Pagan Heritage

The Flight of Mjollnir At some point in his travels, his hammer was stolen by a giant named Thrym who refused to return it until Freya, the goddess of love and lust, made him his bride. Heimdall suggested that Thor disguise himself as Freya in order to get his hands back on his hammer. Thor returned to Thrym in disguise, but during dinner Thrym was suspicious because Thor was eating so much. Loki replied that Freya hadn't eaten in a week, which satisfied the giant until he went to kiss Freya, pulled her veil, and saw eyes of fire. Loki came to the rescue, claiming she hadn't been able to sleep for a week yet. During the wedding ceremony, Mjölnir was brought in and laid in Thor's lap, as was their custom. Thor grabbed the hammer and killed all the giants.

A coward believes he will ever live
if he keep him safe from strife:
but old age leaves him not long in peace
though spears may spare his life

Tyr is an important deity in Norse myths and more specifically among the Germans where he is named Tiuz in the North, Zîu in the South and Tiw in the West. According to some theorists, he would have been the main god in these regions, before Odin (named Wotan among them) and his son Thor (or Donar) took over. No wonder then that Tyr is like Odin god of war, invoked at the start of battles (by saying his name twice), but also a god of wisdom. However, other functions set him apart from Odin. Tyr is a god of justice, in the sense of diplomacy. He is the guarantor of treaties, pacts and leads the assemblies (called the thing) where disputes are settled. I also like to see Tyr as a symbol self-sacrifice as he demonstrates them to us in his adventure with the wolf Fenrir. Of all the Aesir he is the only brave and dedicated enough to give his hand in sacrifice to the mouth of the wolf in order to save the world from the danger that Fenerir represents.
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