The horse, symbol of harmony between rider and man. So
beloved were warriors' horses that they were given elaborate burials when they died.
Odin the Viking Father God (Woden to the Anglo-Saxons) had an eight-legged steed,
Sleipnir, who had magical runes engraved on his teeth.
Feoh - F
Represented the cattle that the travelling peoples took with them
on their conquests, and so this rune came to represent wealth and the price that must be
paid for choice.
Gyfu -
G
This means the gift or giving. It also represented
relationships, especially sexual ones, and is therefore one of the fertility runes.
Haegl
- H
One of the protective runes. This was the mother or core rune,
representative of the cosmic seed or grain of life, and stood for facing hardships in
order to move forward.
The horse, symbol of harmony between rider and man. So
beloved were warriors' horses that they were given elaborate burials when they died.
Odin the Viking Father God (Woden to the Anglo-Saxons) had an eight-legged steed,
Sleipnir, who had magical runes engraved on his teeth.
Represented the cattle that the travelling peoples took with them
on their conquests, and so this rune came to represent wealth and the price that must be
paid for choice.
This means the gift or giving. It also represented
relationships, especially sexual ones, and is therefore one of the fertility runes.
One of the protective runes. This was the mother or core rune,
representative of the cosmic seed or grain of life, and stood for facing hardships in
order to move forward.