Runes
Thurisaz Rune Meaning and History: Thorn and Giant
One language called it a thorn. Another called it a giant. It is also the only rune that became an English letter and stayed.
Thurisaz Rune Meaning and History: Thorn and Giant
One language called it a thorn. Another called it a giant. It is also the only rune that became an English letter and stayed.
Ansuz Rune Meaning and History: The Rune of Odin
Ansuz means a god. Not a particular one — the word refers to the Æsir as a category, the family of gods that includes Odin, Thor, and Frigg. But by...
Ansuz Rune Meaning and History: The Rune of Odin
Ansuz means a god. Not a particular one — the word refers to the Æsir as a category, the family of gods that includes Odin, Thor, and Frigg. But by...
Uruz Rune Meaning and History: The Aurochs Rune...
Uruz is named after the aurochs, and almost nobody reading that sentence knows what an aurochs was. It was a wild ox. Not a large cow — a genuinely dangerous...
Uruz Rune Meaning and History: The Aurochs Rune...
Uruz is named after the aurochs, and almost nobody reading that sentence knows what an aurochs was. It was a wild ox. Not a large cow — a genuinely dangerous...
Tiwaz Rune Meaning and History: The Rune of Týr
The only rune named after a god, and the god in question lost a hand keeping his word. Tiwaz is about what an oath costs.
Tiwaz Rune Meaning and History: The Rune of Týr
The only rune named after a god, and the god in question lost a hand keeping his word. Tiwaz is about what an oath costs.
Fehu Rune Meaning and History: The Rune of Weal...
The first rune of the Elder Futhark means cattle, and therefore money. What the old sources say about it is far less cheerful than you'd expect.
Fehu Rune Meaning and History: The Rune of Weal...
The first rune of the Elder Futhark means cattle, and therefore money. What the old sources say about it is far less cheerful than you'd expect.
Algiz Rune Meaning and History: The Protection ...
The fifteenth rune of the Elder Futhark is the one people reach for when they want protection. Its history is stranger, and more contested, than most listings admit.
Algiz Rune Meaning and History: The Protection ...
The fifteenth rune of the Elder Futhark is the one people reach for when they want protection. Its history is stranger, and more contested, than most listings admit.