![]() ![]() Runes would be split into rows of 3 with each row having 8 runes, this was important later on for ciphering as well. It is speculated this could have some magical purposes to it, the people who wrote these certainly knew of the other alphabets as there was a large trading system during the bronze age in Europe and the East, it remains somewhat a mystery today where we can only suspect and interpret why it is how it is. It's uncertain why there is such a different order of the letters to the alphabets where they begin A B C and this begins with F U TH. The runes went through a lot of different forms as well, the ones we know today are based on a few findings for example the Kylver stone, the sequence is also derived from there. This is the oldest Futhark we know of right now and the way it was written varied a lot depending on the writer and region. Sadly not a lot remains as most things were engraved in wood. The dominant writing system before the Younger Futhark and Anglo-Saxon Futhark, used for magic and writing by the germanic people. This is probably symbolic how writing has helped pass along information so much better that it’s seen coming from somewhere above and a greated being. The story behind how the runes were created was that Odin went to the tree that no one knows where the roots come from, possibly Yggdrasil and hanged himself - he then came down the tree and yelled “I took the runes, I took them!” and he was the one that introduced them to the humans. What I’d like to compare runes with in modern days is programming, people who have not been in touch with development probably see this as a bit of magic - but for someone that has mastered it they can create things, so perhaps someone would flex like “I the Java-developer, write this line of code to turn a button green”. Often the words “Erilaz” and “Vitki” were seen engraved on rune writings with Erilaz probably meaning a ranking like Earl/Jarl and Vitki meaning a magician, both probably refer to someone who has the knowledge of the runes, thus it’s a bit of a flex. A rune itself would most likely not bare any power at all, but rather it is unlocked when used in a sequence. The rune poems exist in Old Norse, Ango-Saxon English and Icelandic and there is a wonderful song by Heilung called Norupo which is one of these rune poems. ![]() Each rune has a so-called meaning but these were likely to better remember the rune, but thanks to these we know what each rune represents thus we have a better understanding of the enchantments we see - unless they are ciphered. They are often seen on runestones which are basically gravestones as well as amulets, ships and even everyday objects. They could be used to write something but we also see rune sequences that clearly indicate they were used for ritualistic purposes or to bless something - or perhaps curse something. Runa means secret or breath/whisper and they were used for decorative as well as magical purposes. ![]()
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