MAGNUS CHASE AND THE GODS OF ASGARD DEMIGOD H/CS: ⚖ TYR “KEEPER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, GOD OF WAR, COURAGE, AND DUELS/TRIAL OF COMBAT”⚔
a/n: I found out about something about Tyr and it brought me so much glee and I am abhorred that this didn’t appear in the Magnus Chase stories because this feels like a very Rick Riordan thing to do, but by gods, I’m rolling with this pun so hard. I am both sorry and not sorry. You will find out.
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Welcome to being the demigod of Tyr, God of Law, Courage, and Trial by Combat! He can be considered as the keeper of law and justice, a god of war, and more. He’s also the godly father of T.J.! While not many talk about Tyr, I’d say having him as your godly parent is rather good I’d say.
If you’ve been told you’re rather friendly and more trusting than others, then you share similar qualities with Tyr himself. He was the one who wasn’t afraid of Fenrir in the beginning and was also the one who ended up becoming friends with. It did end up with him getting his hand getting bit of Fenrir when they chained him, but that’s more of circumstantial matters rather than as a consequence of being friendly.
If you find yourself seething and the desire to right wrongs, and having the desire to do the right thing with little thought to any possible consequence, that is also related to Tyr as he is the god of justice and courage. While not completely selfless and naive to give yourself entirely, if it meant for the greater good, you would do what is necessary to ensure it. Tyr is the god who believes in just actions and doing the right thing, hence agreeing to put his hand in Fenrir’s mouth as they were chaining the wolf because it was the right thing to do for what the gods were asking of Fenrir.
That said, these personality traits can be to your advantage and disadvantage as you become known for sticking with your word and order, making you both trustworthy but also easy to take advantage of by more grey individuals.
Remembering being brave doesn’t necessarily have to apply in the battlefield or doing outright acts of courage. Being courageous is being brave in the face of adversity, being brave even if you’re scared and still facing it regardless. It’s not a continuous feeling you feel, it's the result.
Just because you are the child of Tyr, you don’t necessarily have to prove yourself by being brave and being just all the time. Sometimes its honourable to step aside and be modest instead of continuous persisting a raging river. Better to go with the flow of the river for a bit to safely land your boat so you can get off unharmed.
You were probably born on a Tuesday or have the best luck on Tuesdays as a child of Tyr, as the modern word of Tuesday comes from the Old English meaning of “Day of Tiw” and “Day of Tiwaz” which Tiwaz is another relation with the Rune Tiewaz and is connected with Tyr.
Tyr was considered an important war god, alongside with Thor and Odin, so while Tyr and being a child of Tyr may be considered less important than Thor and Odin, or seen not as passionate as they are in the battlefield, as a child of Tyr you are just as powerful and filled with battle potential where you more than likely have a more level-headed approach as you are set on the field. You never or avoid in partaking in unjustifiable acts of terror then you already do on the field, and if possible give your enemies an honourable death- er, defeat. I’m just thinking if you end up in Valhalla and have given many of your enemies an honourable death, you’ll be seeing them a lot in Valhalla so, uh-
At the least, you’re known to be trustworthy that you won’t stab someone int he back.
One of the runes you might feel close to is the Rune Tiewaz - ᛏ - Tyr- meaning justice, leadership, sacrifice, honour, and strategy, and basically embodies warrior spirit. While the Rune can be used to sacrifice one’s own strength to give to another fellow, I can see this rune being used to share your energy and feelings with others like a good leader does for his people and army, as well as demonstrating good values to others. The rune can be used to enact justice or balance to others, an eye for an eye or something of that note. To serve injustice basically.
Other Runes include any of the third aett of the Runes, with Barkana, Ehwaz, Mannaz, Laguz, Ingwaz, Dagaz, Othala, as the third aett represents refers more to the realm of divinity, mastery, and oneself, and is associated with Tyr. However, whichever one resonates with you personally depends based on which rune and how you interpret it.
I’m not joking but that Tyr is the Thing-God. I know what you’re thinking because Thing can literally mean anything, but in actuality, God of the Thing means something along the lines of God of Legislative and Judicial assembly where he was present in proceedings that took place within, well the Thing, and was the primary justifying force behind authority of the assembly and foundation. Latin references referred to Tyr as Mars thingsus which means “Mars of the Assembly [Thing]” which I find interesting because both Tyr and Mars have been referenced being great at treaties and keeping the peace, as well as being symbols of honour and order in their respective worship in a way and are connected to some form of government assembly.
On the other hand, can you imagine being a child of Tyr and the looney-tunes concept of running with Tyr being the literal god of the Thing. What that thing is, what the Thing is, who knows! It can literally be anything. Just imagining you having to do a Thing and all of the Norse worlds just nodding along that you have an important Thing to do, where they think “oh a child of Tyr and they have a Thing to do, they’re following their father’s job; of course of course” but you can totally just go scott-free doing something else and still be right because you were doing some thing. There’s so many shenanigans involving “Thing” and it's a glorious thing.
I can only imagine how many times you inexplicably find yourself the judge or mediator in things. Usually this is when you’re referring to some contest between two people, and yes it can be a trial of combat, but it can be something mundane like an arm wrestling match, whoever can hold a sour candy on their tongue the longest, a friendly-insulting word match, and so forth.
Sorry dog-lovers or specifically canine-lovers, but you might not have the biggest luck with canines as mythologically, wolves (Fenrir) and dogs (Garm; the guard dog of Hel) are tied to Tyr’s demise, so there may be some mythological relationship that will be passed down onto you. I wouldn’t say they’re immediately hostile with you but there’s just something that dogs and wolves have towards you. Not sure if canines will also apply to foxes and other canine animals, but who knows?
