Biografie van Tyr
<b>Tyr</b> (English pronEng|?t???;<a href="http://m-w.com/dictionary/tyr Merriam Webster Online Dictionary: ''Tyr''" target="_blank">[ language{reference} ]</a> Old Norse: ''Tr'' IPA2|t?y?r) is the god of single combat and heroic glory in Norse mythology, portrayed as a one-handed man. In the late Icelandic Eddas, he is portrayed, alternately, as the son of Odin (Prose Edda) or of Hymir (Poetic Edda), while the origins of his name and his possible relationship to Tuisto (see Tacitus' Germania) suggest he was once considered the father of the gods and head of the pantheon. Tuesday is in fact "Tyr's Day." This is because the Anglo-Saxons at that time pronounced Tyr's name as "Tiw" thus giving his name to the 3rd day of the week.<br />
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Corresponding names in other Germanic languages are Gothic <b>''Tyz</b>'' , Old English <b>''T?w</b>'' and Old High German <b>''Ziu</b>'', all from Proto-Germanic <b>*Twaz</b>. The Old Norse name became Norwegian ''Ty'', Swedish ''Ti'', Danish ''Tyr'', while it remains ''Tr'' in Modern Icelandic and Faroese.<br />
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The oldest attestation of the god is Gothic ''*teiws'', attested as ''tyz'', in the 9th century ''Codex Vindobonensis 795''.<a href="http://www.northvegr.org/lore/grimmst/009_03.php Grimm, ''Teutonic Mythology''" target="_blank">[ language{reference} ]</a> <br />
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Twaz was overtaken in popularity and in authority by both Odin and Thor at some point before the Migration Age.<br />
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Reacties over Tyr