<html> <head> <title>Tiewaz</title> <link href="./style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" title="main" media="all"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <link rel="icon" href="../img/runes/tiewaz.svg"> </head> <body> <p class="center"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Runic_letter_tiwaz.svg"><img src="../img/runes/tiewaz.svg" alt="Tiewaz rune" title="Tiewaz rune"></a></p> <h1>Tiewaz</h1> <p>Traditional meaning: Tyr</p> <p>Meanings when upright:</p> <ul> <li>self-discipline</li> <li>self-reliance</li> <li>willingness to do what is right despite the consequences</li> <li>integrity</li> <li>justice</li> <li>faith/loyalty</li> <li>keep your promises</li> </ul> <p>Meanings when inverted:</p> <ul> <li>person of malleable character and weak will</li> <li>an untrustworthy person</li> <li>need to step back and reconnect with one's priorities</li> <li>run-down spirit</li> </ul> <p>Tiewaz can be useful for:</p> <ul> <li>guarding against moral relativism</li> <li>self-regulation</li> <li>returning to reality / linear time after trance work</li> </ul> <hr> <p>Anglo-Saxon rune poem:</p> <blockquote>Tir biþ tacna sum, healdeð trywa wel<br>wiþ æþelingas; a biþ on færylde<br>ofer nihta genipu, næfre swiceþ.</blockquote> <blockquote>Tiw is a guiding star; well does it keep faith with princes;<br>it is ever on its course over the mists of night and never fails.</blockquote> <p>Norwegian rune poem:</p> <blockquote>Týr er æinendr ása;<br>opt værðr smiðr blása.</blockquote> <blockquote>Tyr is a one-handed god;<br>often has the smith to blow.</blockquote> <p>A modern poem:</p> <blockquote> <p>A cruel world this is where I must choose<br/> to live my truth<br/> or have a place to snooze<br/> at night, safe from thieves<br/> or murderers or even just<br/> the relentless and ever-encroaching heat.</p> <p>Raised on tales of heroes from the sky,<br/> but the days pass on rapidly by<br/> and my rights disappear<br/> into the ether<br/> as curled up in my bed I wait to die.</p> <p>Conflicting directives you have bestowed,<br/> to not lie to myself<br/> and yet take care of this vessel.<br/> For so long I've been trying to vindicate<br/> who I was this age minus eight,<br/> angel number, all portals<br/> to the outside world<br/> for the crime of poetry taken away.<br/> <strong>Keeping my mouth shut means safety<br/> but heavy conscience, soul decay.</strong><br/> I might as well be no one at all.</p> </blockquote> </body> </html>