Language in Life. Astrologikos. Esoterica. Esoteric Endeavors. Tarocchi. Rune Meanings - The Elder Futhark. I work with the "Elder Futhark", the runic alphabet which is a composite of the runic symbols most commonly used in northern Europe. The names of the runes of the Elder Futhark are speculative recreations of what linguists call "proto-Germanic", which stems from "proto-Indo-European". There are many versions of the runic alphabets. Each has variations in names, shapes, esoteric meanings and magical uses. One should not mix futharks, or the intent or meaning becomes confused.
The Elder Futhark, the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, and the Younger (or Scandinavian) Futhark are the most frequently seen versions of the runic alphabets in use today. The runes are broken into three sections or groups of eight, called aett (aettir, plural). This helps one to remember their order, and later, you will see, has significance in magical uses. First the rune name is given, then its phonetic value, its symbolic image, and finally the esoteric meaning used in divination. Fehu(F: Domestic cattle, wealth.) Symbolica. Galdrastafir: Aegishjalmur & Vegvisir. ★★★ Jump straight to ⇒ VEGVÍSIR ⇐ section below. ★★★ ★★★ Jump straight to ⇒ LUKKUSTAFIR ⇐ section below. ★★★ Please be kind. Foreword: If you have any questions or want the latest information just ask me - I’ll answer as soon as possible.
Write to me: Don't risk believing the misinformation and mistaken designs seen elsewhere on the internet. When seeing my first galdrastafur symbol (the Vegvísir tattoo on the arm of Icelandic singer Björk) I was immediately intrigued by the design and then fascinated as I learnt more about it. Above all let me stress three things: 1. If you are interested in using these symbols, please do so wisely. Update: With considerable help and a lot of hard work I have completed my first academic work and made it available to public. Multiple purchases get a discount on my Shop page. And now my second project, two years in the making, is available. Latest news: I have opened for business! The easy way is to click the PayPal button wherever you see something you like. Norse Runes — Scandinavian Viking Runes — Norse Rune Alphabets. The eldest runestones, inscribed with Norse runes, date from the 4th century.
These were the Elder Futhark runes. However, the most of the runestones were created during the late Viking Age and thus inscribed with the Younger Futhark runes. The runestones with Norse runes were usually erected to commemorate one or several deceased kinsmen, and in most cases these people died at home peacefully. Usually, men raised or commanded raising a runestone, while some of them are raised by women, usually widows of the deceased.
It is believed that runestones were brightly colored. Nowadays, most of them are painted with falu red, Swedish deep red paint known for its use on wooden cottages and barns. Photo: Runestone U 164 (one of the Jarlabanke runestones), detail. Runes 2. What images do the runes conjure for you when you work with them or think about them? The bearded Viking with a horned helmet, a gleaming axe and a bag of runes bouncing on his muscular thighs! Or do you lean more towards the wart-faced wise woman, raven on her shoulder, bent over the fire, inhaling foul-smelling smoke and uttering obscure poetic prophecies. Perhaps you've grown beyond these fantasies and simply use the runes for decision-making and insight, functions they can well fulfil.
But do you know how the runes were read traditionally? Casting the Runes They were not taken from a bag and laid out in a pattern. That is a modern practice. A Magical Act To cast the runes was a magical act that helped to create the future. The Origin of the Runes The Vikings did not originate the runes. The Mystical Tradition The Elder Futhark is a system of sacred symbols that links language to a secret mystical tradition. Dialogue of Living Sound.
Ash Futhark Runes by Lolair on DeviantArt. Runes. The origins of Runes The middle-eastern biblical description of the phonic alphabet's (Phoenecian root) division into the many spoken language-branches of the Semitic middle-eastern language family-tree describes it as having originally occured shortly after the world-flood that destroyed Atlantis (called, in Genesis, the city of Enoch), at the beginning of the Babylonian Empire from the unification of northern Akkad and southern Sumer between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. In Genesis we are told of the building of the Tower of Babel, and of the subsequent "confusion of the tongues. " This mythology establishes the division of the alphabet into languages to the east of Babylon, with the 50 letters of Indus Sanskrit, and to the west with the 27 "monoliteral" Hieroglyphics of Egypt as having derived from the 36 letters of pre-Babylonian "Ugaritic" cuneiform, the earliest known ante-deluvial alphabets known of including "linear-A" and "-B.
" the 18 Armanic Runes of Guido von List -ben. Oracula. Mother Tongues. Language Etymology. Wrought with meaning.