(; Old Norse: , ) is a god in Germanic mythology, a valorous and powerful member of the and patron of warriors and mythological heroes. In Norse mythology, which provides most of the surviving narratives about gods among the Germanic peoples, sacrifices his hand to the monstrous wolf , who bites it off when he realizes the gods have bound him. is foretold of being consumed by the similarly monstrous dog during the events of Ragnarök. The generally renders the god as Mars, the ancient Roman war god, and it is through that lens that most Latin references to the god occur. For example, the god may be referenced as (Latin 'Mars of the Assembly [Thing]') on 3rd century Latin inscription, reflecting a strong association with the Germanic thing, a legislative body among the ancient Germanic peoples. By way of the opposite process of , Tuesday is named after (''s day'), rather than Mars, in English and other Germanic languages. In Old Norse sources, is alternately described as the son of the (in ) or of the god Odin (in ). makes reference to an unnamed and otherwise unknown consort, perhaps also reflected in the continental Germanic record (see Zisa). Due to the etymology of the god's name and the shadowy presence of the god in the extant Germanic corpus, some scholars propose that may have once held a more central place among the deities of early Germanic mythology. Name In wider Germanic mythology, he is known in Old English as and in Old High German as , all stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym , meaning 'God'. Little information about the god survives beyond Old Norse sources. is the eponym of the Tiwaz rune (), a letter of the runic alphabet corresponding to the Latin letter T. By way of the process of , the deity is the namesake of Tuesday (''s day') in Germanic languages, including English. Various place names in Scandinavia refer to the god, and a variety of objects found in England and Scandinavia seem to depict or invoke him. Etymology The Old Norse theonym stems from an earlier Proto-Norse form reconstructed as , which derives – like its Germanic cognates (Old English) and (Old High German) – from the Proto-Germanic theonym , meaning 'God'. The name of a Gothic deity named (later ) may also be reconstructed based on the associated rune tyz. In Old Norse