Garmr, the blood-stained hound, is chained at the cave Gnipahellir before the entrance to Helheim, howling at all who approach until the bonds snap at Ragnarök and he charges into the final battle.
At Ragnarök, Týr and Garmr slay each other in single combat — the one-handed god of war and the monstrous hound that guards Hel’s gate each dealing the other a mortal blow.
Garmr howls before Gnipahellir as the first omen of Ragnarök — a refrain repeated three times in the Völuspá, each cry marking a new wave of doom as the world hurtles toward its end.
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