Runestones
Ancient inscribed rocks
Runestones are large stones inscribed with runic alphabets, erected in Scandinavia during the Viking Age and earlier.
Most commemorate the dead or mark territory, though some record events or boast of deeds: The runestone was raised in memory of a fallen warrior.
The term also applies to smaller stones inscribed with runes for divination or magical purposes.
Medieval Nordic raider
- inscriptionText permanently marked
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- carvedCut to create form
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
Scandinavia · burial · monument · artifact · excavation · weathered · ancient · lichen
Language's letter system
- Elder FutharkFirst Germanic runic alphabet
- glyphsCarved symbolic figures
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- inscriptionText permanently marked
symbols · script · Germanic · transliteration · staves · carving · chisel · runemaster
Foretelling through mystical means
- castingShaping through liquid form
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- magicSupernatural or illusory power
- NorseAncient Scandinavian civilization
Odin · wisdom · prophecy · reading · occult · esoteric · ritual · spiritual
Viking
Medieval Nordic raider
- inscriptionText permanently marked
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- carvedCut to create form
granite · Scandinavia · burial · monument · artifact · excavation · weathered · ancient · lichen · Younger Futhark
alphabet
Language's letter system
- Elder FutharkFirst Germanic runic alphabet
- glyphsCarved symbolic figures
- charactersPersons in a narrative
inscription · symbols · script · Germanic · transliteration · staves · carving · chisel · runemaster · spelling
divination
Foretelling through mystical means
- castingShaping through liquid form
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- magicSupernatural or illusory power
Norse · Odin · wisdom · prophecy · reading · occult · esoteric · ritual · spiritual · pagan
Hearthstone
Online strategic card battler
- manaSupernatural indwelling power
- World of WarcraftMassively multiplayer fantasy RPG
- craftingSkillful manual creation
enchantment · power-up · inventory · Diablo · loot · upgrade · socketed · ability · currency · respawn
- Viking WorldNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland
- Swedish HistoryViking Age, Great Northern War, Thirty Years War, constitutional monarchy, Peace of Westphalia
- She-RaHorde, Micah, Mara, Lonnie, Eternia
- Norse mythologyThor, Odin, Loki, Valhalla, Ragnarok
- SvealandUppsala, Stockholm
- Vastmanland
Runestonespaper scrolls
Wound sheets with writing
oral tradition · digital text · papyrus · sky writing · clay tablets