Tyr
E73465
Tyr is a Norse god associated primarily with law, justice, and heroic courage, famously known for sacrificing his hand to the wolf Fenrir.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tyr canonical | 11 |
| Tyr (Norse deity) | 1 |
| Týr (Old Norse) | 1 |
| TýrLosingHisHand | 1 |
| TýrPlacingHandInFenrir’sMouth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T579433 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tyr Context triple: [Norse mythology, hasDeity, Tyr]
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A.
Odin
Odin is the chief god in Norse mythology, associated with wisdom, war, poetry, and magic, and revered as the ruler of Asgard and the Aesir gods.
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B.
Gunnar
Gunnar is a masculine given name of Old Norse origin, commonly used in Scandinavian countries and associated with warriors or bold fighters.
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C.
Audun Tron
Audun Tron is a Norwegian politician who served as the mayor of Lillehammer during the period when the city hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics.
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D.
Freyr
Freyr is a major Norse god associated with fertility, prosperity, sunshine, and fair weather, often revered as a bringer of peace and good harvests.
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E.
Neriglissar
Neriglissar was a 6th-century BCE king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, known for seizing the throne after Nebuchadnezzar II’s son and for his building projects in Babylon.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tyr Target entity description: Tyr is a Norse god associated primarily with law, justice, and heroic courage, famously known for sacrificing his hand to the wolf Fenrir.
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A.
Odin
Odin is the chief god in Norse mythology, associated with wisdom, war, poetry, and magic, and revered as the ruler of Asgard and the Aesir gods.
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B.
Gunnar
Gunnar is a masculine given name of Old Norse origin, commonly used in Scandinavian countries and associated with warriors or bold fighters.
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C.
Audun Tron
Audun Tron is a Norwegian politician who served as the mayor of Lillehammer during the period when the city hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics.
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D.
Freyr
Freyr is a major Norse god associated with fertility, prosperity, sunshine, and fair weather, often revered as a bringer of peace and good harvests.
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E.
Neriglissar
Neriglissar was a 6th-century BCE king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, known for seizing the throne after Nebuchadnezzar II’s son and for his building projects in Babylon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norse god
ⓘ
deity ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Poetic Edda
ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ |
| associatedAnimal | wolf (through Fenrir) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
heroic courage
ⓘ
justice ⓘ law ⓘ war ⓘ |
| culture | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| domain |
duels
ⓘ
legal assemblies ⓘ oaths ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeParentTraditions | yes ⓘ |
| hasMythicFunction |
exemplar of self-sacrifice
ⓘ
guarantor of oaths ⓘ patron of legal order ⓘ |
| knownFor | sacrificing his hand to Fenrir ⓘ |
| lostBodyPart | right hand ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gylfaginning
ⓘ
Hymiskviða ⓘ Lokasenna ⓘ Skáldskaparmál ⓘ
linked to:
Prose Edda
|
| moralQuality |
bravery
ⓘ
honor ⓘ trustworthiness ⓘ |
| nameCognateWith |
Tiw (Old English)
ⓘ
linked to:
Týr
Týr (Old Norse) ⓘ
linked to:
Tyr
Ziu (Old High German) ⓘ |
| nameOriginLanguage | Proto-Germanic ⓘ |
| pantheon | Aesir ⓘ |
| parent |
Hymir
ⓘ
Odin ⓘ unnamed giantess (Hymir’s wife) ⓘ |
| religion |
Old Norse religion
ⓘ
linked to:
Norse mythology
|
| roleInMyth | one-handed god who bound Fenrir ⓘ |
| runeName |
Tiwaz
ⓘ
linked to:
Týr
|
| runeScript |
Elder Futhark
ⓘ
linked to:
Runic alphabet
|
| sacrificedTo | Fenrir ⓘ |
| sacrificialActMotivation | to ensure Fenrir’s binding ⓘ |
| symbol |
spear
ⓘ
sword ⓘ the Tiwaz rune ⓘ |
| weekdayEtymologyOf | Tuesday ⓘ |
| worshipRegion |
Germanic Europe
ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tyr Description of subject: Tyr is a Norse god associated primarily with law, justice, and heroic courage, famously known for sacrificing his hand to the wolf Fenrir.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tyr
linked to: Tyr
linked to: Tyr