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11.5.10

TIWAZ

Tyr and Fenrir

In the Poetic Edda, the gods decided to shackle the wolf Fenrir, but he broke every chain they used to shackle him. Finally, the dwarves make a magical ribbon called Gleipnir. Fenrir sensed the gods' deceit and refused to be bound unless one of them put his hand in the wolf's mouth. Tyr, known for his great honesty and courage, agreed, and the other gods bound Fenrir.

Northern European Cultural Heritage: X

23.2.10

Intention

Bits of old beliefs, fears, griefs, and glory pieced together with something that happened yesterday. Holding up the distorted reflection in all its inconsequence, just as it has passed before that magic glass, as though it were genuine history, and matter for pure belief . . .


Velvet Cacoon : X