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Rune

A letter of the Germanic runic alphabets, and in Old Norse also a secret or a piece of counsel. Later occult “rune magic” is not the same as the medieval inscriptions.

Also known as runes

Norse tradition

Rune belongs to Norse tradition.
The Poetic Edda’s Hávamál speaks of runes as something Odin won at a cost. The winning is a Norse poetic claim, not a Victorian rune-set.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Rune is sacred to Odin.
Hávamál has Odin hanging and taking up runes. The knowledge is a costly counsel, not Thoth’s scribal office.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Rune is associated with Knowledge.
In Old Norse a rún can be a secret or a piece of advice as well as a letter. The double job is the language’s, not a later occult alphabet.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
associated with · partially sourced · documented
Writing contains Rune.
Runes are one historical script. They are letters before they are later occult tokens.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Odin is associated with Rune.
Hávamál has Odin take up runes. The knowledge-cost is a Norse poetic claim alongside Snorri’s ravens.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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