Höðr
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Höðr is a blind god in Norse mythology best known for being tricked into killing his brother Baldr, an act that sets in motion events leading to Ragnarök.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Höðr canonical | 8 |
| Höðr (after return from Hel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2282828 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Höðr Context triple: [Odin, fatherOf, Höðr]
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A.
Víðarr
Víðarr is a silent Norse god associated with vengeance and strength, prophesied to avenge Odin by slaying the wolf Fenrir at Ragnarök.
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B.
Freyr
Freyr is a major Norse god associated with fertility, prosperity, sunshine, and fair weather, often revered as a bringer of peace and good harvests.
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C.
Baldr
Baldr is a radiant and beloved Norse god associated with light, purity, and beauty, whose death is a central and tragic event in Norse mythology.
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D.
Draupnir
Draupnir is a magical gold ring in Norse mythology, forged by dwarves, that multiplies itself by producing eight new rings every ninth night.
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E.
Bragi
Bragi is the Norse god of poetry, eloquence, and song, renowned for his wisdom and skill with words.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Höðr Target entity description: Höðr is a blind god in Norse mythology best known for being tricked into killing his brother Baldr, an act that sets in motion events leading to Ragnarök.
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A.
Víðarr
Víðarr is a silent Norse god associated with vengeance and strength, prophesied to avenge Odin by slaying the wolf Fenrir at Ragnarök.
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B.
Freyr
Freyr is a major Norse god associated with fertility, prosperity, sunshine, and fair weather, often revered as a bringer of peace and good harvests.
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C.
Baldr
Baldr is a radiant and beloved Norse god associated with light, purity, and beauty, whose death is a central and tragic event in Norse mythology.
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D.
Draupnir
Draupnir is a magical gold ring in Norse mythology, forged by dwarves, that multiplies itself by producing eight new rings every ninth night.
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E.
Bragi
Bragi is the Norse god of poetry, eloquence, and song, renowned for his wisdom and skill with words.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norse god
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Gylfaginning
ⓘ
Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ
surface form:
Skáldskaparmál
|
| associatedWith |
darkness
ⓘ
fate ⓘ misfortune ⓘ |
| causeOf | Baldr's death ⓘ |
| characteristic | blind ⓘ |
| consequenceOfAction | events leading to Ragnarök ⓘ |
| culture | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| deathCause | slain in vengeance for Baldr ⓘ |
| etymology | possibly related to Old Norse word for "warrior" or "battle" ⓘ |
| event | Baldr's death ⓘ |
| father | Odin ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| instigatorOfAction | Loki ⓘ |
| killedBy | Váli ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being tricked by Loki
ⓘ
killing Baldr ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Old Norse ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Baldrs draumar ⓘ |
| moralInterpretation | example of innocence misled by deceit ⓘ |
| mother | Frigg ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | Baldr cycle ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Hodr
ⓘ
Hodr ⓘ
surface form:
Hodur
Hödur ⓘ |
| opposedBy | the other Æsir after Baldr's death ⓘ |
| pantheon |
Aesir
ⓘ
surface form:
Æsir
|
| relatedEvent |
Ragnarok
ⓘ
surface form:
Ragnarök
|
| residence | Asgard ⓘ |
| roleInMythology | tragic figure manipulated into fratricide ⓘ |
| sibling |
Baldr
ⓘ
Bragi ⓘ Heimdall ⓘ
surface form:
Heimdallr
Hermóðr ⓘ Höðr's unnamed brothers ⓘ Thor ⓘ Týr ⓘ Váli ⓘ Víðarr ⓘ |
| statusAfterRagnarök | uncertain in surviving sources ⓘ |
| weaponUsed |
mistletoe dart
ⓘ
mistletoe spear ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Höðr Description of subject: Höðr is a blind god in Norse mythology best known for being tricked into killing his brother Baldr, an act that sets in motion events leading to Ragnarök.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Höðr (after return from Hel)