As he was carried to the ship, Odin whispered something in his ear. The import of this speech was held to be unknowable,According to Carolyne Larrington in her translation of the Poetic Edda it is assumed that what Odin whispered in Baldr's ear was a promise of resurrection. and the question of what was said was thus used as an unanswerable riddle by Odin in other sources, namely against the giant Vafthrudnir in the Eddic poem Vafthrudnismal and in the riddles of Gestumblindi in Hervarar saga.
As he was carried to the ship Odin whispered something in his ear. The import of this speech was held to be unknowa.ble,According to Carolyne Larrington in her translation of the Poetic Edda it is assumed that what Odin whispered in Baldr's ear was a promise of resurrection. and the question of what was said was thus used, as an unanswerable riddle by Odin in other sources namely against the giant Vafthrudnir in the Eddic poem Vafthrudnismal and in the riddles ,of Gestumblindi in Hervarar saga