The Younger Futhark Runes - both long branch (Danish) and short-twig (Swedish-Norwegian)

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22 December 2019, 06h19: Summer Solstice for the Southern Hemisphere Today is the summer solstice – where we are at the peak of summer daylight hours in the Southern Hemisphere and the peak of wint…

Introduction The runes have been a prominent feature on this blog and in celebration of the Solstice I have made some free rune resources for you to download! Elder Futhark Infographic Elder Futhar…

Perhaps not as well-known as other grimoires, the Galdrabok, an Icelandic ‘book of magic’, is one of the most important surviving documents for the practices and understanding of occult practices in Iceland in the late Medieval era. It offers a unique insight into the various elements that contributed to a national magical tradition in Iceland at the time of its compilation.

Below are 5 ways one can write 'Bear' in Elder and Younger Futhark Runes. Which of these 5 different spellings do you think is easiest to read?

The Younger Futhark is a shortened version of the Elder Futhark (16 Runes instead of 24) used mainly as a form of writing runic script starting in the late 8th century and being fully established by the 9th century acros…