![]() ![]() The main speculated reasons are that it's an alternate greek alphabet that was written this way or that the futhark sequence we know nowadays is some magical/cryptic sequence instead of the regular ABC sequence and that for unknown reasons it became the widely used version. There is no agreed reason or evidence why it's so different from all the other writing systems where always an alphabet is used. It's the same for runes, the first six letters are F U Th A R K. Our current collection of letters is called an alphabet because alpha-beta are the two first letters. The translator on here I've used the most common and agreed upon way of transfering runes to the English sounding alphabet. So this is something to keep in mind when using runes, they transfer better when using phonetically. Similar differences occur even nowadays between different languages, for example the English letter A and Estonian letter A - even though they are written the same way they express a different sound. For example the rune ᚦ makes a noise that is similar to the english written "th" and you can see we need two letter to express that sound. He learned chants that enabled him to heal emotional and bodily wounds, to bind his enemies and render their weapons worthless, to free himself from constraints, to put out fires, to expose and banish practitioners of malevolent magic, to protect his friends in battle, to wake the dead, to win and keep a lover, and to perform many other feats like these.Meaning that each rune symbolizes a certain noise that you can make with your mouth - instead of having a one to one conversion between a latin letter and rune letter. Having been initiated into the mysteries of the runes, Odin recounted:įrom a word to a word I was led to a word,įrom a work to a work I was led to a work.Įquipped with the knowledge of how to wield the runes, he became one of the mightiest and most accomplished beings in the cosmos. Having fixed this knowledge in his formidable memory, Odin ended his ordeal with a scream of exultation. At the end of the ninth night, he at last perceived shapes in the depths: the runes! They had accepted his sacrifice and shown themselves to him, revealing to him not only their forms, but also the secrets that lie within them. He survived in this state, teetering on the precipice that separates the living from the dead, for no less than nine days and nights. ![]() And he stared downward, and stared downward, and called to the runes. He forbade any of the other gods to grant him the slightest aid, not even a sip of water. Since the runes’ native home is in the Well of Urd with the Norns, and since the runes do not reveal themselves to any but those who prove themselves worthy of such fearful insights and abilities, Odin hung himself from a branch of Yggdrasil, pierced himself with his spear, and peered downward into the shadowy waters below. And he bent his will toward the task of coming to know the runes. Odin watched the Norns from his seat in Asgard and envied their powers and their wisdom. The symbols then carry these intentions throughout the tree, affecting everything in the Nine Worlds. ![]() One of the foremost techniques they use to shape fate is carving runes into Yggdrasil’s trunk. Among these beings are the Norns, three sagacious maidens who create the fates of all beings. Yggdrasil grows out of the Well of Urd, a pool whose fathomless depths hold many of the most powerful forces and beings in the cosmos. Yggdrasil’s upper branches cradle Asgard, the home and fortress of the Aesir gods and goddesses, of whom Odin is the chief. At the center of the Norse cosmos stands the great tree Yggdrasil. ![]()
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