Editing Höðr (section)

===Skaldic poetry===

Höðr appears in both the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ydalir.ca/norsegods/hodr/|title=NORSE GODS: HÖÐR – Ýdalir|access-date=10 July 2023|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808070351/http://ydalir.ca/norsegods/hodr/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/literature/text/Skaldic_Poetry.htm|title=Hurstwic: Skaldic Poetry|website=www.hurstwic.org|access-date=10 July 2023|archive-date=28 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328182943/https://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/literature/text/Skaldic_Poetry.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The name of Höðr occurs several times in [[skaldic poetry]]{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} as a part of warrior-[[kenning]]s. Thus ''Höðr brynju'', "Höðr of byrnie", is a warrior and so is ''Höðr víga'', "Höðr of battle". Some scholars{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} have found the fact that the poets should want to compare warriors with Höðr to be incongruous with Snorri's description of him as a blind god, unable to harm anyone without assistance. It is possible that this indicates that some of the poets were familiar with other myths about Höðr than the one related in ''Gylfaginning'' – perhaps some where Höðr has a more active role. On the other hand, the names of many gods occur in kennings and the poets might not have been particular in using any god name as a part of a kenning.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1kw29nj |title=Vikings and the Danelaw |date=2001 |publisher=Oxbow Books |isbn=978-1-78570-444-4 |pages=313–323 |chapter=Skaldic verse in Scandinavian England|jstor=j.ctt1kw29nj }}</ref>