Viking Lore Articles — Tiwaz

Tiwaz: (T: Tyr, the sky god.) Honor, justice, leadership and authority. Analysis, rationality. Knowing where one's true strengths lie. Willingness to self-sacrifice. Victory and success in any competition or in legal matters. Tiwaz Reversed or Merkstave: One's energy and creative flow are blocked. Mental paralysis, over-analysis, over-sacrifice, injustice, imbalance. Strife, war, conflict, failure in competition. Dwindling passion, difficulties in communication, and possibly separation. The Tiwaz rune has several symbolic meanings, among them justice, self-sacrifice and altruism. It is the rune of Tyr – the nordic god of justice. In Norse mythology, Tyr sacrifices his arm to the monstrous wolf Fenrir,...