“Tyr and Fenrir”
by John Bauer (1911)
Today we move into the half-month rune of Tiwaz, in which we are asked to reconcile some heartsong that cannot be as we’ve dreamed. It is the survivor rune with the narrative of grieved loss bringing embodied power.
As Tyr loved and tended the devoted Fenrir from pup to the Establishment’s perceived bringer of Ragnarok, so each was the only being the other trusted. Fenrir was determined to stay wild; Tyr was determined to do what was best for the preservation of Life. In their bond necessary wildness was preserved, and an out-of-date god got to choose his route to elderhood.
Tyr lost his hand to stay the wolf’s power and abdicate his status to shiny new successor, Odin.
Likewise, we have to know when it’s over.
We cannot move forward in our calling until we have grieved it and let it be.
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S. Kelley Harrell, M. Div.
Kelley Harrell is an animist, author, deathwalker, and death doula held by Tuscarora, Woccon, and Sissipihaw land. For the last 30 years, through Soul Intent Arts she’s helped others ethically build thriving spiritual paths. Her work is Nature-based, and centers soul tending through the Elder Futhark runes, animism, ancestral tending, and deathwork. She hosts the podcast, What in the Wyrd, and also writes The Weekly Rune as a celebration of the Elder Futhark in season. Work with her in the Runes for Change community or in her intensive soul tending training, The Spirited Path. Full bio.
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