February 2012
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“Brothers will fight
and kill each other,
sisters’ children
will...”
– Völuspá - In reference to Ragnarok
(via andthebattlebegun)
The Riddle of Roads
runicbasso:
by Charles W. York
Roots run deep,
athirst but quenched.
A constant search.
Gnawing teeth grate,
hungry for flesh.
None to feed.
Adrift at sea,
worms guide them.
Rede with rime.
Old at youth,
the cull surfaces.
Knowing its task.
Runic Pathologies and Remedies
myrkrider:
Thor & Audrey Sheil, Advanced Old Norse Runecraft
[I’ve substituted the more familiar names of the Elder Futhark for the somewhat idiosyncratic rune-names used by the Sheils in their writings to avoid any potential confusion.]
The following list shows some of the problems attributable to particular Runes. In most cases, the Rune itself is the potency responsible for the...
