Hödur
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Hödur is a blind god from Norse mythology, best known for being tricked into killing his brother Baldr.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hödur canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10913333 — 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: Hödur Context triple: [Höðr, nameVariant, Hödur]
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A.
Hnitbjörg
Hnitbjörg is the mythic mountain in Norse mythology where the giantess Gunnlöð guarded the precious mead of poetry.
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B.
Lífþrasir
Lífþrasir is a human figure in Norse mythology who, alongside Líf, is foretold to repopulate the world after the cataclysmic events of Ragnarök.
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C.
Brísingamen
Brísingamen is the famed, magical necklace of the Norse goddess Freyja, often associated with beauty, desire, and divine power in Norse mythology.
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D.
Erlingr
Erlingr is a variant form of the Scandinavian given name Erling, traditionally associated with Norse and Germanic origins.
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E.
Huldu
Huldu was a Nabataean queen consort, known primarily as the wife of King Aretas IV who ruled the Nabataean Kingdom in the early 1st century BCE/CE.
- 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: Hödur Target entity description: Hödur is a blind god from Norse mythology, best known for being tricked into killing his brother Baldr.
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A.
Hnitbjörg
Hnitbjörg is the mythic mountain in Norse mythology where the giantess Gunnlöð guarded the precious mead of poetry.
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B.
Lífþrasir
Lífþrasir is a human figure in Norse mythology who, alongside Líf, is foretold to repopulate the world after the cataclysmic events of Ragnarök.
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C.
Brísingamen
Brísingamen is the famed, magical necklace of the Norse goddess Freyja, often associated with beauty, desire, and divine power in Norse mythology.
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D.
Erlingr
Erlingr is a variant form of the Scandinavian given name Erling, traditionally associated with Norse and Germanic origins.
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E.
Huldu
Huldu was a Nabataean queen consort, known primarily as the wife of King Aretas IV who ruled the Nabataean Kingdom in the early 1st century BCE/CE.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norse god
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | death of Baldr ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
deception by Loki
ⓘ
fate ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| avengedBy | Váli ⓘ |
| category |
Blind gods
ⓘ
Norse gods ⓘ
linked to:
Norse mythology
Norse mythology characters ⓘ |
| causeOfDeathOf | Baldr ⓘ |
| cosmologicalContext | Æsir–Vanir world of Norse cosmology ⓘ |
| culture | Norse ⓘ |
| deathReason | vengeance for Baldr ⓘ |
| eschatologicalRole | returns after Ragnarök ⓘ |
| eyeCondition | blind ⓘ |
| father | Odin ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| guidedBy | Loki during the throwing of mistletoe ⓘ |
| killedBy | Váli ⓘ |
| knownFor | killing Baldr ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Old Norse
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Norse language
|
| manipulatedBy | Loki ⓘ |
| mother | Frigg ⓘ |
| mythology | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| nameMeaningHypothesis | possibly related to Old Norse word for "warrior" or "battle" ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Hodr
ⓘ
Hodur ⓘ
linked to:
Hodr
Höðr ⓘ |
| pantheon |
Æsir
ⓘ
linked to:
Aesir
|
| parentOfKiller | Odin ⓘ |
| participatesIn | games of the gods throwing weapons at Baldr ⓘ |
| postRagnarökCompanion | Baldr ⓘ |
| postRagnarökStatus | survivor of Ragnarök ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | unwitting slayer of Baldr ⓘ |
| sibling |
Baldr
ⓘ
Hermóðr ⓘ other sons of Odin ⓘ |
| textualSource |
Gylfaginning
ⓘ
Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ Skáldskaparmál ⓘ |
| trickedInto | killing Baldr with mistletoe ⓘ |
| unableToSeeTarget | Baldr ⓘ |
| 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: Hödur Description of subject: Hödur is a blind god from Norse mythology, best known for being tricked into killing his brother Baldr.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.