Irmin was the god of war. Irmin was either equated with Tiwaz (Tyr) or it was possibly another name for Tiwaz. His name implied that of one of great strength or that he was the god of strength.
Irmin – "Strength".
Tiwaz?
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Tiwaz was one of the earliest known Germanic gods. Tiwaz was the chief sky god and the god of war. Tiwaz was later identified with the Norse god Tyr, and the Roman god of war, Mars. Like the later Norse myths, Tiwaz was a one-handed god who lost h...
One-handed god of war. Tyr was possibly the son of Odin and of Frigg or the giantess Fjörgyn (Fjorgyn), and younger of brother of Thor. Snorri Sturluson says that his father was Odin in the keening of Tyr. Otherwise he was known as the son of the ...
Tyr: One-Armed God of War Tyr, god of war and battle in Norse mythology, was also a god of justice and order. He was one of the more prominent gods in the Aesir tribe of the Norse gods. Read this article to learn why this god of war lost his arm t...
Wodan was an ancient Germanic sky god. Wodan was known as Woden or Wotan to the Saxons and later Odin to the Norse. Wodan was also the god of war. Wodan became an increasingly popular Germanic god, who replaced Tiwaz (Tyr) as the chief sky god and...
Taranis: The Forgotten Male Triad of the Celts Taranis may have been one of the most important and widely worshipped deities in Bronze Age Europe. However, no myths about Taranis have survived to the present day. What do we actually know about thi...
Ing was the ancestral god of the Germanic tribes – the Angles and the Saxons. Ing was possibly an Aesir god, or even a Vanir god.
Since Taranis' name means "Thunderer", Taranis was identified with the Germanic god Donar and with the Roman god Jupiter. His name suggests that he was the god of rain, storm and thunder. His symbol was the spoke wheel. Taranis was one of three go...
Aeron was the Welsh god of battle and slaughter. His name was derived from the early British goddess of slaughter, Agroná.
A Germanic god of thunder. Donar was also known as Thunor or Thonar to the Saxons and Thor to the Scandinavians. The Romans identified Donar with the Roman thunder-god, Jupiter. Donar was the god of storms, thunder and lightning. His symbols were ...
Like the Greek god Hermes and the Roman god Mercury, Turms was the messenger of the gods and the conductor of the souls of the dead to the Underworld. Like his Greek counterpart, he also wore a cloak and a pair of winged sandals, as well as carrie...