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Ansuz rune fact card — a god (Odin) / mouth, in the Elder Futhark

Ansuz Rune Meaning: the God, Odin and the ᚨ Run...

Ansuz (ᚨ) is the fourth rune of the Elder Futhark and it means "a god": one of the Æsir, the principal tribe of Norse gods, and most often read as...

Ansuz Rune Meaning: the God, Odin and the ᚨ Run...

Ansuz (ᚨ) is the fourth rune of the Elder Futhark and it means "a god": one of the Æsir, the principal tribe of Norse gods, and most often read as...

Thurisaz rune fact card — giant / thorn, in the Elder Futhark

Thurisaz Rune Meaning: the Giant and the ᚦ Rune...

Thurisaz (ᚦ) is the third rune of the Elder Futhark and it means "giant": one of the jötnar, the primordial giants of Norse mythology. It carries the sound th (þ)...

Thurisaz Rune Meaning: the Giant and the ᚦ Rune...

Thurisaz (ᚦ) is the third rune of the Elder Futhark and it means "giant": one of the jötnar, the primordial giants of Norse mythology. It carries the sound th (þ)...

Uruz rune fact card: ᚢ, sound U — aurochs, the wild ox, in the Elder, Younger and Anglo-Saxon futharks

Uruz Rune Meaning: the Aurochs and the ᚢ Rune E...

Uruz (ᚢ) is the second rune of the Elder Futhark and it means "aurochs": the wild ox, a huge and now-extinct bovine that once roamed the forests of Europe. It...

Uruz Rune Meaning: the Aurochs and the ᚢ Rune E...

Uruz (ᚢ) is the second rune of the Elder Futhark and it means "aurochs": the wild ox, a huge and now-extinct bovine that once roamed the forests of Europe. It...

The Othala rune carved into an old oak doorpost of a Norse longhouse, firelight and a fjord farmstead behind

Othala Rune Meaning: Heritage, Home and the ᛟ R...

Othala (ᛟ) is the Elder Futhark rune of heritage and ancestral home. Its meaning, the Old English Eþel verse, and what the homeland meant in the Norse world.

Othala Rune Meaning: Heritage, Home and the ᛟ R...

Othala (ᛟ) is the Elder Futhark rune of heritage and ancestral home. Its meaning, the Old English Eþel verse, and what the homeland meant in the Norse world.

The Algiz rune carved into a mossy standing stone in a misty fen, sharp elk-sedge grass in the foreground

Algiz Rune Meaning: Protection and the ᛉ Rune E...

Algiz (ᛉ) is the Elder Futhark rune of protection — the famous 'life rune' shape. What it actually meant, its elk-sedge verse in the Old English rune poem, and how...

Algiz Rune Meaning: Protection and the ᛉ Rune E...

Algiz (ᛉ) is the Elder Futhark rune of protection — the famous 'life rune' shape. What it actually meant, its elk-sedge verse in the Old English rune poem, and how...

The Fehu rune carved into a runestone with red ochre, a Viking silver hoard blurred in the background

Fehu Rune Meaning: Wealth, Cattle and the ᚠ Run...

Fehu (ᚠ) is the first rune of the Elder Futhark and means wealth or cattle. Its name, sound and meaning across all three futharks, with the original rune poem verses.

Fehu Rune Meaning: Wealth, Cattle and the ᚠ Run...

Fehu (ᚠ) is the first rune of the Elder Futhark and means wealth or cattle. Its name, sound and meaning across all three futharks, with the original rune poem verses.