rune magic
Ancient symbol casting
Rune magic is a system of magical practice using runes—the angular letters of ancient Germanic alphabets.
Practitioners cast, carve, or inscribe runes to invoke their supposed mystical properties for divination, protection, or spellcasting.
The concept appears frequently in fantasy literature and games: The wizard traced runes in the air, She studied rune magic under the elves.
- Elder FutharkFirst Germanic runic alphabet
- wardingDefending against approach
- runestoneInscribed Viking memorial stone
- casting lotsRandom selection method
- OdinChief Norse deity
ancient symbols · sigil · glyph · Norse mythology · staves · bind · Old Norse · talisman · sagas · enchantment · Viking Age · invocation · ritual sacrifice · consecration · alphabet · protection · mystical · spell
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
- fantasy fictionepic fantasy, high fantasy, low fantasy, dark fantasy, urban fantasy
- spellsspell, cast, conjure, curse, enchantment
- magical practiceswitchcraft, sorcery, hoodoo, voodoo, Wicca
- Nordic folkloretrolls, elves, Norse mythology, Norse gods, Odin
- Norwegian Folktalestrolls, north wind, butterball, troll hunter, white bear
rune magicblood magic
Sorcery powered by vital fluid
incantation · wandwork · chanting · ritual chanting · evocation
rune magicscience
Systematic study through observation
scientific method · empiricism · rationalism · physics · materialism
rune magicChristianity
Faith based on Jesus
monotheism · Kabbalah · shamanism · voodoo · hoodoo