Why was Ymir's tongue cut off?

At the time, Eldians were a primitive tribe that pillaged opposing people, killed their captives, and cut off the tongues of those they left alive. Ymir's parents are killed in the attack, and Ymir herself becomes a slave.

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Was Ymir's tongue cut off?

After entering the favor of the Eldian King in adolescence and adulthood, Ymir wore a sleeveless dress with thin decorative bands around each arm. Like all slaves of the Eldian tribe, her tongue was cut out when she was captured, though it may have regenerated after acquiring the power of the Titans.

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Why was Ymir eaten by her daughters?

Upon Ymir's death, Fritz forced his daughters to eat their mother's body to preserve her power. Upon his own death, he commanded his daughters to continue reproducing and eating each other, so that Ymir's people will never die out and Eldia could rule the world with its Titans forever.

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What happened to Ymir's Jaw Titan?

Marley arc

After being brought back to Marley, Ymir willingly allowed herself to be killed and was eaten by Marcel Galliard's brother, Porco Galliard, transferring the power of the Jaw Titan to him.

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What was Ymir's punishment?

One day, Ymir was accused as a thief and was punished by the king of the Eldians, a man named Fritz, to be hunted like an animal. She ran into the woods with numerous wounds all over her body. When she hid inside a giant tree, she met a spine-like creature, and that was when Ymir turned into a Titan.

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Did Ymir's daughters become Titans?

After Ymir's demise, her daughters Maria, Rose, and Sheena Fritz devoured her corpse and gained her ability to turn into a Titan. As per their father's commands, Ymir's daughters reproduced to expand the bloodline and continue the race of humans who can turn into Titans.

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Who got the female Titan after Annie?

The two struggle for some time, but Eren is stunned in place upon recognizing a fighting stance used by Annie. In the moment, Annie incapacitates the Attack Titan and captures Eren. As she flees the forest, Mikasa Ackerman and Captain Levi pursue her and successfully immobilize the Female Titan, rescuing Eren.

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What is Ymir the god of?

Aurgelmir, also called Ymir, in Norse mythology, the first being, a giant who was created from the drops of water that formed when the ice of Niflheim met the heat of Muspelheim. Aurgelmir was the father of all the giants; a male and a female grew under his arm, and his legs produced a six-headed son.

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Why did Falco's Titan have wings?

These traits appear to be a byproduct of Zeke Yeager's spinal fluid which transformed Falco, passing on some of the Beast Titan's animal characteristics; this is proven further when Falco's Titan form eventually managed to sport wings, a tail and a fully feathered body.

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What is Ymir's secret?

Ymir was actually a fraud, as she had no royal blood and she was only a homeless Eldian little girl taken from the streets by the scammer. She inherited the power of the Jaw Titan from the Warrior Marcel Galliard in 845.

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Why do Titans only live 13 years?

Because it is impossible for anyone to surpass the Founder, each person who gained the power of the Titans was fated with the "Curse of Ymir" (ユミルの呪い Yumiru no Noroi?), which limited their remaining lifespan to only 13 years after first acquiring it.

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Why did Rod Reiss say he couldn't become a Titan?

In an interview included in the guidebook Attack on Titan ANSWERS, Hajime Isayama revealed the reason why Rod said he did not inherit the Founding Titan himself: "He thought of himself as just an observer, and in order to preserve the Reiss bloodline, he may have thought that he needed to stay human and make more ...

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What did Ymir fuse with?

The Shining Centipede, or Centipede-kun as it's affectionately known to fans, is the insectoid entity that grants Ymir Fritz the Power of the Titans.

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Who ate Ymir's Jaw Titan?

Porco Galliard, Marcel's younger brother whom he tried to spare from life as a Titan Shifter, inherited the Jaw Titan by consuming Ymir. Porco had been all but certain to be the one to inherit the Armored Titan, and he never knew that his brother had swayed Marley against him to protect him.

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How was Ymir's curse broken?

Armin is the one who confirms the curse is done when he awakens from a conversation with Eren in the Paths. When Mikasa shows up, he admits to remembering his chat with Eren, and he told the heroine her decision to free Ymir through Eren's death brought freedom to all.

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How old is Ymir Fritz when she gave birth?

She transforms into a Titan at 10, spends 8 years or so dominating Eldia's neighboring countries, bears King Fritz's children at 18, then dies at 23 when her own children are around the age of 5.

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Which Titan turned into a bird?

Beast Titans are typically modeled after a particular animal, in Zeke's case, a monkey. Therefore, Falco's Jaw also looks like a bird, as an effect from Zeke's Beast Titan, as theorized by Falco. In Chapter 135, Falco's theory is proven right as he successfully flies to Fort Salta with Gabi and Annie.

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Why are there only 9 Titan shifters?

I think the reason there are 9 titans is to represent the 9 realms that are connected through Yggdrasil. So, that may be the reason why you won't get more than 9. Inside the story, as it has been said, they have probably tried.

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Why did the talking Titan rip its face off?

The talking Titan speaks of her as "a subject of Ymir" and afterward addresses her as "Lady Ymir" before greeting her with a formal bow. As Ilse begins to question the Titan of its origins and purpose, the Titan becomes increasingly uncomfortable, groaning and eventually pulling at the skin of its own face.

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Is Ymir Odin's father?

Backstory. Odin was a grandson of Búri the first of the Aesir gods, who had sprung from Ymir, the first Giant and father of all life and one of the sons of Borr.

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What was Ymir's real name?

Brimir and Blain are usually held to be proper names that refer to Ymir, as in Bellows's translation.

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Why is Ymir cursed?

The Curse of Ymir exists because Ymir herself died 13 years after obtaining the power of the titans.

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What if a man eats the Female Titan?

What if a male eats the female Titan? Then he inherits the female Titan. The reason why its called the Female Titan is because it always looks female, regardless of who is the inheritor.

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What is Eren's Titan called?

Eren's form of the Founding Titan is called Doomsday Titan (終尾の巨人 Shūbi no Kyojin?).

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Who is the Female Titan traitor?

Annie Leonhart, also known as the Female Titan is a major antagonist in the anime/manga series Attack on Titan.

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