January art for Zine Rune.
Teivaz is a rune that will definitely lead a person to victory, or rather, it will definitely help him achieve his goal, and achieve it at any cost, a rune that puts the good of many above the good of one, and this is a very important moment for a correct understanding of its meaning because people, when they first get acquainted with this rune they miss those difficult situations that they can hide behind the meaning of these words, being guided by her vivid primary image from superficial sources of information. It is believed that Teivaz is the rune of the god Tuur, and there is a myth that well illustrates its essence, the very myth of Tuur and the wolf Fenrir, chained by the gods. Everyone knows that the gods tied up not just a wolf, but a hungry giant monster that terrified absolutely everyone, and that Tuur made a great sacrifice for this common goal to cope with the monster, but few people know that the sacrifice here is not the hand he lost, the real sacrifice is Fenrir's trust to the Tuur and its original nature.
Tuur was the only one who was not afraid to feed the wolf cub and spend his time with him, and if you dig into the information, you can stumble upon an interesting theory: Tyr was not afraid to feed Fenrir not only because he was the god of courage, but also because he himself was originally a giant who once joined the gods and chose their side... And Fenrir, as you know, is half an ice giant, if you remember who his mother is, and this makes them much closer in our eyes, they are both representatives of the "dark forces", although this sounds incorrect. Another theory I found one day: Tyr is Fenrir's father, and this makes the fact of betrayal even more unpleasant, but this betrayal is only on one side, since the essence of Teivaz is to achieve the goal (to protect the gods), and this goal has been achieved. The only question is which side he chose as his own. All this corresponds to the meaning of Teivaz: they have achieved their goals, the only question is at what cost.
Therefore, I did not want to depict a typical illustration with some mighty pumped-up man thrusting his hand into the mouth of a rabid wolf, for me this myth is more complex and dramatic than in most similar illustrations: he literally destroyed the trust of a creature that was in some sense closer to him than everyone else, being the only one who was not afraid of the wolf's power, which especially upsets me, is that Fenrir initially did not pose a threat to the gods, they just did not control his power, that's all. Therefore, there are no monsters in the foreground - there is only a growing peak and its god. Monsters will appear later, blue-black with anger.
Teivaz is a rune that will definitely lead a person to victory, or rather, it will definitely help him achieve his goal, and achieve it at any cost, a rune that puts the good of many above the good of one, and this is a very important moment for a correct understanding of its meaning because people, when they first get acquainted with this rune they miss those difficult situations that they can hide behind the meaning of these words, being guided by her vivid primary image from superficial sources of information. It is believed that Teivaz is the rune of the god Tuur, and there is a myth that well illustrates its essence, the very myth of Tuur and the wolf Fenrir, chained by the gods. Everyone knows that the gods tied up not just a wolf, but a hungry giant monster that terrified absolutely everyone, and that Tuur made a great sacrifice for this common goal to cope with the monster, but few people know that the sacrifice here is not the hand he lost, the real sacrifice is Fenrir's trust to the Tuur and its original nature.
Tuur was the only one who was not afraid to feed the wolf cub and spend his time with him, and if you dig into the information, you can stumble upon an interesting theory: Tyr was not afraid to feed Fenrir not only because he was the god of courage, but also because he himself was originally a giant who once joined the gods and chose their side... And Fenrir, as you know, is half an ice giant, if you remember who his mother is, and this makes them much closer in our eyes, they are both representatives of the "dark forces", although this sounds incorrect. Another theory I found one day: Tyr is Fenrir's father, and this makes the fact of betrayal even more unpleasant, but this betrayal is only on one side, since the essence of Teivaz is to achieve the goal (to protect the gods), and this goal has been achieved. The only question is which side he chose as his own. All this corresponds to the meaning of Teivaz: they have achieved their goals, the only question is at what cost.
Therefore, I did not want to depict a typical illustration with some mighty pumped-up man thrusting his hand into the mouth of a rabid wolf, for me this myth is more complex and dramatic than in most similar illustrations: he literally destroyed the trust of a creature that was in some sense closer to him than everyone else, being the only one who was not afraid of the wolf's power, which especially upsets me, is that Fenrir initially did not pose a threat to the gods, they just did not control his power, that's all. Therefore, there are no monsters in the foreground - there is only a growing peak and its god. Monsters will appear later, blue-black with anger.
Category Artwork (Digital) / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Canine (Other)
Gender Male
Size 919 x 1280px
Listed in Folders
Not only for the artwork using a different take on Tyr and Fenrir, but your speculation into the multilayers of mythology.
Who is that behind them, it looks so scary tho
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