In the Poetic Edda poem Baldrs draumar, Odin questions a dead seeress about Baldr’s foretold death.
The title Baldrs draumar means “Baldr’s Dreams.” The poem begins with troubling dreams connected to Baldr, the son of Odin and Frigg. Odin rides to the realm of the dead and awakens a deceased völva so that he can ask her about the meaning of the omens and the fate awaiting Baldr.
The seeress reveals that Baldr will die and that his killer will be Baldr’s blind brother Höðr, acting through Loki’s scheme. She also says that Baldr will return after Ragnarök. These details connect the short poem with the longer account of Baldr’s death in Gylfaginning.
The identification of the questioning god matters because Odin is repeatedly portrayed as seeking hidden knowledge, even when the journey is dangerous or requires disguise. Hermóðr is the figure who later travels to Hel to seek Baldr’s release, so he is not the questioner in this poem.