Baldr

thumb|right|"Each arrow overshot his head" (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith. Baldr (Old Norse also Balder, Baldur) is a god in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, he is a son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg, and has numerous brothers, such as Thor and Váli. In wider Germanic mythology, the god was known in Old English as ', and in Old High German as ', all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym ('hero' or 'prince').

thumb|Höðr fatally shoots Baldr, his hand guided by [[Loki; illustration by George Wright (1908)]] Höðr ( , Latin Hotherus; often anglicized as Hod, Hoder, or Hodur) is a god in Norse mythology. The blind son of Odin, he is tricked and guided by Loki into shooting a mistletoe arrow that kills the otherwise invulnerable Baldr.

thumb|upright|Forseti, 1680thumb|Forseti Seated in Judgment (1881) by Carl Emil Doepler

thumb|An illustration of the Norse god Váli, from a late 17th century Icelandic manuscript

Norse deity

In Norse mythology, Meili (Old Norse: ) is a god, son of Odin and Jörð, and brother of the god Thor. Meili is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In the nafnaþulur, a section at the end of the Prose Edda that may be later, he is named as a son of the god Odin. No additional information is provided about Meili in either source.

Eddic poem

right|thumb|300px|Thor Kicks Litr onto Baldr's Burning Ship, illustration by Emil Doepler (ca. 1905). In Norse mythology, Hringhorni (Old Norse "ship with a circle on the stem") is the name of the ship of the god Baldr, described as the "greatest of all ships".

thumb|Þökk in an illustration from the 17th-century Icelandic manuscript AM 738 4to, the so-called Langa Edda or Edda Oblongata. Þökk (also Thökk) (Old Norse / Icelandic "Thanks") is a jötunn in Norse mythology, presumed to be Loki in disguise, who refuses to weep for the slain Baldr, thus forcing Baldr to stay in Hel.

fictional character in Marvel Comics

2008 video game

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