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− | + | '''Tyr''' is the [[lawful]] [[god]] of the [[Valkyrie]] pantheon. | |
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+ | ==Encyclopedia entry== | ||
+ | Yet remains that one of the Aesir who is called Tyr: | ||
+ | he is most daring, and best in stoutness of heart, and he | ||
+ | has much authority over victory in battle; it is good for | ||
+ | men of valor to invoke him. It is a proverb, that he is | ||
+ | Tyr-valiant, who surpasses other men and does not waver. | ||
+ | He is wise, so that it is also said, that he that is wisest | ||
+ | is Tyr-prudent. This is one token of his daring: when the | ||
+ | Aesir enticed Fenris-Wolf to take upon him the fetter Gleipnir, | ||
+ | the wolf did not believe them, that they would loose him, | ||
+ | until they laid Tyr's hand into his mouth as a pledge. But | ||
+ | when the Aesir would not loose him, then he bit off the hand | ||
+ | at the place now called 'the wolf's joint;' and Tyr is one- | ||
+ | handed, and is not called a reconciler of men. | ||
+ | [ The Prose Edda, by Snorri Sturluson ] | ||
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+ | [[Category:Gods]] |
Revision as of 12:06, 18 January 2008
Tyr is the lawful god of the Valkyrie pantheon.
Encyclopedia entry
Yet remains that one of the Aesir who is called Tyr: he is most daring, and best in stoutness of heart, and he has much authority over victory in battle; it is good for men of valor to invoke him. It is a proverb, that he is Tyr-valiant, who surpasses other men and does not waver. He is wise, so that it is also said, that he that is wisest is Tyr-prudent. This is one token of his daring: when the Aesir enticed Fenris-Wolf to take upon him the fetter Gleipnir, the wolf did not believe them, that they would loose him, until they laid Tyr's hand into his mouth as a pledge. But when the Aesir would not loose him, then he bit off the hand at the place now called 'the wolf's joint;' and Tyr is one- handed, and is not called a reconciler of men. [ The Prose Edda, by Snorri Sturluson ]