Editing Höðr (section)

==Rydberg's theories==
According to the Swedish mythologist and romantic poet [[Viktor Rydberg]],<ref>''[[Investigations into Germanic Mythology]]'', Volume II, Part 2: ''Germanic Mythology'', William P. Reaves translation, iUniverse, 2004</ref> the story of Baldr's death was taken from ''[[Húsdrápa]]'', a poem composed by [[Ulfr Uggason]] around 990 AD at a feast thrown by the Icelandic Chief [[Olaf the Peacock|Óláfr Höskuldsson]] to celebrate the finished construction of his new home, Hjarðarholt, the walls of which were filled with symbolic representations of the Baldr myth among others. Rydberg suggested that Höðr was depicted with eyes closed and Loki guiding his aim to indicate that Loki was the true cause of Baldr's death and Höðr was only his "blind tool." Rydberg theorized that the author of the ''Gylfaginning'' then mistook the description of the symbolic artwork in the Húsdrápa as the actual tale of Baldr's death.