Tyr
in Scandinavian mythology, the son of Odin, and the god of war and of fame, which idea is expressed in old Norse by the word tyr. According to the Edda, he was single-handed. When the TYRANT Asa-gods persuaded the wolf Fenrir to allow himself to be bound with the bandage Gleipnir, Tyr put his right hand in the wolf's mouth, as a pledge that he would be loosened; and when the gods refused to release him, the wolf bit off Tyr's hand to the wrist, which was called, in consequence, Ulflithr, or the Wolf's Joint. In the twilight battle of the gods, he meets his death at the same time with his enemy, the monster dog Garmr.