[translated from French] Paradoxically, in Scandinavian mythology, it is the second function, the function of strength and violence, that, as a result of having coloured and penetrated the first, has itself been most altered. Thorr, only represents one aspect, that of brute force, of what Vayu was in India and Herakles in Greece, but the essential is insured by the two sovereign Gods: Odhinn
... [Show full abstract] governs the fates of fighters and battles, and Tyr, God of the Thing [parliament, popular assembly], was, in the oldest known period, understood as "Mars". However lesser figures have preserved, by the side of Odhinn, more precise duties: the Valkyries and Vidharr remind us of the Maruts and Vishnu by the side of Indra. Another enigmatic figure, Vali, can be understood in this perspective and seen as parallel to Trita: Vali carries out on Odhinn's behalf the necessary but - in principle - dirty killing of a close relative, and carries it out in conditions that prevent it from being dirty.