Actually, runes were carved such that no line was parallel to the wood grain. This was done to insure that the wood did not split when carving. Note how only few runes have a line perpendicular to the vertical stroke.
thank you for the video it's really helpful for me. I am interested to learning runes after reading several books, and this video really helps me to know more about runes, I consider runes to be one of the unique letters and until now there are still some young people my age who are interested in learning ancient runes.
Thank you for the video... Been using Runes for about 8 months for the purpose of divination. Much has changed for me since I began doing this including feeling a stronger connection to my Scandinavian and Germanic ancestry. I hope to visit some of the runic sites there in person one day.
1:35 Tacitus mentioned wood chips with marks on them. Even if his account were true (lots of old accounts are dubious), the marks weren't necessarily runes. The rune divination practices seen today were invented in modern times by implanting elements of tarot card reading onto runes.
I promise I'm not asking to be pedantic, I'm actually writing an essay and looking for information sources. on the divination thing you mention, do you have a source I can read more about that in?
When I studied scandinavian linguists in university, reading runes was also part of the curriculum. The thing that i still remember is that loads of inscriptions were useless. you'd expect some stone to tell an ancient tale of some sort, but then it just says "blabla was here' etc :p
+Rody JNconnect That and labels for things. Like comb on a comb etc. Very pragmatic! I did ancient Greek at uni and it was essentially the same, must things are just sign posts, graffiti etc. (don't ask me about the Greek though as i have not done it in a couple of years!)
learning to read was probably for kings and upper classes. It may have even been a way to keep secrets and people may thought it 'magical' to read. Today now it's mandatory to learn to read.
It's quite a contrast between how the Eastern Church invented new ways of writing for the lands where it preached while the Western Church seemed not to care so much about preserving such unique expressions of local cultures.
runes also died out in central Asia when the Turks adopted the Arabic script as Islam spread into the region. Also you missed the fact that runes are still used by the Hungarian minority in north west Romania
1:20 Well... actually, when writing along a stick horizontal lines would go _with_ the grain, and thus be almost invisible, while diagonal and vertical lines goes against the grain and therefore more easily visible. Theres also the fact that if all the lines are vertical and diagonal you don't need to rotate the hand holding the knife as far to scratch the runes. You can also only easily cut downwards and not upwards (cause the blade would just dig in unless you rotate the knife or stick 180 degrees), which is why most of the runes are connected at the top rather than at the bottom. So even if you don't know anything about runes but were to try writing by cutting into sticks of wood it would pretty soon start to look somewhat like runes. You might even decide to rotate or flip some character to make them easier to cut (I guess this maybe how the rune ᚢ was adapted from a V or U shape), because its easier to start at a point and diverge than to start cutting at two points and have the cut meet at the bottom.
Runic callendars were not just used in Sweden, but also around Telemark in Norway (where a lot of viking traditions for some reason survived relatively well). My cabin has one of them as a decoration, and none in my Family had any idea of this connection back to the viking age. Which yes, is a bit embarrasing to think about… But it is simply a custom to have those callendars.
I really love your videos, you've got a great speaking voice for this kind of stuff :D What do you use to edit your videos by the way? Loving the little owl :3
Thanks for the video, but I think it would be better if the commentator went faster. I understand when making educational videos you want to allow time for the watchers to digest, but this was almost agonizingly slow with not only the slow speaking, but also the breaks in between almost every sentence.
Actually, runes were carved such that no line was parallel to the wood grain. This was done to insure that the wood did not split when carving. Note how only few runes have a line perpendicular to the vertical stroke.
thank you for the video it's really helpful for me. I am interested to learning runes after reading several books, and this video really helps me to know more about runes, I consider runes to be one of the unique letters and until now there are still some young people my age who are interested in learning ancient runes.
I got to see runes in Scotland at a viking settlement/center they are really interesting! I would love to go see them in somewhere like Norway!
I'd love to see them as well. Could you possibly share the pictures?
Thank you for the video... Been using Runes for about 8 months for the purpose of divination. Much has changed for me since I began doing this including feeling a stronger connection to my Scandinavian and Germanic ancestry. I hope to visit some of the runic sites there in person one day.
i just need to learn runes so i can finish a puzzle in a game with runes in the walls
1:35 Tacitus mentioned wood chips with marks on them. Even if his account were true (lots of old accounts are dubious), the marks weren't necessarily runes. The rune divination practices seen today were invented in modern times by implanting elements of tarot card reading onto runes.
I promise I'm not asking to be pedantic, I'm actually writing an essay and looking for information sources. on the divination thing you mention, do you have a source I can read more about that in?
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It's in "Germania" by Tacitus. You can find that document online. It's not long.
When I studied scandinavian linguists in university, reading runes was also part of the curriculum. The thing that i still remember is that loads of inscriptions were useless. you'd expect some stone to tell an ancient tale of some sort, but then it just says "blabla was here' etc :p
+Rody JNconnect That and labels for things. Like comb on a comb etc. Very pragmatic! I did ancient Greek at uni and it was essentially the same, must things are just sign posts, graffiti etc. (don't ask me about the Greek though as i have not done it in a couple of years!)
+Well... Actually hihi yea true!! haha awesome ^_^~ thanks for making great vids!
Rody JNconnect
Thanks for enjoying them! :)
learning to read was probably for kings and upper classes. It may have even been a way to keep secrets and people may thought it 'magical' to read. Today now it's mandatory to learn to read.
It's quite a contrast between how the Eastern Church invented new ways of writing for the lands where it preached while the Western Church seemed not to care so much about preserving such unique expressions of local cultures.
runes also died out in central Asia when the Turks adopted the Arabic script as Islam spread into the region. Also you missed the fact that runes are still used by the Hungarian minority in north west Romania
Those scripts aren't technically runic. "Rune" is a Germanic word and in a strict sense only refers to the runes used by Germanic speakers.
1:20 Well... actually, when writing along a stick horizontal lines would go _with_ the grain, and thus be almost invisible, while diagonal and vertical lines goes against the grain and therefore more easily visible.
Theres also the fact that if all the lines are vertical and diagonal you don't need to rotate the hand holding the knife as far to scratch the runes. You can also only easily cut downwards and not upwards (cause the blade would just dig in unless you rotate the knife or stick 180 degrees), which is why most of the runes are connected at the top rather than at the bottom.
So even if you don't know anything about runes but were to try writing by cutting into sticks of wood it would pretty soon start to look somewhat like runes. You might even decide to rotate or flip some character to make them easier to cut (I guess this maybe how the rune ᚢ was adapted from a V or U shape), because its easier to start at a point and diverge than to start cutting at two points and have the cut meet at the bottom.
Runic callendars were not just used in Sweden, but also around Telemark in Norway (where a lot of viking traditions for some reason survived relatively well). My cabin has one of them as a decoration, and none in my Family had any idea of this connection back to the viking age. Which yes, is a bit embarrasing to think about… But it is simply a custom to have those callendars.
Dude,this is cool 🙂🙂🙂🙂
I really love your videos, you've got a great speaking voice for this kind of stuff :D
What do you use to edit your videos by the way? Loving the little owl :3
I've seen runes in irl. There's 2 big rune stones there I live.
What's the owl's name and why has he got one eye bigger than the other?
colin Paterson coffee, that is the reason behind the different sizes of the eyes that or belladonna 😀
great video! and nice accent!
awesome
thanks this is a cool video =) 😀😀👍🏼👍🏼✔✔
Thanks 🙏
Runes maybe first used by ancient Turks please see Ruins with ‘golden man ‘ found at Kazakhstan
where did u get the background music
I believe the background music may have been made by Kevin MacLeod. He has released much of his music for free on his website.
Thanks for the video, but I think it would be better if the commentator went faster. I understand when making educational videos you want to allow time for the watchers to digest, but this was almost agonizingly slow with not only the slow speaking, but also the breaks in between almost every sentence.
Great video but please refrain from calling my Germanic ancestors "Barbaric"
Please remove the owl. It is distracting, juvenile, and covers up text.