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2 myths currently featured for Garmr.
At the onset of Ragnarök, the world-ending battle of Norse mythology, the god of justice and law, Tyr, meets his final adversary in Garmr, the blood-stained hound that guards the gates of the underworld. Having long ago sacrificed his right hand to bind the wolf Fenrir, Tyr enters his final duel with a disadvantage, yet he fights with unparalleled courage. The struggle between the one-handed...
Garmr, the blood-stained hound of Hel, guards the mouth of the Gnipahellir cave at the threshold of the underworld. According to prophecy, his thunderous howling signals the arrival of Ragnarök, the twilight of the gods. When the world begins to end, Garmr breaks his iron chains, escapes his subterranean vigil, and joins the final battle where he and the god Týr ultimately slay one another.