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Garm · salience 0.9

“When the appointed battle comes, Garm breaks free of his bonds and meets the god Tyr; the two kill each other in single combat, one casualty among the paired duels that close out the mythology's central gods against their monstrous opposites, alongside Odin against Fenrir and Thor against Jormungandr.”

Balder · salience 0.6

“The tradition also places Balder's return after the world's ending, which gives his story a forward reach that most divine deaths lack.”

Azazel · salience 0.6

“As punishment the angel Raphael is sent to bind Azazel hand and foot and cast him into a desert pit, covered over with sharp rocks and darkness, to await a final judgment rather than being destroyed outright.”

Azhi Dahaka

“His defeat is one of the central myths of Iranian tradition: the hero-king Fereydun (Avestan Thraētaona) rises up against him, and rather than killing him outright, binds Zahhak in chains upon Mount Damavand, where in some tellings he is prophesied to break free at the end of the world and be slain only then by the hero Garshasp.”