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Originally Posted by Phantasm
For the Norse gods, going by the archeological record it seems as though Tyr's widespread worship in Norway was essentially wedged out by Woden/Odin's worship coming up from Saxony and into Denmark and Sweden. Snorri's Eddas seemed to place him in a lower rank of god than Thor and Odin, despite the record of oaths to all three gods in the same breath.
I'd probably put Tyr in the group of "cast-off gods". Also possibly Logi (often mistaken for or merged with Loki, the "all-consuming fire"), his wife Glöð (Glut, "glad" or "glowing embers", and daughters Eisa and Eimyria (whose names also seem to mean "embers" or "glowing embers").
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Tyr is an example of a god that lost his position of dominance but wasn't entirely expelled. He was still worshipped. Tartaria is more for gods who lost their divine status entirely. Of course that could include gods who were subsumed, losing their individual identity like Logi.