| Ask six rune experts 'Where did the runes originate | | | | uses of runes were nothing more than markers |
| from?' and you will probably get 6 different answers. | | | | symbolizing ones trademark, or ownership of an item. |
| There are different versions of runes for each | | | | Later they were altered and more symbols were |
| culture and era they seemed to come from. One | | | | added as the earth's population grew and it's linguistic |
| person told me they came from the vikings, another | | | | skills required more rune symbols and meanings.Runes |
| said they originated from the druids, yet another said | | | | were and are written different ways by different |
| they came from aliens, each person was serious and | | | | folks, some are written left to right, others are |
| thought they had the correct origins of the runes, | | | | written right to left, or up to down, this again shows |
| how can everyone have a different answer about | | | | you that runes hold different meanings to different |
| them ? The answer appears to be 'time', over the | | | | people.Now days a lot of folks think the runes were |
| years folks have made up so many tales about the | | | | used for magic or such things as divination and |
| runes that nobody knows the true origin of them. | | | | fortune telling, this again depends upon the person |
| The very name 'rune', is a word derived from the | | | | who reads such meanings into the runes. Years back |
| Gothic word 'runa', which means "mystery."One of | | | | when the Christian faith was adopted by Europe, the |
| the oldest and first recorded uses of runes came | | | | use of the runes fell and they were replaced by the |
| from German tribes in central and Eastern Europe, | | | | more modern Roman/Latin Alphabet, in fact one |
| these early uses of runes show that they were not | | | | letter of the latin alphabet even contain an earlier |
| even meant to be a language for everyday speech, | | | | rune symbol as part of it's language.Years later as |
| but were used as a symbolic alphabet system. Each | | | | Christinaity spread, use of the runes dropped, Church |
| rune letter or shape had it's own sound, and meaning, | | | | leaders did not understand their meanings and |
| in fact each rune represented a diety or so called | | | | symbols, so they considered them evil or from the |
| God, that gave it it's special power. People of old | | | | devil, this thinking has lasted even to today, and it is |
| belived that by carving runes into their personal | | | | the basis for the thinking of modern occultists, druids |
| property or other items, the God or diety over that | | | | and new-agers that the runes are magical and can be |
| rune would protect the item, they even believed that | | | | used in ceremonies or rituals. Even Hitler in his |
| a sword could be made more powerful for use in | | | | perverted thinking, used symbols of the rune |
| battle by carving runes into it.There are at least 6 | | | | alphabets in the nazi military insignia to supposedly |
| different types of runes or rune alphabets that folks | | | | give his army more power, this of course proved |
| use or dabble with today, and each rune alphabet is | | | | foolish as the nazi regime was crushed by other |
| supposedly the correct set to use, if you ask the | | | | military forces.But still many folks like using runes |
| person that uses them. Runes hold no more special | | | | today because they are an ancient item, they hold |
| meaning than any symbols, drawings or sigils do, | | | | mystique and even occult powers to some folks. I |
| unless you have a belief that they are magical and will | | | | say use them for fun, don't try using them for |
| it, they are nothing more then drawing a circle or a | | | | fortune telling or spell casting, all that stuff is clearly |
| square and giving them special meanings. For instance | | | | against the true source of power, the power of God |
| if I was around hundreds of years ago, I might of | | | | and his son Jesus Christ. In fact to show you the |
| looked towards the sun in the sky and then drawn | | | | weakness of runes for prophecy, modern runes |
| or carved a circle on a stone or piece of wood, to | | | | contain a blank rune, this blank rune symbolizes the |
| me it meant the power of the mighty glowing circle | | | | Unknowable, wouldn't you think that a great source |
| of fire in the sky, to someone else years later that | | | | of knowledge or power would know all ? Again, look |
| discovered my circle carved into the stone, they may | | | | to the Bible and Jesus Christ for your future, it is the |
| think that circle represented a wheel, eye, moon, or | | | | only book of prophecy that has been and will |
| just a plain circle. Each person uses runes for their | | | | continue to be, 100% accurate.Some of the common |
| own purposes and each person seems to give them | | | | runes used still today, are: 'Elder Futhark', 'Younger |
| their own meanings.In ancient Europe a lot of adults | | | | Futhark', 'Anglo-Saxon Futhorc', 'Robert's Runes', the |
| seemed to do wood carvings, in fact it was a prized | | | | later 'Robert's Runes,' has become very popular, as it |
| skill handed down from one family member to | | | | is the only version of the runes that includes a full |
| another. An alphabet was needed that could easily be | | | | english alphabetic translation, which makes writing any |
| carved or scratched into the wood used by the | | | | english text in runes possible. Robert's Runes are also |
| carvers, runes were perfect for this since they | | | | available as a 'True Type Font' for use on any |
| consist of mostly straight lines linked together. Most | | | | WINDOWS based computer. |