Tyr

Tyr is the god of war and justice within Germanic mythology. It is speculated that he was once a more prominent deity within the pantheon of the Germanic and Norse tribes, but by the Viking-age his worship was mainly subsided by those of Odin and Thor.
He played an important role during the binding of the wolf Fenrir, one of the children of Loki and Angrboda. The gods feared that the wolf would become too big and become a thread to the world, so they decided to bind the beast. They asked the dwarves to make Gleipnir, a thin binding that is stronger than any chain. The gods told Fenrir that they would only test the binding on him, but the wolf was suspicious and asked for one of the gods to put one their hands in his mouth as collateral. Tyr was the only one god brave enough to agree to this and lost his hand in the wolfs jaws as the other gods trapped Fenrir.
During Ragnaok, the end of the world within Norse, he would battle the monstrous hound Garmr. Tyr manages to kill the hound, but also perishes himself, alongside most of the other Aesir-gods, such as Odin, Thor, Freyr, and Heimdallr.
Category:Deities
Category:Norse deities
Category:Germanic deities
Category:Justice deities
Category:War deities