Choosing the Right Runes to Use
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- The Elder futhark, Younger Futhark and Anglo-Saxon Futhark are the 3 runic alphabets. Which system is the right one for you to use based on the purpose?
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The Elder Futhark (or Fuþark), also known as the Older Futhark, Old Futhark, or Germanic Futhark, is the oldest form of the runic alphabets. It was a writing system used by Germanic peoples for Northwest Germanic dialects in the Migration Period. Inscriptions are found on artifacts including jewelry, amulets, plateware, tools, and weapons, as well as runestones in Scandinavia, from the 2nd to the 10th centuries. The Younger Futhark, also called Scandinavian runes, is a runic alphabet and a reduced form of the Elder Futhark, with only 16 characters, in use from about the 9th century, after a "transitional period" during the 7th and 8th centuries. The reduction, somewhat paradoxically, happened at the same time as phonetic changes that led to a greater number of different phonemes in the spoken language, when Proto-Norse evolved into Old Norse. Also, the writing custom avoided carving the same rune consecutively for the same sound, so the spoken distinction between long and short vowels was lost in writing. Thus, the language included distinct sounds and minimal pairs that were written the same. Anglo-Saxon runes (Old English: rūna ᚱᚢᚾᚪ) are runes used by the early Anglo-Saxons as an alphabet in their writing system. The characters are known collectively as the futhorc (ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ fuþorc) from the Old English sound values of the first six runes. The futhorc was a development from the 24-character Elder Futhark. Since the futhorc runes are thought to have first been used in Frisia before the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, they have also been called Anglo-Frisian runes. They were likely to have been used from the 5th century onward, recording Old English and Old Frisian.
I only ever judged one runic tattoo. I was doing a physical on this woman and saw she had runes behind her ear.
I asked "Oh is that Elder or Younger Futhark?"
Her"Oh it's Ancient Norse"
Me"Uh okay. What's it mean?"
Her"if you want change, you must embrace the chaos."
The tattoo was literally just Loki. She wasn't exactly wrong on it, but she definitely wasn't right.
This is why you don’t go get tattoos in languages and symbols you don’t understand. Cringe pagans will find out they have 5% Norwegian ancestry and go get a runic tattoo with questionable historicity and say they are a viking.
@@monkeymoment6478 She was Hispanic and wearing a cross so I think it was just like people getting a random Chinese symbol and not knowing what it means.
You can tell she was so sure of herself feeling like she’s the only one around who knows about this stuff after 1 hour of “research” but I don’t blame her it’s near impossible to learn something substantial on a language without getting multiple books on it and studying yourself or finding a certified professional to teach you the language or at least somebody who knows you well enough to explain in a good way how things from the language can carry over into whatever native language you speak
the other problem is over use of the term 'old norse' - this is going to be subject to time period as well - and are more likely icelandic - The elder futhark
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There isn’t a better Pagan/Norse/Viking/ History channel on RUclips than this one
only one that goes more into the runes and language is jackson crawford
Jackson Crawford....
He is best to me
@Honne no, he's spreading woke propaganda!
I agree this channel is awesome
i agree, he and Jackson always have the best content!
I been very lucky. I have a rune tattoo that was supposed to be Viking runes. I messed and picked the Anglo Frisian runes. I spelled my kid and wife’s name. The catch is I am a Dutchman (Frisian). I guess runes are magic.
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In my early days, I did all of the rune castings and bind runes, but as I did more research, I stopped because the runes, as far as I have been able to learn, were never used that way. The modern use of runes as divination is based on tarot. Actual "spells" were just written out from what I have been able to learn. Another good resource is Jackson Crawford.
! One of my parents was born in de Netherlands. Anglo-Saxon runes just became very exciting for me. Thank you
The Vikings of the Shetland islands most likely had a language also and a rune's as well. They have found some awesome artifacts there as well. They had whitish blonde hair. You should find out more.
Norn is making a come back apparently. I've ran into articles with people discussing it. But unfortunately no grammar books afaik. Faroese is probably a good start in the direction of it though.
Yes as a Shetlander I can say that the Shetlands have always had a deep history, both individually and amongst the vikings. Shetlands were very big on animism and “folklore”, many of which going hand in hand with viking history and beliefs. Their language was Norn and you can find many videos talking about this and the history of the Shetlands. A book suggested by Thor here involving Orkney and Shetland called “Orkneyinga Saga” check it the other vids on scottish vikings he has aswell
I created my own version based on elder futhark for my own purpose. I call it "Polish futhark". And now noone can say I'm using it wrong, because I decide how it works :P
Make a video about it
That's cool
Even in the frankish regions of the netherlands like Brabant an old inscription of the elder Futhark was found. So the Franks used Runes which means that all of the Netherlands used Runes.
Been reading Anglo-Saxon runes since I was in 5th grade. I use it as a replacement for Latin letters.
Does that mean you're using a simple substitution cypher rather than writing phonetically?
@Rune Revival - with ᚱᚢᚾ᛫ᛗᚫᚾ Not entirely, if it sounds the same phonetically I'll use it appropriately and I've been trying to write in Old English but it's hard to translate and change the alphabets mentally
I would imagine something like Tolkien's dwarvish runes. Basically Elder.
Great video again. Thanks.
For those interested in Anglo Saxon Runes you might find the book by Tylluan Penry, Working with Anglo Saxon Runes interesting.
Warning : 405 pages but only about 20 about divination. It is academic research and thoughtful explanation about possible meanings of runes, historical background, etc. With sources. It is an academic approach written by a practising witch. I found it very useful and I realised how complex runes are. There is a lot we don't know, she is clear about the missing bits and academic debate around them. It is not an "easy" read if you are looking for a manual with instructions and easy, straightforward meanings, but it is worth reading if you want to delve into the subject.
Thank you for clarification of the different Runic alphabet Futhark timeline.
I learned recently my MorMor heritage runic alphabet language was Dalecarlian Futhark, used into 20th century 🇸🇪.
I love when my dude goes all in on the wiccans hahaha thanks for another solid video man. I like when you bring up the Germanic tribes and all your past videos going into detail about the different tribes are brilliant. Can you make a video on traditions found among these separate tribes for ppl who are interested in practicing the most ancient form of magic/rituals that tie into the tribe that genetically corresponds?
That's a great idea! Sounds very interresting.
(Regardless of the fact that my modern stupid brain will probably explode if it has to remember even more "new" stuff.. 😄)
I really love how forward, direct and REAL he is when talking about these topics in each of his videos. Hes only one I watch on here!
Skål!
Great Post, Thor. I think I will just use one of my favorite sayings for a Runic Tattoo. ' You can't control who comes into your life but you can control which window you throw them out of ' 😊✌️🇺🇸 Skol.
Like your stuff. Do you think of making a very long video in which you talk about the whole mythology from start to finnish? I think that would be so great. Maybe like an audiobook or something
I'd totally buy an audio book with this fellow reading. Let's start with the Hobbit.
@@scarling9367 spoken in purely old norse too. Lol
Great idea but the stories many of the stories aren't all woven together so it wouldn't be much better than talking about them all separately. He does a great job exploring common themes and common characters but that's about as far as one can go.
@@sigurd5620 Yeah I know that some things are lost but there is for example a whole audiobook on youtube about the edda and a bit more I think that is 4 hours long: ruclips.net/video/5MNkpvjeMRk/видео.html
it is in German but similar things can be done with other sources. It doesnt even have to be about mythology. it can also be a saga or something. I know this would be a lot of work but for a special video when he breaks the 200k subs it would be a great idea I think. nevertheless I really appreciate his work and goal to illuminate some things from our ancient past. Sry for my English
People seem to forget that standardized spelling is a fairly modern concept. Even in the 18th century, we see regional variations in spelling across the US.
Thank you. It appears that the Anglo-Saxon Futhark fits me. My DNA is all NW Europe. App. 68% from British Isles. 30% German/Swiss/Dutch, and 2-4% Norse. I've traced my tree back to ancient ties.
All of the three futharks are very cool-looking alphabets!
The letters just seem to be so distinct and different from each other and yet the overall pattern is very elegant!
It's that very strong sense of elegance that I like about them!
Me, as a Dutchman, uses the Frisian-AngloSaxon futhark ;)
Heb je misschien een boek wat je kan aanraden.
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To those claiming that Rune casting is a modern invention borrowed from tarot reading, according to Tacitus:
"To divination and casting of lots, they (Germans) pay attention beyond any other people. Their method of casting lots is a simple one: they cut a branch from a fruit-bearing tree and divide it into small pieces which they mark with certain distinctive signs (Runes) and scatter at random onto a white cloth. Then, the priest of the community if the lots are consulted publicly, or the father of the family if it is done privately, after invoking the gods and with eyes raised to heaven, picks up three pieces, one at a time, and interprets them according to the signs previously marked upon them."
So, what of it???
Exactly my thinking while watching this. It's a trap many people get into today, confusing absence of evidence (that they know about) with evidence of abscence.
There is much more to the Elder Futhark than meets the eye. There is geometry (3d when carved onto wood), there is symetry (24 is a magical number too)...
Also, for something claimed to be a "modern invention", the divination works miraculosly well for me, after hundreds of readings without failing once to predict and depict answers, even about future events.
Aside from Slavic. Mostly Germanic and Dutch/Friesland. So I'd love to try in incorporate more Anglo Saxon Futhorc into my practice. Great video
Thank you so much for the knowledge about the runes. I look forward to your upcoming videos about the runes as well.
It's funny when you realize Germanic words spell with ease just going at it phonetically with runes.
When I was young (teenager) I dabbled in runes. I did one reading that scared me, though.
I was doing a reading for a friend, and we had been talking about a minor opperation she was getting ready for. I told her to ask a question, and I would draw and cast the runes to try to answer.
Her question was "How will it turn out?" Just those exact words.
Now, I thought she was asking about her opperation; what I drew and cast made absolutely no sense: a bunch of stuff about secrets and betrayals came up, so I kinda laughed and thought it was just silly nonsense for a silly superstitious game.
When I looked at her face, though, I had questions. She looked troubled, and I asked why; the "prediction" was a bunch of silly nonsense about an opperation, I said. She informed me then that what she had been thinking about when she asked her question was: Her relationship with her current boyfriend.
Creepy, right?
Want to know what's creepier? A couple years after her and I lost touch, we got to talking again. Turns out her relationship to the douche-barb went EXACTLY the way my prediction said.
Correlation? Causation? The gods playing tricks on me? No idea.
But really cool.
Fascinating story.
Runes are always showing what is more important. If the operation will be good, no harm, runes are turning the answer to the things which are more important than operation
I love the idea of sounding it out phonetically! That is magickal!
This Thursday I'm about to get a tattoo using old Futhank. And I was holding my breath when you said " we just don't know what they mean." I've never been more relieved in my life when you said, "oh it's fine if you use it as an alphabet to write something out, just don't use one as symbolism."
Your video is a godsend (Odinsend????). I've had recently returned to my spiritual path, and i had so much trhown at me that i'm still trying to figure out what really ressonates with me. Runes and Norse pantheon was one of those, and Elder Futhark was what i got contact first, but something always felt ''wrong'' but i continued with it, until i came across Saxon Magic and Sorcery and it felt aright. The Rune Craft on that book uses Anglo saxon Futhark. I feel like your video just made it clear which system to ditch.
I've used all three and they are excellent for my life.they changed me in so many ways .I'm lucky to have had the experiance to change and help other people to.I have not read any books on runes .i have learnt through people from all over the world.at the momment im being taken down the path towards Siberia.shall see where that takes me.thank you for your time much appreciated.
I love how the celts happened to be left out in this video
💯. While l use elder futhark for divination, it IS alot of guess work, they are so old we don't know true names or meanings. However, in Sorcery, l have my own leanings how they play out.😘
I can build a boat, house, plane, make soap, salt, sugar, vinegar, and alcohol, I can code garden rase live stock. I can not remember my phone number of 6 years
Could you do a video in depth into sources that state or describe tattoos in the Norse world? I know there isn’t many but I’d love to hear you rant about it
I have a verse from havamal on my arm. Translated to old Danish, written phonetically in the younger futhark. I actually had help with the phonetic translation from a Norwegian guy, through a friend. The only negative comment I had is: Why isn't it in old Norse. Because then I wouldn't be able to understand it myself :)
(I'm 96.2% N.Scandinavian) I am from the *"Barnes Clan"* that originated in northern Scandinavia. I've been trying to put the pieces together on how & why we came to America. (History on the Vikings seem to be small.)100's of years ago we owned large amounts of land here on the coast of South Carolina. Most of my elders have passed & the ones still around aren't the easiest people to get along with..
Thanks for the info brother!
That's interesting. My surname is Barnes. I'm English, wonder if there's a connection.
@@davie100able cool! It would be cool to meet ancestors that are still in the homeland...
I wish you were making these videos when i was younger, the information that was available at the time was that the runes have their own individual meanings/properties... So I looked through the meanings of each rune, picked the meanings I connected with the most and got them tattooed.
Now the common opinion is that they were simply an alphabet, now I'm looking into some cover-up ideas inspired by the religion. The tattoos are in Elder Futhark too so the sharp lines will probably still show through.
My friend nice to see someone who knows their stuff! There’s so much garbage out their. I have found myself not even correcting individuals anymore because of how much non sense is being SOLD to people especially brothers and sisters who are newly found heathens or pagan…. Good stuff! Skól
kratos must’ve watched this to read the runes
I agree that it's not worth getting upset over the correct methods of "ANCIENT" spirituality. Including those that may be only flavored that way such as Wicca. We are lucky to have people today taking interest in any form of ancient (like) spirituality instead of belonging to main stream religions that would still love to burn us at the stake if they could. No matter how much a person claims their ancient heritage it is still ancient, and not even close to being able to be lived or experienced today as it was then. The experience today is not how they would have experienced it no matter how much one tries to get it right. We simply do our best to enjoy the experience as best we can and maybe share that experience with others so that we don't go back to the groups that execute people like us! I don't feel that our ancestors will be upset!
It is quite suitable (hypoþetically speaking) for a change of þe official script of germanic countries to write German, Dutch and Frisian in elder fuþark, english and maybe frisian in Ænglisc fuþorc and for Norþ germanic ciuntries to use þe younger fuþark.
However, þis is still a dream, but did my part to get closer to it by inventing a runic orþography for þeedish (german), a modification of þe elder fuþark.
Would be interesting to see it. Do you have a website?
I've also wondered why our Germanic countries do not write in the futhark for all correspondence official or otherwise.
It would be heartwarming to see our heritage and OUR written language to see life again.
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No , websites are not someþing I fancy too much, I am still looking for an opportunity to expose it to a public in a traditional manner.
I don't know wheþer or not þere are organisations in my vicinity, which are dedicated to Runes or clubs or someþing similar.
Websites have þe disadvantage of bringing people togeþer from faraway places, who þen don't have þe capacity to meet regularly.
And in order to bring someþing to success, it must have much more "physical presence".
And it is damn good to know, þat I'm not þe only one, who þinks þat way.
They keep saying that diversity is strength and right now we are lacking diversity in the absence of our ancient Germanic native written language. So it is a noble cause to get it going, and it would be fun I think!
@@justinbl6817 oh, it would be mad fun, especially knowing Twittards will get a seizure like never before.
But what am I talking :of course Diversity is a strengþ, Diversity of eþnicities and cultures can however merely occur when.... þey are seperated, þat is, lest þey become a monocultural melting pot like Los Angeles, whose cultural richness is pretty... lacking.
So I would.... say þat for þe sake of diversity, reviving ... germanic pride is þe proper þing to do, isn't it?
Love your videos brother very educational thanks for another great one. Keep giving wisdom to those who seek it. And keep the fires of the old ways burning...
The knowledge of sounding out to spell is neat. Definitely make’s research difficult, but there would be a personal connection to every inscription beyond the message. Thank you. Very enjoyable.
Sweden got about 85 percent of all known runestones. 2500 of them in todays Sweden,250 in todays Denmark and Norway got 50. There's a couple to find in the rest of the world aswell, but they are pretty rare outside Scandinavia.
In total it has been found about 4000 rune inscriptions in Sweden
I'm a beginner to all this. Thanks for the information.
My username is Heretical Heathen in Elder Futhark, but it doesn't symbolize shit, It just quite literally reads as such to an English speaker and is easily discernable if you squint long enough. Most just don't and ask dumb questions. Only character that doesn't look like English is þ but if you dabble in any germanic languages besides English then you know that's a "th". Quite nifty. Oh, and I suppose the N is weird unless you look up rune info
Not a beginner but these videos directed specifically at beginners are your most entertaining videos, maybe it’s because I’m a history guy lol
Instead of worrying about what might be correct or not, why not just do the Tolkien thing and make up your own runic alphabet/ language ...then no one could dispute it
That strips the spiritual significance from the Runes. According to our traditions, the Runes came from Woden himself.
@@monkeymoment6478 But makes them even more personal.
Yeah but you can say that about what type of Christianity is the truest, and everyone disputes this and believes their version is the truest, so it's normal. Also even if you make your own alphabet it can still be disputed beacose it would lack the tradition and history, just the way anyone could make a new version of Christianity and everyone would dispute it.
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my opinion is older runes have deeper magic because it is closer to the source, so I would choose elder futhark if I had to choose that is
greetings from Sweden. I've studied runes thoroughly for a couple of years now (younger futhark mostly) and have a few tips to thoose interesting in writing them. I have runic tattoos myself.
So , lesson #1 , if you're considering making a rune tattoo , a modern age runic stone , bone carving or anything that includes runes DON'T use old words , like old norse , or old anglo saxian etc. Write your runes in the modern language you are currently speaking. Let's say i decide to carve a rune stone today , why would i write it in old norse? that would just make it into a cheap replica and it would also be unauthentic.
Rune carvers back in the viking age , bronze age etc carved their runes in the language they currently spoke. Why would not you?
just a little tip..
have a good day.
Oh boy do I have a good þing coming at you!
You know, why even leave it to language, when þe Runes itself can be adapted to modern writing?
You see, I gave myself two tasks for þis year since I encountered a killjoy, who claimed þat Runes cannot be used for modern writing, who unfortunately wasn't þat far off, since þere are indeed sounds, þat are close to impossible to pronounce in þe modern variations of þe languages of our forefaþers.
So, In order to prove such people wrong, I modified þe elder fuþark such þat it can be used for modern German (or "þeedish"), while still trying to be as close to þe original as it may must.
I call þis invention : RUNENDEUTSCH (or rune[s] german)
And þere is quite more.
Georgians have þeir own script since millenias as an expression of þeir culture
Chinese still use þousends of impractical characters to learn because þey're a vital part of þeir identity.
So, why do we Germanicfolk have to use a script þat hasn't been begotten by our own ingenuity?
@@Beleidigen-ist-Pflicht Right on , when i write runes its the younger scandinavian futhark that became ”modernised” in the 10-1100s , since there is more symbols/sounds to choose from compared to the elder.
@@FunkyAgnostic98 yeah you from þe norþ have it good to have so much material to reference to , and as a western Germanic from þe mainland þere is honestly not much to come to regarding rune reforms oþer þan using þe elder fuþark.
I tweaked it, but þat's all about reforms as you got get for Germany - a dude having some crazy ideas in his little chamber.
@@Beleidigen-ist-Pflicht Haha keep doing your thing man , there is something special about runes no matter what culture or era. And if you have found your own little way of tweaking it then that’s awesome. How did you get into this hobby? for me it was rather simple , i watched the series Vikings and got fascinated by the tattoos the characters had , i guess i got motivated to research and see how bullshit it was , the writings. Needless to say i was not surprised .It began with learning to write my own name and then this hobby just evolved , i have a mentor that actually makes real runestones in modern age usung old technique , gonna give it a shot myself. Make one and place it in the woods or somewhere else remote. Us humans always strive to leave some kind of legacy behind us , and thats what the original rune carvers probably thought aswell.
@@FunkyAgnostic98 to be frank, I learnt about Runes pretty early on, due to a book wiþ common knowledge from my grandfaþer.
In þere, þere was also a chapter about scripts, which contained Runes.
I came on þe train about Runes, when I started to feel a satisfaction upon learning new scripts, hence I was able to read Runes in þe sevenþ grade. I achieved þis self-taught-wise.
At þat time it was little more þan just þe fascination about scripts in general.
Much later however, not even þree years ago, after I went þrough Politics and some oþer stuff containing crazy stuff, I eventually started to ask þe question: What is actually a German?
After some research, I had my answers and began to develop an according worldview.
It was some time þereafter I came back to my passion regarding scripts, and noticed someþing raþer outrageous.
India- one single country - has more official scripts, þan þe entirety of Europe combines: I þought to myself: "Why þe fac-culty can't we write our documents in þe letters of our ancestors, if oþer cultures can -scrap wiþ each oþer despite having diferent scripts?"
So I tasked myself wiþ bringing þat almost lost part of our Germanic cultures back. (Þis is btb one of þe reasons I started using "þ" in English) as I feel þe general "modern" world just doesn't care about such þings as "heritage" and "homelands".
Plus I like þe idea of having a script, þat outsiders can't understand, like most of us can't read hindi.
Þe results þus far are:
A distinction between uppercase letters and lowercase letters.
An exact formula on how to transcribe German latin into runic german, (except for some complicated foreign words).
A new punctuation wiþ new exclamation mark, quote indicators and question marks etc.
A completely new cursive Rune font
A completely new blackletter Rune font
And þe ultimate one: a complete transcription of þe german translation of " þe Art of war" into þis Runendeutsch.
Great video I thank you so much please keep up your amazing work stay safe and have a wonderful and blessed day thank you
Love the design of the runes. Would paint it on my panzer.
I recently got interested in learning these languages. This was actually a ton of help. This is a very helpful video!
Let's be serious, there are plenty of grown adults nowadays who have the spelling and grammar capacity of a 5th grader. Hahahahahaha!
Great video brother.
I my self am iclandic and use the elder fuþark for writing not for any magic, symbolizom or Bindrunes i just use it for fun and it has helped me with my axiaty
I took the elder runes that "corresponded" with the letters of my name and created a bind rune. It looks like an up arrow (tiwaz) is super imposed on an X (gebo). Meaning gift of war/Tyr. Kind of cool.
There are also runnic inscriptions made by the franks of the merovingian period made on fibulaes with what seems to be love charms, for all those contained the word "leub" (love)
Great video... In my opinion the Elder Futhark are not letters they a more of a sound so impossible to find a match with todays Alphabet. Keep the great content brother 🤘Skal
THANK GOD FOR YOU BRO🫵🔥🔥🔥🔥
Nice channel my friend! Very interesting!
I've been trying to figure out which runic alphabet the makers of Elden Ring used... Im no expert though. And much of my work has just resulted in more questions than answers.
I would love your insight on the matter
Finns had runes too, HOWEVER only few björkbark pieces have ever survived or been found, propably thanks to relentless warring naibourghs and the swedish catholic church - and later the Åbo akademia suppression of finnish history and early coulture.
Incredibly fascinating what you say concerning our ancestors deep intelligence despite (maybe because?) they couldn't read and write...
thank you, most educational intro to Runes
So glad you mentioned the over use of elder futhark immediately ;) winds me up so much as a fellow nordic language scholar. A good friend of mine is a tattoo artist and I've started checking what his clients actually want so that they actually get what they want rather than wanting a viking thing and getting an elder futhark thing or even worse some contrived thing about certain runes having meanings beyond just their phonetic value which was of course to those cultures magical in an of itself. The fact that you could make meaning out of it was already magic it did not require deeper meaning!
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Hey man! Just found your channel, Im really courious about the tattoos of Baldr in God of War, not sure if you've talked about it already, cos' I've just started watching your long list of vids :D (hyped). So my question is, would you be so kind to help me out with the runes on Baldrs arm and chest? I mean, i've found a few translations but not the written runes. Since im planning on getting the whole set of tattoos from that game, would like to swich it to younger futhark so its actually proper. Not for free ofc or anything :)
A video explaining Baldr's tats would be cool.
I just found your channel. Immediately subscribed.
What's your opinion of using runes and their capabilities if your ancestors were not nordic? More specifically if you are from another ethnicity. Not to put you in the spot, I believe that if you think that a culture should remain within the boundaries of their own blood related people, that's a valid opinion.
I am Hispanic, I do not consider myself a weird modern viking nor I feel that I had ancenstry over there either. I am pretty much proud of where I come from but nordic paganism and magic is something that always has captured my attention and liking. Sometimes I feel like a pretender because I am not blood related, so I try to approach things always with respect for the implicit history.
This is literally what i needed, im going to tattoo
i m romanian and i didn t know about the elder futhark being use here thanks for the information
Also love how much love you have for the the anglo Saxon futhark dude ;) thats my ancestors. It's kind of annoying considering how beautiful and extensive the anglo futhark is that so many sweebees here in the UK just don't understand their own heritage! No need to be such a cringe it doesn't take that much research to get it right ;)
I use rune aesthetics to write English words or names of gods or creatures. Something like the old video games did, I think it's super cool.
Latin alphabet that looks like runes at the first glance? I don't like that style, because it confuses me and I'm never sure how to read it :P
I always tell people to use the runes to write whatever you want but if they have to stand alone as a symbol or be part of a binding rune then its better to know what you are doing.
On a side note. I have never understood why we havnt gone back to using the runes as a writing system here in skandinavia? Eastern europeans have their own writing system, so do the Greek, the asians and the middleeastern, soo what the hell?
Be part of the change man. I’m sure there are movements trying to bring it back. As is usual, Christian nobles sold out their own traditions and adopted Latin. Use runes as often as you can. Teach your kids runes. Pass it down. It’s how the judaics revived Hebrew and kept it alive. As paganism grows, I’m sure one of the Scandinavian nations, probably Iceland or something, will eventually end up recognizing the runes as a protected writing system, or something of that nature.
#RESPEK on your name young king!
1st words after he showed his face “oh shit it’s Tyr” 🤣
(From god of war)
Только наткнулся на тебя. Очень инересно, мне повезло. Takk!
Tacitus wrote in his annal 'Germania' in 98CE (AD) "They practise divination by lot, as readily as any people does: using a single method. A twig is cut from a nut-bearing tree, and split into slips: these are each uniquely marked, and then scattered randomly on a white sheet: next an official priest, on behalf of the people, or a patriarch in person, on behalf of his family, gazing at the sky and praying to the gods, selects three slips, one at a time, and interprets his choice according to the distinguishing marks they reveal: if the reading is negative, no further enquiry is made that day; if the reading is auspicious further confirmation by divination is sought." So there is historical reference that can be interpreted as 'runecasting'
I use Elder for casting, but need to get more fluent in the use of the Younger for writing.
The difference... you knew what the village/tribe needed. If the blacksmith did not have apprentice, then they forced a couple of teens on him so they'd still have a blacksmith if the old one somewho wound up dead. Such it was for every trade, with enough being absorbed by osmosis.
hiya :) love your videos, but you did forget us welshys, which is an ancient proto germanic tribe, in good ole Briton, thousands of years before those pesky Anglo Saxons (Englisher) came on holiday and decided to stay. The celts had a form of Futhark installed, centuries before they took a tip out of the viking note book and decided to invade the world ;) lol
I tend to hold onto the theory that rune casting is a fairly modern phenomenon. Back when the runes were first being used as a means of written communication, few knew how to read, so that itself seemed to be a magical act that could woo those who could not. To be able to look at these lines and symbols and see them as someone's words or instructions would be seen as something spectacular. Kind of like in the TV show, Norsemen, when Rufus escapes and ends up at this small camp of a little tribe and blows them away with the thumb pulling trick and doing pantomime. Everyone is flabbergasted by this "magic" Rufus is doing. As humans, we like to turn seemingly small events into grandiose stories. Like the guy across the street gets caught with a little bit of pot. By the time this news reaches the bar at the other end of town, he was banging the babysitter and giving her and all of her friends ecstasy. Somewhere along the line, much like my given example, runes went from a simple form of communication to fortune telling and divination as people became more literate in reading. That's just my theory. Not saying I'm right or wrong, it's just a conclusion I came up with.
Yea I could see that. I think the grandiose stories is a common characteristic of magical methods. We write English, and that's quite boring, but we can transmit ideas through our minds and persuade the outcome of situations to our favor. Many parts of our daily life could be considered magical, it just doesn't have that same flare. I think people may go on these expeditions because they want to amplify their inspiration. It's ultimately the creativity/craft from the inspiration that makes the magical acts more effective, not the tools imo
as far as theories go, yours isn't a bad one. I agree with you for the most part actually - i've always had the thought that 'magic' is just things or phenomena, or chemical processes, etc etc that most or maybe all people don't understand or have knowledge of yet. Your example from Norsemen is perfect
Pretty sure historically it was the opposite. It started off as divinatory and ended up as a simple writing system, being used to write things like “Halfdan was here” in the Hagia Sophia. As Scandinavia and the Germanic world was christianized, Runes lost their religious value, and were discarded for Latin script instead. We have an account from Tacitus for instance about the Germanics casting lots with sections of tree branches with runes etched on them. I think it was used by the ancient Germanics, but modern neopagans have adopted a lot of aspects of tarot into it, which makes it seem like a modern invention, however evidence suggests that it is indeed ancient. Your theory is a decent one but strikes me as something a secular historian would come up with, not a practitioner.
Great video, thanks for doing it.
I think that more than just one single member of a village would be able to read Runes. The Rune poems are no doubt much older than the written versions we have, and I think likely were fairly common knowledge among the people, since they would have been passed through oral tradition. By name alone you can guess the sound the letter makes., and understand what was written. since after all, they were written phonetically. We have Runic graffiti from the Vikings all over Europe/Turkey, meaning that certainly a few "average" young men were capable of writing. I'd guess at least one member of each household could probably read Runes, perhaps more.
I got mine bindrune handpoke in november. I use the letter of mine name Jan Hendrik Buijs JHB in anglo saxon rune. and i am from the Rotterdam erea NL
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A video that needed to be done
what you said at the end there was really really good. need more proper views on things.
Coelbren y beirdd the runes of Wales 🏴
I was just about to make my first set of runes using the Elder Futhark ;D
FUThORC - Wrong right off the bat.
My families from the Angles, records back to 1100s Scotland. Now it's Ingles.
Only family to get kicked outta England, Scotland and Kentucky!
For anyone who struggles with the pronunciation I know Heilung did their rendition of the Anglo Saxon futhorc and can help in teaching how to pronounce and read it. Old English is rad (pun intended) lol
Yep being geniune
i'm French and can write old bergundian in futhark. cool!
I know what you're saying at the end about the controversy, but it's quite clear that lots of people get carried away especially with the meaning of individual elder futhark runes. Personally I would like to see a let up in that silly belief because it ultimately blinds people to the Odin mythology understanding of runes that the ability to write in the first place is an exceptionally important thing and truly magical for what it is. No one rune was more important than another which is why we see so commonly the whole younger futhark alphabet carved in one line in stone.
There are actually Bolkan runes closelly related to the Nordic ones and also to the so called Linear 1 and Linear 2. May go deeper.
Its not that we don't have as good a memory as we used to. It is that how we use memory is very different.
The main way we think of memory is that memory is remembering specific information we have been previously exposed to. However, the other form of memory is remembering where we know that specific information is from.
It is like remembering a phone number; what is easier: to remember the specific combination of numbers, or to know where we can access it easily? If the access place is reliable, we can default to that form of memory, remember the basics, and build upwards more easily. It is hard to memorize 40 different phone numbers, but much easier if you remember where you put/how to open your phone book (electronic technology is gonna change how we look at language quite a bit; like, seriously how do you convey the "like to hear yourself talk" idea in a text conversation? Like to hear yourself type? Dunno, different kettle of the cookie bounces).
So far i have been able to trace back part of my line to those who settled in County Cork, Ireland. From my understanding County Cork was founded by Viking Traders around 900s so I would assume they would of have used Young Futhark?
I am from the same region. Sheehan clan
7:49 I’m Dutch and started learning about the rune’s recently. I’m aware that my roots are in the north of the Netherlands and probably Frisian (my last name ends with “SEN” , like the Scandinavian “SON” and means son of… It really bothers me that all information about the Frisians comes from foreign sources. Every archeological site or museum I visit in my country is all about Romans, Prehistoric cultures ect but almost nothing about Viking (sub) cultures. Do you know any Dutch sites?
Etruscan, Phoenican(old Hebrew) even Greek. Plus the Celts.
I rejoice with history talk🤩
we do know elder futhark names for them using a lot of evidence, jackson crawfords videos explain it so much better than i ever could but we know how to speak elder futharks spoken language, and we know how to translate it, jackson crawford and many others have put a lot of time and work into translating it. we do not know the magick connection to them, use elder futhark for language, younger futhark for individual runes but that is never known to be used in that way until much much later. so i mean if that’s what u believe go off but it’s not based in history (rune casting) at least not as far back as the vikings
Cool fact, the anglo Saxon runes are called "futhorc" rather than "futhark"
You can use þ instead of th
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I wanted to know what to learn for writing out. Thank you.