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Bloody Teutons - all their gods were war gods! Apart from the drinking, shagging and singing gods. In a sense Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are all named after war gods.
Mordant's tale retold by wikipedia, here:
According to the Edda, at one stage the gods decided to shackle the wolf Fenris, but the beast broke every chain they put upon him. Eventually they had the dwarves make them a magical ribbon called Gleipnir from such items as a woman's beard and a mountain's roots. But Fenrir sensed the gods' deceit and refused to be bound with it unless one of them put his hand in the wolf's mouth. Tyr, known for his great courage, agreed, and the other gods bound the wolf. Fenrir sensed that he had been tricked and bit off the god's hand. Fenrir will remain bound until the day of Ragnarok. |
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