| Name | Proto-Germanic | Old English | Old Norse | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Tē₂waz | Tī/Tīr | Týr | ||
| Shape | Elder Futhark | Futhorc | Younger Futhark | |
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| Unicode | ᛏ U+16CF | ᛏ U+16CF | ᛐ U+16D0 | |
| Transliteration | t | |||
| Transcription | t | t,d | ||
| IPA | [t] | [t],[d] | ||
| Position in rune-row | 17 | 12 | ||
Thet-runeᛏ is named afterTýr, and was identified with this god. The reconstructedProto-Germanic name is*Tîwaz or*Teiwaz. Tiwaz rune was anideographic symbol for aspear.[citation needed]
Tiwaz is mentioned in all threerune poems. In the Icelandic and Norwegian poems, the rune is associated with the god Týr.
| Language | Stanza | Translation | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Norwegian | ᛏ Týr er æinendr ása; opt værðr smiðr blása.[1] | Tyr is a one-handed god; often has the smith to blow.[2] | "smiðr blása" means to blow on coals, making them hot for metal working |
| Old Icelandic | ᛏ Týr er einhendr áss ok ulfs leifar ok hofa hilmir Mars tiggi.[3] | Tyr = god with one hand | "Mars tiggi" is a "more or less accurate [Latin gloss]".[4] |
| Old English | ᛏ Tir biþ tacna sum, healdeð trẏƿa ƿel | (?) is a (guiding) star; well does it keep faith | "Fame, honour" is a gloss written alongside the rune. Several interpretations have been offered, typically involving association with thenorth star, as the wordstacna andfæryld have astronomical connotations (used for "sign of the zodiac" and "path of a planet", respectively).[citation needed] |
Multiple Tiwaz runes either stacked atop one another to resemble a tree-like shape, or repeated after one another, appear several times in Germanic paganism:
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According to the runologist Lars Magnar Enoksen, the Tiwaz rune is referred to in a stanza inSigrdrífumál, a poem in thePoetic Edda.[7]
Sigrdrífumál tells thatSigurd has slain the dragonFafnir and arrives at a fortress of shields on top of a mountain which is lit by great fires.[8] In the fortress, he finds an enchanted sleepingvalkyrie whom he wakes by cutting open hercorslet with his sword. The grateful valkyrie,Sigrdrífa, offers him the secrets of the runes in return for delivering her from the sleep, on condition that he shows that he has no fear.[7] She begins by teaching him that if he wants to achieve victory in battle, he is to carve "victory runes" on his sword and twice say the name "Týr" - the name of the Tiwaz rune.[7]
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Futhorc manuscripts give different names to the t-rune. Sangallensis 270 (9th century) and Vindobonensis 795 (9th century) call the rune "Ti", while Cotton MS Domitian A IX (10th century?) calls it "Tir", and the Byrhtferth's Manuscript (12th century) calls it "Tyr". Ti may be an uninflected form of the possessive "Tiwes" as found in "Tiwesdæg", which would make it the name of an English god. Similar spellings of this god's name (such as Tii) are attested to in Old English.[11]
The Týr rune is commonly used byGermanic neopagans to symbolize veneration of the god Týr.
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The Týr rune inGuido von List'sArmanen Futharkh was based on the version found in the Younger Futhark. List's runes were later adopted and modified byKarl Maria Wiligut, who was responsible for their adoption by theNazis, and they were subsequently widely used on insignia and literature during theThird Reich. It was the badge of theSturmabteilung training schools, theReichsführerschulen inNazi Germany. InWorld War II, it was adopted as the unit insignia of the32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "30 Januar".
InNeo-Nazism it has appeared, together with theSowilo rune, in the emblem of theKassel-based think tankThule Seminar. It has also appeared as the former logo of the fashion labelThor Steinar, which was banned in Germany over resemblance to SS officer uniforms,[12] and theScandinavia-basedNordic Resistance Movement which uses the symbol onto a diamond with stripes (in the same shape as the Hitlerjugend flag) in green, white, and black. (It might also be noted that both these uses were technically incorrect, since bothThor andThule would be spelled with athurisaz, ᚦ, rune.) The symbol was one of the numerous Nazi/neo-Nazi and fascist symbols/slogans used by the perpetrator of theChristchurch mosque shootingsBrenton Harrison Tarrant alongside theBlack Sun,the Othala/Odal rune,the Celtic Cross,the Kolovrat swastika,the Fourteen Words, and the Archangel Michael's Cross of the pro-NaziRomanian organizationIron Guard.[13]
In 2018 the symbol was incorporated on the sweaters of the 2018 Norwegian Alpine ski team.[14]
The sweaters were however quickly pulled from market, when the Nazi and far-right association raised controversy.[15]