Also known as
Hodur, in
Norse mythology,
Hod was the god of darkness and winter, the blind brother of
Baldur. It was Hod who threw the mistletoe (guided by
Loki) which was to slay the otherwise invulnerable Baldur. For this crime,
Odin and
Rind gave birth to
Vali specifically so he could kill Hod.
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