Runes

Birch is the first tree back after fire, flood, or retreating ice. The rune of new beginnings is named after the plant that means it literally.

Birch is the first tree back after fire, flood, or retreating ice. The rune of new beginnings is named after the plant that means it literally.

In Germanic languages the sun is female and the moon is male. Sowilo is her rune — and it has the heaviest modern baggage of any in the set.

In Germanic languages the sun is female and the moon is male. Sowilo is her rune — and it has the heaviest modern baggage of any in the set.

Every other rune has a name we can translate. This one doesn't. The only clue is a poem about gambling in a hall.

Every other rune has a name we can translate. This one doesn't. The only clue is a poem about gambling in a hall.

The yew is poisonous in every part, effectively immortal, and was the wood of the longbow. The rune inherited all three facts.

The yew is poisonous in every part, effectively immortal, and was the wood of the longbow. The rune inherited all three facts.

Jera is the English word "year." A good harvest was a king's responsibility... and when it failed, some kings paid for it.

Jera is the English word "year." A good harvest was a king's responsibility... and when it failed, some kings paid for it.

A single vertical line, the simplest rune in the futhark. In Norse cosmology, ice is not an obstacle — it is what the world was made from.

A single vertical line, the simplest rune in the futhark. In Norse cosmology, ice is not an obstacle — it is what the world was made from.

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