Týr
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Týr is a Norse god associated with law, justice, and heroic glory, best known for sacrificing his hand to bind the monstrous wolf Fenrir.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Týr canonical | 17 |
| Tyr | 3 |
| Tiwaz | 2 |
| Old Norse god Týr | 1 |
| Proto-Germanic god *Tīwaz | 1 |
| Tiw (Old English) | 1 |
| Tiwaz row | 1 |
| Tiwaz rune | 1 |
| TýrRightHand | 1 |
| Tīw (Old English) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2282831 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Týr Context triple: [Odin, fatherOf, Týr]
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A.
Odin
Odin is the chief god in Norse mythology, associated with wisdom, war, poetry, and magic, and revered as the ruler of Asgard and the Aesir gods.
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B.
Freyr
Freyr is a major Norse god associated with fertility, prosperity, sunshine, and fair weather, often revered as a bringer of peace and good harvests.
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C.
Baldr
Baldr is a radiant and beloved Norse god associated with light, purity, and beauty, whose death is a central and tragic event in Norse mythology.
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D.
Njord
Njord is a Norse god associated primarily with the sea, seafaring, wind, and wealth, especially revered by sailors and fishermen.
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E.
Ullr
Ullr is a Norse god associated with skiing, archery, and winter, often regarded as a skilled hunter and warrior.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Týr Target entity description: Týr is a Norse god associated with law, justice, and heroic glory, best known for sacrificing his hand to bind the monstrous wolf Fenrir.
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A.
Odin
Odin is the chief god in Norse mythology, associated with wisdom, war, poetry, and magic, and revered as the ruler of Asgard and the Aesir gods.
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B.
Freyr
Freyr is a major Norse god associated with fertility, prosperity, sunshine, and fair weather, often revered as a bringer of peace and good harvests.
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C.
Baldr
Baldr is a radiant and beloved Norse god associated with light, purity, and beauty, whose death is a central and tragic event in Norse mythology.
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D.
Njord
Njord is a Norse god associated primarily with the sea, seafaring, wind, and wealth, especially revered by sailors and fishermen.
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E.
Ullr
Ullr is a Norse god associated with skiing, archery, and winter, often regarded as a skilled hunter and warrior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norse god
ⓘ
deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
duels
ⓘ
formalized combat ⓘ heroic glory ⓘ justice ⓘ law ⓘ oaths ⓘ war ⓘ |
| boundEntity | Fenrir ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
bravery
ⓘ
honor ⓘ truthfulness ⓘ |
| culture |
Germanic mythology
ⓘ
Norse mythology ⓘ |
| dayOfWeekAssociation | Tuesday ⓘ |
| dayOfWeekEtymology | Old English Tiwesdæg ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Woden
ⓘ
surface form:
Tiw
Týr ⓘ
surface form:
Tiwaz
Ziu ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling | Tyr ⓘ |
| hasCognate |
Tig
ⓘ
Woden ⓘ
surface form:
Tiw
Ziu ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | name cognate with Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Hymir
ⓘ
Odin ⓘ unnamed giantess wife of Hymir ⓘ |
| hasParentAccordingToSource |
Hymir
ⓘ
surface form:
Hymir in Hymiskviða
Odin in some traditions ⓘ |
| knownFor | sacrificing his hand to bind Fenrir ⓘ |
| lostBodyPart | right hand ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gylfaginning
ⓘ
Hymiskviða ⓘ Lokasenna ⓘ Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ Skáldskaparmál ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | pre-Christian Norse religion ⓘ |
| notableMyth | binding of Fenrir with Gleipnir ⓘ |
| pantheon |
Aesir
ⓘ
surface form:
Æsir
|
| role |
god of heroic glory
ⓘ
god of justice ⓘ god of law ⓘ god of war ⓘ |
| sacrificeType | self-sacrifice ⓘ |
| symbol |
Týr
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tiwaz rune
|
| worshipRegion |
Germanic Europe
ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Týr Description of subject: Týr is a Norse god associated with law, justice, and heroic glory, best known for sacrificing his hand to bind the monstrous wolf Fenrir.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tiw (Old English)
this entity surface form:
Tyr
this entity surface form:
Tiwaz
subject surface form:
Tiwaz rune
this entity surface form:
Tiwaz row
subject surface form:
Tiwaz rune
subject surface form:
Tiwaz rune
this entity surface form:
Tyr
subject surface form:
Tiwaz rune
this entity surface form:
Proto-Germanic god *Tīwaz
subject surface form:
Tiwaz rune
this entity surface form:
Old Norse god Týr
this entity surface form:
Tīw (Old English)