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Norse Mythology

• Aesir: Chief gods of Asgard.
• Andvari: Dwarf; robbed of gold and magic ring by Loki.
• Angerbotha (Angrbotha): Giantess; mother by Loki of Fenrir, Hel, and Midgard serpent.
• Asgard (Asgarth): Abode of gods.
• Ask (Aske, Askr): First man; created by Odin, Hoenir, and Lothur.
• Asynjur: Goddesses of Asgard.
• Atli: Second husband of Gudrun; invited Gunnar and Hogni to his court, where they were slain; slain by Gudrun.
• Audhumia (Audhumbla): Cow that nourished Ymir; created Buri by licking ice cliff.
• Balder (Baldr, Baldur): God of light, spring, peace, joy; son of Odin; slain by Hoth at instigation of Loki.
• Bifrost: Rainbow bridge connecting Midgard and Asgard.
• Bragi (Brage): God of poetry; husband of Ithunn.
• Branstock: Great oak in hall of Volsungs; into it, Odin thrust Gram, which only Sigmund could draw forth.
• Brynhild: Valkyrie; wakened from magic sleep by Sigurd; married Gunnar; instigated death of Sigurd; killed herself and was burned on pyre beside Sigurd.
• Bur (Bor): Son of Buri; father of Odin, Hoenir, and Lothur.
• Buri (Bori): Progenitor of gods; father of Bur; created by Audhumla.
• Embla: First woman; created by Odin, Hoenir, and Lothur.
• Fafnir: Son of Rodmar, whom he slew for gold in Otter's skin; in form of dragon, guarded gold; slain by Sigurd.
• Fenrir: Wolf; offspring of Loki; swallows Odin at Ragnarok and is slain by Vitharr.
• Forseti: Son of Balder.
• Frey (Freyr): God of fertility and crops; son of Njorth; originally one of Vanir.
• Freya (Freyja): Goddess of love and beauty; sister of Frey; originally one of Vanir.
• Frigg (Frigga): Goddess of sky; wife of Odin.
• Garm: Watchdog of Hel; slays, and is slain by, Tyr at Ragnarok.
• Gimle: Home of blessed after Ragnarok.
• Giuki: King of Nibelungs; father of Gunnar, Hogni, Guttorm, and Gudrun.
• Glathsehim (Gladsheim): Hall of gods in Asgard.
• Gram (meaning “Angry”): Sigmund's sword; rewelded by Regin; used by Sigurd to slay Fafnir.
• Greyfell: Sigmund's horse; descended from Sleipnir.
• Grimhild: Mother of Gudrun; administered magic potion to Sigurd which made him forget Brynhild.
• Gudrun: Daughter of Giuki; wife of Sigurd; later wife of Atli and Jonakr.
• Gunnar: Son of Giuki; in his semblance Sigurd won Brynhild for him; slain at hall of Atli.
• Guttorm: Son of Giuki; slew Sigurd at Brynhild's request.
• Heimdall (Heimdallr): Guardian of Asgard.
• Hel: Goddess of dead and queen of underworld; daughter of Loki.
• Hiordis: Wife of Sigmund; mother of Sigurd.
• Hoenir: One of creators of Ask and Embla; son of Bur.
• Hogni: Son of Giuki; slain at hall of Atli.
• Hoth (Hoder, Hodur): Blind god of night and darkness; slayer of Balder at instigation of Loki.
• Ithunn (Ithun, Iduna): Keeper of golden apples of youth; wife of Bragi.
• Jonakr: Third husband of Gudrun.
• Jormunrek: Slayer of Swanhild; slain by sons of Gudrun.
• Jotunnheim (Jotunheim): Abode of giants.
• Lif and Lifthrasir: First man and woman after Ragnarok.
• Loki: God of evil and mischief; instigator of Balder's death.
• Lothur (Lodur): One of creators of Ask and Embla.
• Midgard (Midgarth): Abode of mankind; the earth.
• Midgard Serpent: Sea monster; offspring of Loki; slays, and is slain by, Thor at Ragnarok.
• Mimir: Giant; guardian of well in Jotunnheim at root of Yggdrasill; knower of past and future.
• Mjollnir: Magic hammer of Thor.
• Nagifar: Ship to be used by giants in attacking Asgard at Ragnarok; built from nails of dead men.
• Nanna: Wife of Balder.
• Nibelungs: Dwellers in northern kingdom ruled by Giuki.
• Niflheim (Nifelheim): Outer region of cold and darkness; abode of Hel.
• Njorth: Father of Frey and Freya; originally one of Vanir.
• Norns: Demigoddesses of fate: Urth (Urdur) (past), Verthandi (Verdandi) (present), Skuld (future).
• Odin (Othin): Head of Aesir; creator of world with Vili and Ve; equivalent to Woden (Wodan, Wotan) in Teutonic mythology.
• Otter: Son of Rodmar; slain by Loki; his skin filled with gold hoard of Andvari to appease Rodmar.
• Ragnarok: Final destruction of present world in battle between gods and giants; some minor gods will survive, and Lif and Lifthrasir will repeople world.
• Regin: Blacksmith; son of Rodmar; foster-father of Sigurd.
• Rerir: King of Huns; son of Sigi.
• Rodmar: Father of Regin, Otter, and Fafnir; demanded Otter's skin be filled with gold; slain by Fafnir, who stole gold.
• Sif: Wife of Thor.
• Siggeir: King of Goths; husband of Signy; he and his sons slew Volsung and his sons, except Sigmund; slain by Sigmund and Sinflotli.
• Sigi: King of Huns; son of Odin.
• Sigmund: Son of Volsung; brother of Signy, who bore him Sinflotli; husband of Hiordis, who bore him Sigurd.
• Signy: Daughter of Volsung; sister of Sigmund; wife of Siggeir; mother by Sigmund of Sinflotli.
• Sigurd: Son of Sigmund and Hiordis; wakened Brynhild from magic sleep; married Gudrun; slain by Guttorm at instigation of Brynhild.
• Sigyn: Wife of Loki.
• Sinflotli: Son of Sigmund and Signy.
• Skuld: One of several Norns.
• Sleipnir (Sleipner): Eight-legged horse of Odin.
• Surt (Surtr): Fire demon; slays Frey at Ragnarok.
• Svartalfaheim: Abode of dwarfs.
• Swanhild: Daughter of Sigurd and Gudrun; slain by Jormunrek.
• Thor: God of thunder; oldest son of Odin; equivalent to Germanic deity Donar.
• Tyr: God of war; son of Odin; equivalent to Tiu in Teutonic mythology.
• Ull (Ullr): Son of Sif; stepson of Thor.
• Urth: One of several Norns.
• Valhalla (Valhall): Great hall in Asgard where Odin received souls of heroes killed in battle.
• Vali: Odin's son: Ragnarok survivor.
• Valkyries: Virgins, messengers of Odin, who selected heroes to die in battle and took them to Valhalla; generally considered as nine in number.
• Vanir: Early race of gods; three survivors, Njorth, Frey, and Freya, are associated with Aesir.
• Ve: Brother of Odin; one of creators of world.
• Verthandi: One of several Norns.
• Vili: Brother of Odin; one of creators of world.
• Vingolf: Abode of goddesses in Asgard.
• Vitharr (Vithar): Son of Odin; survivor of Ragnarok.
• Volsung: Descendant of Odin, and father of Signy, Sigmund; his descendants were called Volsungs.
• Yggdrasill: Giant ash tree springing from body of Ymir and supporting universe; its roots extended to Asgard, Jotunnheim, and Niffheim.
• Ymir (Ymer): Primeval frost giant killed by Odin, Vili, and Ve; world created from his body; also, from his body sprang Yggdrasill.

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Tyr - Devotional and Research Site Dedicated to the God Tyr

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Tyr Devotional and Research Site Dedicated to the God Tyr

Why is the year 994 A.D. important?

This is the year that King Olaf Trygvesson, after having brutalized King Ethelred's forces in England off the coast of Kent, and while waiting for the gold and silver payments that was Ethelred's payoff to stop the fighting, decided to go to a local fortune teller he had heard about. Said fortune teller was said to possess the gift of prophecy. According to the book The Last Apocalpse - Europe at the Year 1000 A.D. by James Reston, Jr. "Rowing off in a sea buck to the hermit's rocky retreat, Olaf asked if the prophet could foresee Olaf's futre. Would the [then] prince be successful in battle? Would he regain power in the north?"

"The prophet replied that Olaf would be a great king and to prove that his vision was correct the prophet told Olaf that he would suffer a mutiny among his men and in the ensuing fight he would be wounded and carried to his ship on his oblong shield. After seven days, he would recover and thereafter would allow himself to be baptized a Christian."

What do you know? It happened just as the 'seer' said it would. Why is this of any import? Because prior to 994 A.D. Europe was pagan and after Olaf converted to the religion of the 'white christ' he ruthlessly went about converting everyone else too on his way to becoming King. In time the old gods and goddesses that had been worshiped were forgotten but because of the psychic energy given to them via prayers and the invocation of their names before warriors went into battle they are not gone but merely waiting to be called forth again to help humanity.

Who is Tyr? The Rites of Odin by Ed Fitch published in 1990 through Llewellyn says that Tyr is "the invincible warrior of the Nordic pantheon, and far older than all the others of Asgard." He is said to have sacrificed his right hand to help bind Fenrir, the wolf who, when set free, is destined to devour the Sun. It is thought by scholars that he may have been the original father-god of the archaic Indo-Europeans, long before the dawn of our histories." Norse Mythology by Arthur Cotterell, originally published in 1997 and updated for 1999 by Lorenz Books has this to say: "Tyr, also known as Tiwaz, was the Germanic war god... He was closely associated with Odin and like that god, received sacrifices of hanged men. It is not unlikely that Tyr was an early sky god whose powers were later passed on to Odin and Thor. Gungnir, Odin's magic spear, may once have belonged to Tyr, since it was customary for the Vikings to cast a spear over the heads of an enemy as a sacrifice before fighting commenced in earnest, and over recent years archaeologists have found numerous splendidly ornamented spears dedicated to Tyr." In Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic by Edred Thorrson, originally published in 1984 (using the 6th printing 1991) through Samuel Weiser, Inc. it states: Esoteric interpretation of the name Tyr - "the sky god". Phonetic value - 't'. The T-rune embodies the force ruled by the god Tyr. Tyr is the Norse god of law and justice, who governs proceedings at the thing (the Germanic general assembly). The Tyr force is one of passive regulation. In northern mythology it is this god who comes closest to a transcendental quality. These characteristics are exemplified by the major Tyr myth in which the god sacrifices his hand ("active abilities") between the jaws of the Fenris wolf in order to save his fellow AEsir from destruction. Thus tiwaz is the rune of self-sacrifice and of kings and great leaders of the people. The word tiwaz, tyr in Old Norse, is the exact cognate to Sanskrit dayus, Greek Zeus and Latin Jupiter. A threefold mystery is contained in tiwaz: (1) justice, (2) war and (3) world column. Certain aspects of all three concepts are intimately related in the runic cosmology. This is the most important aspect of the God Tyr: Tiwaz is principally the force of divine order in the multiverse, and especially among mankind. But Tyr is also important as a 'war god'. This is because of the special judicial and spiritual qualities that were imparted to conflict by the ancient Northmen. An Old Norse word sums up this aspect quite well: vapnadomr ("judgement by arms: war"). Combat was seen as a struggle between numinous forces in conjunction with physical ones. Both of these are considered to be extensions of the same ultimate source. The man, or army, with the most numinous power (which is developed by right and honorable past action) will be favored by orlog to win the struggle. Tyr rules over the administration of this form of justice so he is invoked for victory and is therefore an important war god. The aspect of the world column expressed by the T-rune is that of the separator of heaven This separation creates a phenomenological quality and is therefore necessary to multiversal manifestation as we know it. This column maintains world order, and protects humanity and the gods from the destruction that would come should the heavens (energy) and earth (matter) collapse into one another. The T-rune is the mystery of spiritual discipline and faith according to divine law. It is the religious instinct in the individual and society. Key words: Justice, World Order, Victory (according to law), Self Sacrifice and Spiritual Discipline. The Tyr (Tiwaz) Rune

Placed in the virtual world this February 22, 2001 You've joined other visitors! The Viking Prayer Lo, there do I see my father Lo, there do I see my mother and my sisters and my brothers Lo, there do I see the line of my people back to the beginning Lo, they do call to me They bid me take my place among them in the Halls of Valhalla Where the brave may live. Forever. (from 13th Warrior - movie version)

Tarot card used was from the Power of the Runes deck by Voenix (the artist). ISBN 3-905219-00-x. The publisher is listed as AGM AGMuller which has a website. I have used the email link for inquiry as they do not list the Rune deck on the site but list tarot decks prominently. They do have a sign in form to be added to their mail list for their esoteric catalog. I'm hoping that the Rune deck is listed in here. If it is I will post more information on how to obtain the deck in the easiest fashion.

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