Nordic runes
Ancient Scandinavian alphabet
Nordic runes are the angular letters of alphabets used by Germanic peoples, especially Scandinavians, from roughly the 2nd to 15th centuries.
The characters were designed for carving into wood and stone.
Beyond writing, runes carried mystical significance—used for divination, magic, and inscriptions on amulets.
Modern interest centers largely on their occult associations: She cast the runes to see what the future held.
- Elder FutharkFirst Germanic runic alphabet
- OdinChief Norse deity
- Thor's hammerThunder deity's weapon
- stavesPoles or music lines
- stone carvingsDesigns cut into rock
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