Tyr

E73465
Norse god deity

Tyr is a Norse god associated primarily with law, justice, and heroic courage, famously known for sacrificing his hand to the wolf Fenrir.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Týr (Old Norse) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse god ⓘ
deity ⓘ
appearsIn Poetic Edda ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ
associatedAnimal wolf (through Fenrir) ⓘ
associatedWith heroic courage ⓘ
justice ⓘ
law ⓘ
war ⓘ
culture Norse mythology ⓘ
domain duels ⓘ
legal assemblies ⓘ
oaths ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasAlternativeParentTraditions yes ⓘ
hasMythicFunction exemplar of self-sacrifice ⓘ
guarantor of oaths ⓘ
patron of legal order ⓘ
knownFor sacrificing his hand to Fenrir ⓘ
lostBodyPart right hand ⓘ
mentionedIn Gylfaginning ⓘ
Hymiskviða ⓘ
Lokasenna ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ
surface form: Skáldskaparmál
moralQuality bravery ⓘ
honor ⓘ
trustworthiness ⓘ
nameCognateWith Týr ⓘ
surface form: Tiw (Old English)

Tyr self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Týr (Old Norse)

Ziu (Old High German) ⓘ
nameOriginLanguage Proto-Germanic ⓘ
pantheon Aesir ⓘ
parent Hymir ⓘ
Odin ⓘ
unnamed giantess (Hymir’s wife) ⓘ
religion Norse mythology ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse religion
roleInMyth one-handed god who bound Fenrir ⓘ
runeName Týr ⓘ
surface form: Tiwaz
runeScript Runic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Elder Futhark
sacrificedTo Fenrir ⓘ
sacrificialActMotivation to ensure Fenrir’s binding ⓘ
symbol spear ⓘ
sword ⓘ
the Tiwaz rune ⓘ
weekdayEtymologyOf Tuesday ⓘ
worshipRegion Germanic Europe ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Ragnarok → causeOfDeath → Tyr ⓘ
Ragnarok → featuresDeity → Tyr ⓘ
Tyr → nameCognateWith → Tyr self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Týr (Old Norse)