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Early Yule Gift for Myself and LM
Nov. 29th, 2009 06:21 pmI went gift shopping yesterday; didn't find what I was looking for, but found an unexpected treasure: a beautiful sculpture of Tiwaz with his hand in Fenrir's mouth. The photos don't do it justice, particularly not to the god's face.
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The box is erroneously labeled "Tyr Battling Fenrir." The whole point is that it was not a battle. It was cunning and treachery and deliberate self-sacrifice.
The label may be wrong, and I would have depicted the wolf as being much larger -- but the statue vividly captures Tyr's resolve the moment before the wolf's jaws close.
Click photos twice for full size.
The box is erroneously labeled "Tyr Battling Fenrir." The whole point is that it was not a battle. It was cunning and treachery and deliberate self-sacrifice.
The label may be wrong, and I would have depicted the wolf as being much larger -- but the statue vividly captures Tyr's resolve the moment before the wolf's jaws close.
