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Notes
- There is a music video for Feels Good to Me.
- An alternate version of Jerusalem appears on Tony Martin's 1992 solo
album, Back Where I Belong.
- CD Single for Feels Good to Me (Edit) has live versions of Heaven & Hell and Paranoid from Moscow Nov 1989
- The first line of Anno Mundi
has a latin vocal that goes "Spiritus Sanctus Anno Anno Mundi".
Anno Mundi translated means "Year of the World", and Spiritus Sanctus
means "Holy Spirit".
- This album might have been featured in the videogame Granstream Saga on the Sony Playstation. The videogame
said that the Valhalla's sword is the sword of ice and the song Valhalla from Tyr said, "When the winds of Valhalla
run cold".
- As of July 1999, it appears that this album has been deleted, and is no longer available (new, that is).
- Scratch that - it appears it was reprinted and re-released in September 1999 through EMI.
- In Nov 99, I received an email from Martin Halfdan about the runes on the album cover. This is what he had to say:
I also have some info for you
that I cannot find anywhere. The runic inscriptions on the back of the
cover as well as on the inner sheet of "Tyr" are taken from
the famous Rök stone in Sweden. This stone is extremely well-known
among runologists for these reasons: It contains the world's longest
runic inscription; it is bloody old; it is partly written in cipher; it
tells stories otherwise forgotten since aeons.
Well, maybe someone might be
interested where the artwork comes from, for which reason you perhaps
you think this fact should be included somewhere.
- Some background info on Tyr
from Norse Mythology:
The original Germanic god
of war and the patron god of justice, the precursor of Odin. At the
time of the Vikings, Tyr had to make way for Odin, who became the
god of war himself. Tyr was by then regarded as Odin's son (or
possibly of the giant Hymir). He is the boldest of the gods, who
inspires courage and heroism in battle. Tyr is represented as a man
with one hand, because his right hand was bitten off by the gigantic
wolf Fenrir (in old-Norse, the wrist was called 'wolf-joint'). His
attribute is a spear; the symbol of justice, as well as a weapon. At
the day of Ragnarok(the end of the world), Tyr will kill the hound
Garm, the guardian of the hell, but will die from the wounds
inflicted by the animal. In later mythology, "Tyr" became to mean
"god". He is also known as Tîwaz, Tiw and Ziu.
- I also received this email in
January of 2005 from Mattias Astrom, with more information about Tyr..
Hi!
My name is Mattias and I am a 23 years old Swedish student in
Uppsala. I enjoyed your description of TYR but I decided that I had
to make some corrections:
Tyr or Tor as it is written in Swedish was the god of warfare. When
the Swedish and Norse peons heard thunderstorm they said ?Tor is
wielding his mallet?. Tor's mallet was called "Mjölner", this one
Tor used to create thunderstruck and to smash giants heads. It is
true that he is often drawn with a spear, but this is most likely
because most Scandinavian war men use spears or short swords called
"longsaxs". Oh? I almost forgot: Tor was the son of Odin and Frigg.
Some other facts: *Valhalla= The place were slain warriors came to.
Here they would feast upon Odin's pig ?Särimner?. This pig was quite
nice to have around since it was resurrected every morning after it
was eaten:-). The feast took place in Odin's Court.
This genre of polyetism took place in Scandinavia and Iceland
between 600ac to 900 when the Norse king ?jarl Olav Skötkonung? was
baptised. The last "Asa" stronghold was Uppsala in Sweden (witch was
the centre of the cult).
Cheers
Mattias Åström
Engineer and Sabbath fan from Uppsala
- In January of 2005, I
received this email from Steve Quarrella in response to Mattias'
email..
This is fundamentally
correct. But it applies to Thor, not Tyr, whom you mentioned earlier
as an older sky deity who was replaced with Odin over time. Thor and
Tyr are indeed two separate deities, and TTBOMK, Thor's cult was the
longest surviving after the Christianization of Scandinavia, due in
part to the hammer's resemblance to a cross (remind me to show you the
Thor's hammer I occasionally wear). By the end of the Viking age,
Thor's cult certainly had absorbed aspects of earlier cults, so yes,
eventually Thor became a god of war. Classically speaking, though,
Odin occupies that role, with Tyr before him.
Want a little evidence that these two are separate? Look at your days
of the week. The third day of the week (on our calendar) is Tuesday,
i.e. "Tiu's Day." The fifth day? "Thor's Day." And before you ask,
Wednesday is "Woden's Day" (Odin), and Friday is "Freya's Day."
Side note: You mentioned an earlier name, Tiwaz. Etimologically
speaking, this is the Germanic equivalent of "Deus" in Latin, which
you know means "God." And the latter of which, when Italian evolved
from Latin, became "Dio." :-)
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Anno Mundi
(the vision)
Can you see me, can you hear me
Can you hear me crying out for life?
Can you tell me, where's the glory?
Ride the days and sail the nights
When it's over you'll find the answer
Running in the wispering rain
Anno mundi? can you wonder!
Truth or thunder, life or blame
Do you see a vision of a perfect place?
Does it make you laugh, put a smile on your face?
Do you need a mirror, do you see it well?
Does the hand of god still toll the bell?
There are people laughing
They're all laughing at you
If only they could see what you're saying is true
Still generals fighting, making war on the worlds
Don't they know, Don't they know?
No,no, no
CHORUS:
The winds in the night blows cold
Your eyes are burning
As the sands of our time grow old
Anno Mundi
Do you follow the path that so many trend?
Are you among the blind so easily lead?
Do you join the war, do you fight for the cause?
Depends on another to fight it alone
CHORUS
Can you see me now, can you hear me now?
Can you tell me where's the glory?
Ride the days and sail the nights
When it's over, you'll find the answer
Runnin' in the rain
There's a hope that's growing and a vision too
All those angry hearts reach out for you
Do you look to the dawn, see a new day begun?
No longer the fool, the vision is done
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The Sabbath
Stones
Fire and water, wind and rain
wings that carry hell in every vein
World possessions, endless taers
truth and knowledge stolen all their years
World turns slowly, sun don't shine
Silence stills the air and kills the chime
Words are poison, passion bleeds
2000 years on earth has sown the seeds
The time of dreams has turned
The night is gone and light shines on
Where darkness once would hide
With spirits high, our fears were born
CHORUS:
Receiver of light, the kingdom of God will guide you
Keep you from a restless heart
Deceiver of night, the stranger that laughs
within you, the reason for the restless heart
is the keeper of the Sabbath Stones
Fire and water, wind and rain
wings that carry hell in every vein
World turns slowly, sun don't shine
Silence stills the air and kills the chime
Can faith destroy desire? Each breath a prayer
each step brings fear
The eyes of they that see have evil stare
Watch over me
CHORUS
and He's the keeper of the Sabbath Stones
What God is this that stands to hear his people cry?
What hand would strike and watch his people die?
What life that takes, what future did we earn?
It's our mistakes, take heed the Sabbath Stones
What life that takes what future did we earn?
It's our mistakes
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