the Tiwaz rune

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Elder Futhark rune Germanic symbol runic character

The Tiwaz rune is an ancient Germanic runic character associated with the god Tyr, symbolizing justice, honor, and warrior courage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
RUNIC LETTER TIWAZ TIR TYR T 1
the Tiwaz rune canonical 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Elder Futhark rune ⓘ
Germanic symbol ⓘ
runic character ⓘ
associatedConcept honor ⓘ
justice ⓘ
law ⓘ
oaths ⓘ
self-sacrifice ⓘ
victory in battle ⓘ
warrior courage ⓘ
associatedDeity Týr ⓘ
surface form: Tyr

Týr ⓘ
associatedPantheon Germanic paganism ⓘ
Norse mythology ⓘ
belongsToRunicRow Týr ⓘ
surface form: Tiwaz row
belongsToScript Runic ⓘ
culturalRegion Germanic Europe ⓘ
direction typically written upright ⓘ
etymologicallyRelatedTo Old English Tīw ⓘ
Old High German Ziu ⓘ
hasModernUse decorative and artistic designs ⓘ
esoteric and neopagan symbolism ⓘ
hasUnicodeCodePoint U+16CF ⓘ
hasUnicodeName the Tiwaz rune self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: RUNIC LETTER TIWAZ TIR TYR T
namedAfter Týr ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse god Týr

Týr ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Germanic god *Tīwaz
positionInFuthark 17th rune of the Elder Futhark ⓘ
representsPhoneme /t/ ⓘ
shape vertical line with an upward-pointing arrowhead ⓘ
symbolizes divine order ⓘ
fair combat ⓘ
leadership ⓘ
martial honor ⓘ
timePeriodUsed circa 2nd to 8th century CE ⓘ
transliteratedAs t ⓘ
usedFor inscriptions on stones ⓘ
inscriptions on weapons ⓘ
personal names ⓘ
usedIn Anglo-Saxon futhorc (as a related t-rune) ⓘ
Runic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Elder Futhark runic alphabet

Runic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Younger Futhark (as a related t-rune)
writingDirectionContext appears in inscriptions written left-to-right or right-to-left depending on tradition ⓘ
writingSystem Runic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Elder Futhark

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tyr → symbol → the Tiwaz rune ⓘ
the Tiwaz rune → hasUnicodeName → the Tiwaz rune self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Tiwaz rune
this entity surface form: RUNIC LETTER TIWAZ TIR TYR T