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− | + | 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 ] | ||
+ | }} | ||
[[Category:Gods]] | [[Category:Gods]] |
Revision as of 23:51, 29 April 2010
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.