Runes are found throughout much of Northern Europe, carved into rune stones, great boulders that tell tales of Norse fame and fortune, to simple inscriptions on weapons and possessions. These ancient symbols are a testament to man's desire to learn, understand and explain and tell us about the lives of those who came before us, and also to help us to divine where we should go next. Runes as a set of characters strung together is what we would call words, sentences and paragraphs. If we refer back to early languages such as Old Norse and Old English, rune has another meaning of 'holding a secret' and this is where we get our ideas about runes being somehow magical and mythological. The Norse god Odin hung speared from the World Tree Yggdrasil in order to gain knowledge of the runes, secret sigils of power. The story of Odin's ordeal shows in what high regard knowledge of these symbols was held. From the history and mythology surrounding them to how they are used in divination and as talismans, this beautiful quality handbook reveals the myriad aspects of these famous symbols, with meanings of each rune clearly laid out, instructions on how to cast them, and information on traditional ways of working with them. Beautifully decorated, line art, illustration, a table of rune names and meanings, how to draw or cast diagrams. 208 gold edged pages, gold block unjacketed hardcover gift edition. New full price.
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