Lindow ( 2001 ), while mindful of the possible semantic connection between Tuisto and Ymir, notes an essential functional difference: while Ymir is portrayed as an " essentially … negative figure "-Tuisto is described as being " celebrated " ( celebrant ) by the early Germanic peoples in song, with Tacitus reporting nothing negative about Tuisto.

Lindow compares Fenrir's role to his father Loki and Fenrir's brother Jörmungandr, in that they all spend time with the gods, are bound or cast out by them, return " at the end of the current mythic order to destroy them, only to be destroyed himself as a younger generation of gods, one of them his slayer, survives into the new world order.

Regarding the information given about Sjöfn in Gylfaginning, John Lindow says that the word sjafni does indeed appear listed in the þulur as a word for " love ", yet that outside of this description no information about the goddess is known.

" Referring to the same chapter, Lindow comments that neither of the phrases that Fenrir's binding result in have left any other traces.

Lindow Man is not the only bog body to have been found in the moss ; Lindow Woman was discovered the year before, and other body parts have also been recovered.

At the time of death, Lindow Man was a healthy male in his mid-20s, and he may have been someone of high status, as his body shows little evidence of heavy or rough work.

Investigations have not yet discovered settlement or agricultural activity around the edge of Lindow Moss that would have been contemporary with Lindow Man ; however, analysis of pollen in the peat suggests there was some cultivation in the vicinity.

In life, Lindow Man would have measured between 5 ' 6 " and 5 ' 8 " ( 1. 68 and 1. 73 m ) tall and weighed about.

Lindow Man and Lindow III were found to have elevated levels of copper on their skin.

Dating Lindow Man is problematic as samples from the body and surrounding peat have produced dates spanning a 900-year period.

There has been a tendency to ascribe the body to the Iron Age period rather than Roman due to the interpretation that Lindow Man's death may have been a ritual sacrifice or execution.

Archaeologist P. C. Buckland suggests that as the stratigraphy of the peat appears undisturbed, Lindow Man may have been deposited into a pool which was some 300 years old at the time.

Geographer K. E. Barber has argued against this hypothesis, saying that pools at Lindow Moss would have been too shallow, and suggests that the peat may have been peeled back to allow the burial and then replaced, leaving the stratigraphy apparently undisturbed.

One of the conclusions of the study was that the people buried in Lindow Moss may have had a less varied diet than their European counterparts.

The blow, possibly from a small axe, would have caused unconsciousness but Lindow Man could have survived for several hours afterwards.

The rib fracture may also have occurred after death, perhaps during the discovery of the body, but is included in some narratives of Lindow Man's death.

The broken neck would have proven the fatal injury, whether caused by the sinew cord around Lindow Man's neck tightening or by blows to the back of the head.

The study of bog bodies, including these found in Lindow Moss, have contributed to a wider understanding of well-preserved human remains, helping to develop new methods in analysis and investigation.

Of the 27 bodies recovered from lowland raised mires in England and Wales, only those from Lindow Moss and the remains of Worsley Man have survived, together with a shoe from another body.

John Lindow says that it is unclear why the gods decide to raise Fenrir as opposed to his siblings Hel and Jörmungandr in Gylfaginning chapter 35, theorizing that it may be " because Odin had a connection with wolves?

On 1 August 1984, Andy Mould, who had been involved in the discovery of Lindow Woman, took what he thought was a piece of wood off the elevator of the peat-shredding machine.

Before Lindow Man, it was estimated that 41 bog bodies had been found in England and Wales and 15 in Scotland.

Prior to the discovery of the bodies in Lindow Moss, British bog bodies had been a relatively neglected subject compared to European examples.

The interest caused by Lindow Man led to more in-depth research of accounts of discoveries in bogs since the 17th century ; by 1995, the numbers had changed to 106 in England and Wales and 34 in Scotland.

As the peat was cleaned off the body in the laboratory, it became clear that Lindow Man had suffered a violent death.

Swelling along the edges of the wound indicated Lindow Man had lived after being struck.

It was feared that once Lindow Man was removed from the peat which had preserved him for nearly 2, 000 years, the body would start to decay.

John Lindow theorizes that Sleipnir's " connection to the world of the dead grants a special poignancy to one of the kennings in which Sleipnir turns up as a horse word ," referring to the skald Úlfr Uggason's usage of " sea-Sleipnir " in his Húsdrápa, which describes the funeral of Baldr.

Lindow says that " many scholars think there may be basis for the myth in an ancient Odin cult, which would be centered on young warriors who entered into an ecstatic relationship with Odin " and that the name Harii has been etymologically connected to the-herjar element of einherjar.

Óðr is often theorized as somehow connected to Odin ( Old Norse: Óðinn ), the head of the Æsir in Norse mythology, by way of etymological similarities between the two ( Lindow states that the linguistic relationship is identical to that of Ullr and Ullin — often considered as variant names of a single god ), and the fact that both are described as going on long journeys, though Lindow points out that Snorri is careful to keep them apart.

Lindow says that regarding the theorized connection between the Harii and the Einherjar, " many scholars think there may be basis for the myth in an ancient Odin cult, which would be centered on young warriors who entered into an ecstatic relationship with Odin " and that the name Harii has been etymologically connected to the-herjar element of einherjar.

" Lindow adds that the eight legs of Sleipnir " have been interpreted as an indication of great speed or as being connected in some unclear way with cult activity.

" John Lindow observes that if Hlín is indeed Frigg, then this means that Hlín's " second sorrow " in Völuspá is the death of Odin, the first being the death of Baldr.

John Lindow says that due to similarity between the goddess Sága's Sökkvabekkr and Fensalir, the open drinking between Sága and Odin, and the potential etymological basis for Sága being a seeress " have led most scholars to understand Sága as another name for Frigg.

Lindow Man was on display for a year from April 2008 after being exhibited at the British Museum.

He served first as a judge at a lower court in Lindow, Brandenburg, before being promoted to a higher court at Neuruppin.

There has been debate over the reason for Lindow Man's death, for the nature of his demise was violent, perhaps ritualistic ; after a last meal of charred bread, Lindow Man was strangled, hit on the head, and his throat cut.

Encouraged by the discovery of Lindow Man, a gazetteer was compiled and revealed a far higher number of bog bodies: over 85 in England and Wales and over 36 in Scotland.

Archaeologists John Hodgson and Mark Brennand suggest that bog bodies may have been related to religious practice, although there is division in the academic community over this issue and in the case of Lindow Man, whether the killing was murder or ritualistic is still debated.

There has been controversy over the display of the remains: the body of Lindow Man has usually been objectified rather than treated as a person, leading some people, such as neo-druid Emma Restall Orr, to question whether the body should be displayed.

According to John Lindow, Andy Orchard, and Rudolf Simek connections are commonly drawn between the Harii and the Einherjar of Norse mythology ; those that have died and gone to Valhalla ruled over by the god Odin, preparing for the events of Ragnarök.