#ELDER FUTHARK RUNE STONES HOW TO#

Read on for our guide to what are the rune meanings and how to use them for yourself! These days, runes are used as a method of connecting to one’s higher self, inner guidance and tapping into intuition as a method of foretelling what the future may hold and offering advice (similar to Tarot Cards). In Lithuanian it can me “to speak”, and in Finnish it can also mean “poem”. The origin of word “rune” stems from the Germanic word for “mystery” or “secret”, and similar findings are present in Old Irish Gaelic, Welsh and Old English, sometimes also meaning “miracle”. In the Norse cultures and across other Northern Europeans, it was sometimes believed that they held strong divinatory powers and as such were taken very seriously. Runes stones are full of powerful and magical history, and so were highly venerated and used with extreme caution. They are said to be based off of Old Latin inscriptions. The first completion of the total alphabet was the Elder Futhark runes in the 5th century AD, that are most often used still today, and then the Younger Futhark stones were adapted by the Vikings and other Nordic tribes and continued until Medieval times. They consist of a runic alphabet of 24 letters, usually made out of wood or stone that were used as a method of writing, fortune-telling, bindrunes and sigils. Rune stones are an ancient proto-Germanic tradition dating back to potentially the 1st century AD.

Elder futhark rune stones