–E"> D–E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_F%E2%80%93G" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, F–G"> F–G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_H%E2%80%93He" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, H–He"> H–He</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_Hi%E2%80%93Hy" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, Hi–Hy"> Hi–Hy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_I%E2%80%93O" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, I–O"> I–O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_P%E2%80%93S" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, P–S"> P–S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_figures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend,_T%E2%80%93Y" title="List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, T–Y"> T–Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people,_clan,_and_place_names_in_Germanic_heroic_legend" title="List of people, clan, and place names in Germanic heroic legend">people, clan, and place names in Germanic heroic legend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_named_animals_and_plants_in_Germanic_heroic_legend" title="List of named animals and plants in Germanic heroic legend">named animals and plants </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_named_weapons,_armour_and_treasures_in_Germanic_heroic_legend" title="List of named weapons, armour and treasures in Germanic heroic legend">named weapons, armour and treasures</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ask_and_Embla" title="Ask and Embla">Ask and Embla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Au%C3%B0r_(mythology)" title="Auðr (mythology)">Auðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Au%C3%B0umbla" title="Auðumbla">Auðumbla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurvandill" title="Aurvandill">Aurvandill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beyla" title="Beyla">Beyla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borr" title="Borr">Borr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%BAri" title="Búri">Búri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byggvir" title="Byggvir">Byggvir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%ADs" title="Dís">Dísir</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Landd%C3%ADsir" title="Landdísir">Landdísir</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germanic_dragon" title="Germanic dragon">Dragons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draugs" class="mw-redirect" title="Draugs">Draugs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Einherjar" title="Einherjar">Einherjar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldir" title="Eldir">Eldir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elf" title="Elf">Elves</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B6kk%C3%A1lfar_and_Lj%C3%B3s%C3%A1lfar" title="Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar">Dark elves (Dökkálfar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B6kk%C3%A1lfar_and_Lj%C3%B3s%C3%A1lfar" title="Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar">Light elves (Ljósálfar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svart%C3%A1lfar" title="Svartálfar">Black elves (Svartálfar)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fimafeng" title="Fimafeng">Fimafeng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fjalar_(rooster)" title="Fjalar (rooster)">Fjalar (rooster)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenrir" title="Fenrir">Fenrir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fj%C3%B6rgyn_and_Fj%C3%B6rgynn" title="Fjörgyn and Fjörgynn">Fjörgyn and Fjörgynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fylgja" title="Fylgja">Fylgja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garmr" title="Garmr">Garmr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gullinbursti" title="Gullinbursti">Gullinbursti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hati_Hr%C3%B3%C3%B0vitnisson" title="Hati Hróðvitnisson">Hati Hróðvitnisson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hel_(mythological_being)" title="Hel (mythological being)">Hel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hildisv%C3%ADni" class="mw-redirect" title="Hildisvíni">Hildisvíni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hj%C3%BAki_and_Bil" title="Hjúki and Bil">Hjúki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horses_of_the_%C3%86sir" title="Horses of the Æsir">Horses of the Æsir</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%81rvakr_and_Alsvi%C3%B0r" title="Árvakr and Alsviðr">Árvakr and Alsviðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bl%C3%B3%C3%B0ugh%C3%B3fi" title="Blóðughófi">Blóðughófi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falh%C3%B3fnir" title="Falhófnir">Falhófnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%ADsl" class="mw-redirect" title="Gísl">Gísl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gla%C3%B0r" title="Glaðr">Glaðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gl%C3%A6r" title="Glær">Glær</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenr" title="Glenr">Glenr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grani" title="Grani">Grani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gullfaxi" title="Gullfaxi">Gullfaxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulltoppr" title="Gulltoppr">Gulltoppr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyllir" title="Gyllir">Gyllir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamskerpir_and_Gar%C3%B0rofa" title="Hamskerpir and Garðrofa">Hamskerpir and Garðrofa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gn%C3%A1_and_H%C3%B3fvarpnir" title="Gná and Hófvarpnir">Hófvarpnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skinfaxi_and_Hr%C3%ADmfaxi" title="Skinfaxi and Hrímfaxi">Skinfaxi and Hrímfaxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleipnir" title="Sleipnir">Sleipnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sva%C3%B0ilfari" title="Svaðilfari">Svaðilfari</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6r%C3%B0" title="Jörð">Jörð</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6rmungandr" title="Jörmungandr">Jörmungandr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%ADf_and_L%C3%ADfthrasir" class="mw-redirect" title="Líf and Lífthrasir">Líf and Lífthrasir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loddf%C3%A1fnir" title="Loddfáfnir">Loddfáfnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%B3%C3%B0gu%C3%B0r" title="Móðguðr">Móðguðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Daughters_of_%C3%86gir_and_R%C3%A1n" title="Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán">Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Mothers_of_Heimdallr" title="Nine Mothers of Heimdallr">Nine Mothers of Heimdallr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narfi_(son_of_Loki)" title="Narfi (son of Loki)">Narfi (son of Loki)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%AD%C3%B0h%C3%B6ggr" title="Níðhöggr">Níðhöggr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norns" title="Norns">Norns</a></li> <li>Personifications <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dagr" title="Dagr">Dagr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elli" title="Elli">Elli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%B3tt" title="Nótt">Nótt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumarr_and_Vetr" title="Sumarr and Vetr">Sumarr and Vetr</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A6hr%C3%ADmnir" title="Sæhrímnir">Sæhrímnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sk%C3%ADrnir" title="Skírnir">Skírnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sk%C3%B6ll" title="Sköll">Sköll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shield-maiden" title="Shield-maiden">Shield-maiden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanngrisnir_and_Tanngnj%C3%B3str" title="Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr">Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troll" title="Troll">Troll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Ej%C3%A1lfi_and_R%C3%B6skva" title="Þjálfi and Röskva">Þjálfi and Röskva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A6ttir" class="mw-redirect" title="Vættir">Vættir</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Landv%C3%A6ttir" title="Landvættir">Landvættir</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A1li_(son_of_Loki)" title="Váli (son of Loki)">Váli (son of Loki)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valkyrie" title="Valkyrie">Valkyries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayland_the_Smith" title="Wayland the Smith">Völundr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%B6r%C3%B0r" title="Vörðr">Vörðr</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Locations_in_Norse_mythology" title="Category:Locations in Norse mythology">Locations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Underworld</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hel_(location)" title="Hel (location)">Hel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89lj%C3%BA%C3%B0nir" title="Éljúðnir">Éljúðnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gjallarbr%C3%BA" title="Gjallarbrú">Gjallarbrú</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%A1str%C3%B6nd" title="Náströnd">Náströnd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niflhel" title="Niflhel">Niflhel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni%C3%B0afj%C3%B6ll" title="Niðafjöll">Niðafjöll</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89liv%C3%A1gar" title="Élivágar">Élivágar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gj%C3%B6ll" title="Gjöll">Gjöll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%8Dfingr" title="Ífingr">Ífingr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerlaugar" title="Kerlaugar">Kerlaugar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6rmt_and_%C3%96rmt" title="Körmt and Örmt">Körmt and Örmt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slidr_River" title="Slidr River">Slidr River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadgelmir" title="Vadgelmir">Vadgelmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vimur_River" title="Vimur River">Vimur River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Other locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asgard" title="Asgard">Asgard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amsvartnir" title="Amsvartnir">Amsvartnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andlang" title="Andlang">Andlang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barri" title="Barri">Barri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bifr%C3%B6st" title="Bifröst">Bifröst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilskirnir" title="Bilskirnir">Bilskirnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%A1vellir" title="Brávellir">Brávellir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brimir" title="Brimir">Brimir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fensalir" title="Fensalir">Fensalir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%B3lkvangr" title="Fólkvangr">Fólkvangr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signhildsberg" title="Signhildsberg">Fornsigtuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fyrisvellir" title="Fyrisvellir">Fyrisvellir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A1lgvi%C3%B0r" title="Gálgviðr">Gálgviðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandvik" title="Gandvik">Gandvik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gastropnir" title="Gastropnir">Gastropnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giml%C3%A9" title="Gimlé">Gimlé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ginnungagap" title="Ginnungagap">Ginnungagap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gla%C3%B0sheimr" title="Glaðsheimr">Glaðsheimr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gl%C3%A6sisvellir" title="Glæsisvellir">Glæsisvellir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glitnir" class="mw-redirect" title="Glitnir">Glitnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnipahellir" title="Gnipahellir">Gnipahellir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grove_of_fetters" class="mw-redirect" title="Grove of fetters">Grove of fetters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hei%C3%B0r" title="Heiðr">Heiðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himinbj%C3%B6rg" title="Himinbjörg">Himinbjörg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindarfjall" title="Hindarfjall">Hindarfjall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hlidskjalf" title="Hlidskjalf">Hlidskjalf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hnitbjorg" title="Hnitbjorg">Hnitbjorg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoddm%C3%ADmis_holt" title="Hoddmímis holt">Hoddmímis holt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%C3%B0av%C3%B6llr" title="Iðavöllr">Iðavöllr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1rnvi%C3%B0r" title="Járnviðr">Járnviðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6tunheimr" title="Jötunheimr">Jötunheimr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%ADmamei%C3%B0r" title="Mímameiðr">Mímameiðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrkvi%C3%B0r" title="Myrkviðr">Myrkviðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munarv%C3%A1gr" title="Munarvágr">Munarvágr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%B3at%C3%BAn_(mythology)" title="Nóatún (mythology)">Nóatún</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okolnir" title="Okolnir">Okolnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sessr%C3%BAmnir" title="Sessrúmnir">Sessrúmnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindri_(mythology)" title="Sindri (mythology)">Sindri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singasteinn" title="Singasteinn">Singasteinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Er%C3%BA%C3%B0heimr" title="Þrúðheimr">Þrúðheimr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Er%C3%BA%C3%B0vangr" title="Þrúðvangr">Þrúðvangr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Erymheimr" title="Þrymheimr">Þrymheimr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamla_Uppsala" title="Gamla Uppsala">Uppsala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Atgar%C3%B0ar" title="Útgarðar">Útgarðar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valaskj%C3%A1lf" title="Valaskjálf">Valaskjálf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valhalla" title="Valhalla">Valhalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanaheimr" title="Vanaheimr">Vanaheimr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%AD%C3%B0bl%C3%A1inn" title="Víðbláinn">Víðbláinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADgr%C3%AD%C3%B0r" title="Vígríðr">Vígríðr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ving%C3%B3lf" title="Vingólf">Vingólf</a></li> <li>Wells <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hvergelmir" title="Hvergelmir">Hvergelmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%ADmisbrunnr" title="Mímisbrunnr">Mímisbrunnr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ur%C3%B0arbrunnr" title="Urðarbrunnr">Urðarbrunnr</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Ddalir" title="Ýdalir">Ýdalir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yggdrasil" title="Yggdrasil">Yggdrasil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Events_in_Norse_mythology" title="Category:Events in Norse mythology">Events</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%86sir%E2%80%93Vanir_War" title="Æsir–Vanir War">Æsir–Vanir War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fimbulwinter" title="Fimbulwinter">Fimbulvetr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%B3%C3%B0i%27s_Peace" title="Fróði's Peace">Fróði's Peace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hja%C3%B0ningav%C3%ADg" title="Hjaðningavíg">Hjaðningavíg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k" title="Ragnarök">Ragnarök</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Sources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Gesta_Danorum" title="Gesta Danorum">Gesta Danorum</a></i></span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Edda" title="Edda">Edda</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Poetic_Edda" title="Poetic Edda">Poetic Edda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prose_Edda" title="Prose Edda">Prose Edda</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runestone" title="Runestone">Runestones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saga" title="Saga">Sagas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3msv%C3%ADkinga_saga" title="Jómsvíkinga saga">Jómsvíkinga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legendary_saga" title="Legendary saga">Legendary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrfing_Cycle" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyrfing Cycle">Tyrfing Cycle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%B6lsung_Cycle" title="Völsung Cycle">Völsung Cycle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Old Norse language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Norse_orthography" title="Old Norse orthography">Orthography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norse_mythology_in_popular_culture" title="Norse mythology in popular culture">Later influence</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Religious practice</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthropomorphic_wooden_cult_figurines_of_Central_and_Northern_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthropomorphic wooden cult figurines of Central and Northern Europe">Anthropomorphic wooden cult figurines of Central and Northern Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bl%C3%B3t" title="Blót">Blót</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathen_hof" title="Heathen hof">Hof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heitstrenging" title="Heitstrenging">Heitstrenging</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horses_in_Germanic_paganism" title="Horses in Germanic paganism">Horses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B6rgr" title="Hörgr">Hörgr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norse_rituals" title="Norse rituals">Worship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%96ndvegiss%C3%BAlur" title="Öndvegissúlur">Öndvegissúlur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginnaglar" title="Reginnaglar">Reginnaglar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_trees_and_groves_in_Germanic_paganism_and_mythology" title="Sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology">Sacred trees and groves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonarg%C3%B6ltr" title="Sonargöltr">Sonargöltr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_at_Uppsala" title="Temple at Uppsala">Temple at Uppsala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Vé">Vé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wetlands_and_islands_in_Germanic_paganism" title="Wetlands and islands in Germanic paganism">Wetlands and islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#d6dbbe;;width:1%">Festivals and holy periods</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%81lfabl%C3%B3t" title="Álfablót">Álfablót</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%ADsabl%C3%B3t" title="Dísablót">Dísablót</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germanic_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Germanic calendar">Germanic calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Eorrabl%C3%B3t" title="Þorrablót">Þorrablót</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vetrn%C3%A6tr" class="mw-redirect" title="Vetrnætr">Vetrnætr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule" title="Yule">Yule</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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