Tyrfing
Sign in to saveAlso known as Tirfing, Tyrving
thumb|Tyrfing as the coat of arms of Bolmsö parish thumb|right|300px|Svafrlami secures the sword Tyrfing.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tyrfing is referenced by 729 other articles, and connects out to Excalibur, Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks and Hlöd.
It sits within the topics Ancient European swords, Mythological Norse weapons and Mythological swords.
Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Norse mythology
- Owned by
- Svafrlami
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- Rocky Johnson
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- Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Description
- The Tyrfing Cycle
- Versions and ambiguities
- Etymology
- Influence on modern fantasy
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
thumb|Tyrfing as the coat of arms of Bolmsö parish thumb|right|300px|Svafrlami secures the sword Tyrfing.
Tyrfing, also rendered as Tirfing or Tyrving, was a magic sword in Norse mythology, which features in the Tyrfing Cycle, which includes a poem from the Poetic Edda called Hervararkviða, and the Hervarar saga. The name is also used in the saga to denote the Goths.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tyrfing” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.