Runes
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Written runes
What Are Runes
What Are Runes
The viking people started using runes in 400 BE. The grammar rules that viking runes followed are from different cultures including: Swedish, Norwegian, and lexical. (“Ancient Origins Reconstructing the Story of Humanity’s Past”). The old norse word for secret or mysterious is run (Suess, “How Did Norse Rune Magic Work? | TheCollector”).
How Runes Were Made
How Runes Were Made
Runes came from the stories of Odin. Odin was said to hang himself on a tree that was pierced with a spear for 9 days. This was all said to obtain or gain "the knowledge of the runes"(Suess, “How Did Norse Rune Magic Work? | TheCollector”). The runes were written on hard surfaces like stone, bone, or wood. This gave the runes a very angular and sharp appearance.
Yggdrasil or the tree of life; this is the tree Odin was said to hang himself on.
Viking burial grounds
Why Were Runes Needed
Why Were Runes Needed
Runes impacted the way communities communicated. In the viking culture spoken words meant nothing, but words that were written down meant everything to these people. Men would fight harder to have it written on their gravestone that they tried to fight for their people(“Hurstwic: Viking Language, Runes, and Poetry”).
Impact On Later Civilization
Impact On Later Civilization
The viking people normalized written communication for later civilizations (Battle-Merchant Medieval Shop). Another impact was that the vikings would have used magic. Magic could have been used to trick or misled enemies in battle. Magic was also used to to heal or bring good luck to people who used it right.(History.com Editors).
Viking Tools (LongShip, Ore, Axe)
The Conversion of the Viking People to Christianity
Modern Day Effects
Modern Day Effects
The vikings normalised written communication and religion. The vikings used prayer and manifestation. Viking runes aloud conversations to be kept discreet. The vikings normalized prayer and manifestation with the runes (Suess, “How Did Norse Rune Magic Work? | TheCollector”).
Fun Facts About Viking Runes
Fun Facts About Viking Runes
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