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  Tyr (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tyr Anasazi, a fictional character on the television series Andromeda.
Tyr, a album by the heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
TYR is also an abbreviation for Tyrosine, one of the 20 amino acids that are used by cells to synthesize proteins.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tyr_(disambiguation)   (169 words)

  
 ScienceDaily: Tyr
A trace of their relationship may be seen in the appearance of Tyr as Odin's son in Norse mythology, and also in Anglo-Saxon, if Tiw is identified with Saxnot (Seaxneat), the 'war-god' and son of Woden, who was revered as the ancestor of the Saxons.
Tyr is mentioned in the context of Norse mythos campaigns in the RPG-setting Dungeons and Dragons.
Tyr is the psuedonym of the bassist of the Norwegian Black metal band Emperor.
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 Tyr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Tyr (Old Norse: Týr) is the god of Warfare and battle in Norse mythology, portrayed as a one-handed man. He was a son of either Odin or Hymir.
Tyr is the name of an esoteric, traditionalist journal edited by Michael Moynihan of the group Blood Axis.
Tyr is the name of the final boss of the videogame Breath of Fire.
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 Tyr - Wikipedia
Tyr is the god of warfare and battle in Norse Mythology, portrayed as a one-armed man.
But Fenrir sensed the gods' deceit and refused to be bound with it unless one of them put his hand in the wolf's mouth.
This, we are told, is how Fenrir was bound until the day of Ragnarokkr and how Tyr lost his hand.
nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tyr   (180 words)

  
 Odin - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
As the chief god of the Germanic pantheon, Odin received particular attention from the early missionaries.
For example, hisday is the only day to have been renamed in the German language from"Woden's day", still extant in English Wednesday to the neutral Mittwoch ("mid-week"), while other gods were notdeemed important enough for propaganda (Tuesday "Tyr's day" and Friday"Freyja's day" remained intact in all Germanic languages).
Michael replaced Wotan, and many mountain chapels dedicated to St. Michael can be found,but Wotan also remained present as a sort of demon leading the Wild hunt of thedead.
www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Odin   (2829 words)

  
 Yggdrasil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This illustration shows a 19th century attempt to visualize the world view of the Prose Edda.
The Germanic custom of hanging sacrificial victims from trees was probably in reference to this myth (see also Human sacrifice, Tyr).
In 1950, the preserved corpse of the so-called "Tollund Man" was found in a peat bog in Jutland.
en.askmore.net /Yggdrasil.htm   (992 words)

  
 Valhalla: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
For other uses see Valhalla (disambiguation) (Valhalla (disambiguation): more facts about this subject).
In Nordic mythology (Nordic mythology: norse mythology, viking mythology or scandinavian mythology refer to the pre-christian...
In Beowulf (Beowulf: The legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century; he slays a monster and becomes king but dies fighting a dragon) it is called the shining citadel.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/valhalla   (325 words)

  
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 Asgardians (comics): Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
For other uses, see Asgard (disambiguation) (Asgard (disambiguation): more facts about this subject).
The Asgardians (aka Gods of Asgard (Asgard: (Norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes)) is a fictional race (fictional race: more facts about this subject) in the Marvel Comics' (Marvel Comics': marvel comics, sometimes called by the nickname house of ideas, is an american comic...
Asgardians: Frigga, Frey, Heimdall, Hermod, Hoder, Hogun, Idunn, Sigyn, Tyr, Vidar and Volla
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