Month: October 2023

  • Learn the Viking Runes: Manaz

    Manaz is a rune that truly represents how runic alphabets evolved over time. The symbol for man – and by extension, humanity and community – Manaz looked like a person with upraised arms in the Younger Futhark alphabet. In the Elder Futhark – the runic alphabet featured in our rune sets and pendants – Manaz…

  • Learn the Viking Runes: Ehwaz

    Ehwaz is the rune for horse. Horses were incredibly important to the Vikings – and indeed, to all people of that era – as they provided the strength and power needed to clear land, transport goods, and carry warriors into battle. There’s plenty of archeological evidence that horses were in some ways sacred to the…

  • Learn the Viking Runes: Algiz

    Algiz is a rune of protection and self-defense. There are several strongly competing theories about what the shape of the Algiz rune is meant to represent. It could be the figure of an elk – the outstretched arms representing an elk’s antlers, lowered to fend off predators seeking an easy meal – or the rune…

  • Learn the Viking Runes: Perthro

    Perthro is truly a Viking rune of mystery. No one’s entirely sure what Perthro represents as an object – some say pears, some say game pieces, some say a drinking cup – but taken all together, the meaning is one of comradeship, gathering and good luck.  It’s important to understand that games of chance were…

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