Which one is the Great Spirit?

[agorman]

Odin or Týr? Which one do you think is the Great Spirit?

Twice happened to me that I was in bed, tried repeating "Great Spirit, bless me" for a while and I saw a Tiwaz rune in yellow light with my eyes closed. It was clairvoyance; not a dream or imagination, but a Tiwaz of actual light while I was awake (which is odd, because I'm not clairvoyant AFAIK).

So although Odin is called the Allfather, I wonder if he's the Demiurge and Týr is the Source; the Great Spirit. BTW, I'm not saying "Demiurge" with contempt. Nowadays I'm in a very sui generis Christianity and I believe the "Father" might be the same as the "Allfather".

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

The Great Spirit of... what? The highest god? There's really no such thing in Heathenry. Tyr was the chieftain of the Aesir tribe, and then it passed to Odin. Odin was named "All-father" more as an attempt to parallel to the Christian god during the Christianization of Scandinavia.

 

[Aldrnari]

You might find this wiki article of interest.

Dyeus - Wikipedia

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

I know of the linguistic connections. But still, so far as Heathenry goes, there isn't really a "Great God" above all the others. Even Odin was taught things by others, and bested by others.

That said, though, the Tyr rune is associated with none other than Tyr.

 

[Aldrnari]

I know of the linguistic connections. But still, so far as Heathenry goes, there isn't really a "Great God" above all the others. Even Odin was taught things by others, and bested by others.

That said, though, the Tyr rune is associated with none other than Tyr.

The link was more for Agorman, since I'm not sure if he was aware of that connection.

You're right though, of course. The Germanic gods are way more complex than anything that can be pieced together from linguistic reconstruction from times that far back.

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

The link was more for Agorman, since I'm not sure if he was aware of that connection.

Ah, I gotcha!