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Tyr vs. Ymir — What's the Difference?

Tyr vs. Ymir — What's the Difference?

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Tyr

A god of war, son of Odin.

Ymir

In Norse mythology, Ymir (, Old Norse: [ˈymez̠]), also called Aurgelmir, Brimir, or Bláinn, is the ancestor of all jötnar. Ymir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material, in the Prose Edda, written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century, and in the poetry of skalds.

Tyr

(Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu

Ymir

(Norse mythology) the primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world: the sea from his blood; the earth from his flesh; the mountains from his bones; the sky from his skull

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