Týr
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Týr is a god in Germanic mythology and member of the Æsir. In Norse mythology, which provides most of the surviving narratives about gods among the Germanic peoples, Týr sacrifices his right hand to t
Tyr and Fenrir (1911) by John Bauer
Týr equated with Mars in an 18th-century manuscript (ÍB 299 4to)
Týr and Thor observing Thor's lamed goat; illustration of Hymiskviða by Lorenz Frølich, 1895
Týr losing his hand so that the wolf Fenrir can be bound, in an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript
Garmr
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In Norse mythology, Garmr or Garm is a wolf or dog associated with both Hel and Ragnarök, and described as a blood-stained guardian of Hel's gate.
Týr
…the monstrous wolf Fenrir, who bites it off when he realizes the gods have bound him. Týr is foretold of being consumed by the similarly monstrous dog Garmr during the events of Ragnarök. The interpretatio romana generally renders the god as Mars, the ancient Roman war god, and it is through that lens that…
"Hel" (1889) by Johannes Gehrts.