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Host-Tyr or God of Hosts Skáldskaparmál: Hildolfr Battle Wolf Hjaldrgegnir Engager of Battle Hjaldrgoð God of battle Hjálmberi Hjalmberi Helmet Bearer Gylfaginning, Grímnismál (46), þulur, Óðins nǫfn (2) Hjarrandi Screamer Óðins nǫfn (4) Hléfreyr Famous/barrow lord Óðins nǫfn (5) Hleifruðr Wayfinder Óðins nǫfn (4) Hnikarr ...
Týr, a Norse god of war. Dís, a group of lesser goddesses who are sometimes connected with battle magic; valkyrie may be a kenning for them; Freyja, goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr, war, and death; Odin, god associated with wisdom, war, battle, and death; Týr, god associated with law, justice, victory, and ...
Odin, in his guise as a wanderer, as imagined by Georg von Rosen (1886). Odin (/ ˈ oʊ d ɪ n /; [1] from Old Norse: Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism. Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about him, associates him with wisdom, healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, war, battle, victory, sorcery, poetry, frenzy, and the runic alphabet, and ...
In Norse mythology, Gungnir (/ ˈ ɡ ʌ ŋ. n ɪər /, "the rocking") is the spear of the god Odin. It is known for always hitting the target of the attacker regardless of the attacker's skill. It is known for always hitting the target of the attacker regardless of the attacker's skill.
Odin and Vafþrúðnir battle in a game of knowledge (1895) by Lorenz Frølich. Vafþrúðnir (Old Norse "mighty weaver" [1]) is a wise jötunn in Norse mythology. His name comes from Vaf, which means weave or entangle, and thrudnir, which means strong or mighty. Some interpret it to mean "mighty in riddles". [2]
"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.
The god Odin battles the wolf Fenrir while other deities and their combatants fight in the background on the field Vígríðr in an illustration (1905) by Emil Doepler. In Norse mythology, Vígríðr or Óskópnir is a large field foretold to host a battle between the forces of the gods and the forces of Surtr as part of the events of Ragnarök.
Hrungnir (Old Norse: [ˈhruŋɡnez̠], 'brawler') is a jötunn in Norse mythology. He is described as made of stone and is ultimately killed in a duel with the thunder god Thor. Prior to his demise, Hrungnir engaged in a wager with Odin in which Odin stakes his head on his horse, Sleipnir, being faster than Hrungnir's steed Gullfaxi.