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"Týr" by Lorenz Frølich, 1895. Týr (/ t ɪər /; [1] Old Norse: Týr, pronounced) 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 the monstrous wolf Fenrir, who bites it off when he realizes the gods have bound him.
Frigg (/ f r ɪ ɡ /; Old Norse: ) [1] is a goddess, one of the Æsir, in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about her, she is associated with marriage, prophecy, clairvoyance and motherhood, and dwells in the wetland halls of Fensalir.
(Cisa, Zisa) is supposedly the name of a Germanic goddess who, according to a Latin historical text from the 11th century, was worshipped in Augsburg in heathen times. While Grimm made extensive speculations about the identity of this goddess, today the supposition of a goddess Cisa is rejected because the source text does not stand up to ...
These are family trees of the Norse gods showing kin relations among gods and other beings in Nordic mythology. Each family tree gives an example of relations according to principally Eddic material however precise links vary between sources. In addition, some beings are identified by some sources and scholars.
Some readings of Hymiskviða have identified Hróðr as the name of the mother of Týr, who appears in the poem, a giantess friendly to the Æsir and the wife of the jötunn Hymir. If Hróðr is Tyr's mother, the poem suggests that Hymir is the father, but the later Prose Edda states that Odin is his father. Since fosterage of hero figures by ...
Fjörgyn (or Jörð; Old Norse 'earth') is a personification of earth in Norse mythology, and the mother of the thunder god Thor, the son of Odin.The masculine form Fjörgynn is portrayed as the father of the goddess Frigg, the wife of Odin.
Hymir, Thor and Jörmungandr. An illustration from Nils Fredrik Sander's 1893 Swedish edition of the Poetic Edda. Hymir and Thor on the Gosforth Cross. Hymir (Old Norse: ) is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the owner of a brewing-cauldron fetched by the thunder god Thor for Ægir, who wants to hold a feast for the Æsir (gods).
Death in Norse paganism was associated with diverse customs and beliefs that varied with time, location and social group, and did not form a structured, uniform system.