The story of Hǫðr is quite sad and tragic. He is one of the Æsir gods, being one of Óðinn's sons, and according to Snorri, he is blind. Loki takes advantage of this blindness by discovering Baldr's one weakness, mistletoe. Loki forms a projectile from a branch of this young plant and deceives Hǫðr into throwing it at Baldr, ultimately killing him.
The story goes that the gods were all having fun with Baldr's invulnerability, striking him with weapons and finding him completely unscathed. Loki then taunts the blind Hǫðr, offering him a chance to get in on the action by giving him the mistletoe projectile and steering his aim. When the beloved Baldr dropped dead, Hǫðr was inituially unaware of what he had done. He would subsequently be killed by Váli, the son of Óðinn and Rindr, when he was only one night old.
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