Hodr
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Hodr is a blind god in Norse mythology, best known for being tricked into killing his brother Baldr.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3596029 — 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: Hodr Context triple: [Aesir, member, Hodr]
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A.
Njord
Njord is a Norse god associated primarily with the sea, seafaring, wind, and wealth, especially revered by sailors and fishermen.
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B.
Surtr
Surtr is a fire giant and ruler of Muspelheim in Norse mythology, prophesied to lead the forces of fire at Ragnarök and bring about the world's destruction.
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C.
Hymir
Hymir is a giant from Norse mythology best known for his role in the myth of Thor’s fishing trip to catch the Midgard Serpent.
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D.
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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E.
Ullr
Ullr is a Norse god associated with skiing, archery, and winter, often regarded as a skilled hunter and warrior.
- 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: Hodr Target entity description: Hodr is a blind god in Norse mythology, best known for being tricked into killing his brother Baldr.
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A.
Njord
Njord is a Norse god associated primarily with the sea, seafaring, wind, and wealth, especially revered by sailors and fishermen.
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B.
Surtr
Surtr is a fire giant and ruler of Muspelheim in Norse mythology, prophesied to lead the forces of fire at Ragnarök and bring about the world's destruction.
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C.
Hymir
Hymir is a giant from Norse mythology best known for his role in the myth of Thor’s fishing trip to catch the Midgard Serpent.
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D.
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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E.
Ullr
Ullr is a Norse god associated with skiing, archery, and winter, often regarded as a skilled hunter and warrior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norse god
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | death of Baldr ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
fate
ⓘ
innocent guilt ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | Aesir ⓘ |
| causeOfAction | deception by Loki ⓘ |
| culture |
Germanic mythology
ⓘ
Norse mythology ⓘ |
| eschatologicalRole | returns after Ragnarok ⓘ |
| eyeCondition | blind ⓘ |
| fate | killed by Vali ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
tragic
ⓘ
unwitting ⓘ |
| hasBrother |
Baldr
ⓘ
Hermod ⓘ
linked to:
Hermóðr
Thor ⓘ |
| hasEnemy |
Loki
ⓘ
Vali ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Frigg
ⓘ
Odin ⓘ |
| hasSiblingRelationship |
brother of Baldr
ⓘ
son of Odin and Frigg ⓘ |
| killed | Baldr ⓘ |
| killedBy | Vali ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Old Norse
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Norse language
|
| mentionedIn |
Gylfaginning
ⓘ
Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ Skaldskaparmal ⓘ
linked to:
Skáldskaparmál
|
| mythologicalCycle | Baldr myth ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | possibly "warrior" or "battle" ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Hoder
ⓘ
linked to:
Hodr
Hodur ⓘ
linked to:
Hodr
Höðr ⓘ |
| pantheon |
Norse pantheon
ⓘ
linked to:
Aesir
|
| postRagnarokRole | dwells in new world with surviving gods ⓘ |
| realm | Asgard ⓘ |
| reasonForDeath | vengeance for Baldr ⓘ |
| religion |
Old Norse religion
ⓘ
linked to:
Germanic mythology
|
| residence | Asgard ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | unwitting slayer of Baldr ⓘ |
| wasTrickedBy | Loki ⓘ |
| weaponUsed | 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: Hodr Description of subject: Hodr is a blind god in Norse mythology, best known for being tricked into killing his brother Baldr.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hodr
linked to: Hodr
linked to: Hodr
linked to: Hodr
linked to: Hodr