page_title: Týr
section_title: Archaeological record
hierarchical_section_title: Týr / Archaeological record
caption_attribution_description: English: The motive from the Týr bracteate from Trollhättan, Västergötland, Sweden. Drawing by Gunnar Creutz.The bracteate shows the Norse god Týr with Fenrir biting his hand. The gold bracteate is dated to the Migration period. The bracteate was found together with another gold bracteate by the farmer Anders Larsson in Ladugården, Ladugårdsbyn, Naglum Parish, now Trollhättan Municipality, Västergötland, Sweden. Svenska: Motivet på Tyr-brakteaten från Trollhättan, Västergötland, Sverige. Teckning av Gunnar Creutz.Brakteaten visar hur den nordiska guden Tyr får handen avbiten av Fenrisulven. Guldbrakteaten dateras till Folkvandringstid. Brakteaten hittades tillsammans med en annan guldbrakteat av bonden Anders Larsson i Ladugården, Ladugårdsbyn, Naglums socken, nuvarande Trollhättans kommun, Västergötland, Sverige. Brakteaterna inlöstes av Statens historiska museum 1844 och har där inventarienummer SHM 1164. Exakt var brakteaterna är hittade är okänt, men en boplats från samma tid nära Ladugårdsbyn har beteckningen RAÄ-nummer Trollhättan 277.
context_page_description: Týr, Tíw, and Ziu is a god in Germanic mythology. Stemming from the Proto-Germanic deity *Tīwaz and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European deity *Dyeus, little information about the god survives beyond Old Norse sources. Due to the etymology of the god's name and the shadowy presence of the god in the extant Germanic corpus, some scholars propose that Týr may have once held a more central place among the deities of early Germanic mythology.
  Týr is the namesake of the Tiwaz rune, a letter of the runic alphabet corresponding to the Latin letter T. By way of the process of interpretatio germanica, the deity is the namesake of Tuesday in Germanic languages, including English. Interpretatio romana, in which Romans interpreted other gods as forms of their own, generally renders the god as Mars, the ancient Roman war god, and it is through that lens that most Latin references to the god occur. For example, the god may be referenced as Mars Thingsus on 3rd century Latin inscription, reflecting a strong association with the Germanic thing, a legislative body among the ancient Germanic peoples.
context_section_description: Scholars propose that a variety of objects from the archaeological record depict Týr. For example, a Migration Period gold bracteate from Trollhättan, Sweden, features a person receiving a bite on the hand from a beast, which may depict Týr and Fenrir. A Viking Age hogback in Sockburn, County Durham, North East England may depict Týr and Fenrir.
caption: An illustration of an image on a bracteate found in Trollhättan, Västergötland, Sweden. Drawing by Gunnar Creutz.
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