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The poem Havamal, from the Poetic Edda, describes Odin gaining the runes through self sacrifice. Hanging upside down on the ash tree Yggdrasil (the world tree), he finally spots the runes.
Stanza 138; "I know that I hung on a windy tree, nine long nights, wounded with a spear, dedicated to Odin, myself to myself, on that tree which no man knows from where it's roots run".
Stanza 139; "No bread did they give me nor drink from a horn, downwards I peered, I took up the runes, screaming I took them, then I fell back from there".
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Who made runes?
Vikings & other germanic peoples
What were vikings runes?
Runes were a written alphabet alphabet used by the Vikings, consisting of various symbols that could be efficiently carved into stone or wood, due to the many straight lines and no curved lines.
What are facts about Viking runes?
Runes were used as an alphabet by the Norse (Vikings), the old Germanic tribes of Northern Europe, and the Anglo-Saxons of Britain. They also had magic uses, such as divination, and protective magic.
Who made Vikings?
Runes had been in existence for nealy a thousand years before the Vikings. They originated with the Germanic tribes of Northern Europe.
Who used runes most of the time?
The Norse (Vikings), the old Germanic tribes of Northern Europe, and the Anglo-Saxons of Britain all used the runes as their alphabet. They also used runes for magical purposes, such as divination.
Why were runes used?
First off, the runes were used as a writing language for the vikings back in the Dark Ages. However, they were also a way of divination for them, quite like Tarot cards, except they were rocks.
What is the alphabet in viking?
Runes are the Viking alphabet. A rune is a symbol that stands for a sound. The runic alphabet was called the Futhark, and there were various versions of it. The original Elder Futhark had 24 runes. In Iceland, it was reduced down to 16-18, while the anglo-saxons expanded it up to 32 runes. A google search of "Futhark" will show what they looked like. The Futhark was called "Futhark" because of the first six runes. Fehu, Uruz, Thurisaz, Ansuz, Raido, Kenaz. F-U-Th-A-R-K, just as the roman "alphabet" is called that because of the first two letters. Alpha-Beta.
Which people wrote in runes?
The Norse (Vikings), the old Germanic tribes of Northern Europe, and the Anglo-Saxons of Britain.
What are the runic alphabet origins?
RUNES- the Anglo Saxon alphabet Runes were made up of various different signs, and are often readable as English letters when you turn them upside- down. This theory works with L and U. Runes have missing letters in their alphabet that we use today.
Viking writing or lettering?
The vikings in Iceland wrote in Icelandic or old norse. For example Snorri Sturluson Icelander that wrote Heimskringla among other works. Vikings wrote using characters called runes which were phonetic. Where our characters are called alphabetical (after alpha and beta, the first two characters in Greek) theirs is called the futhark after the first six characters (th being a single character). There is a link below.
Did vikings believe in the devil?
no they did not
Did the vikings believe in unicorns?
No, they did not, but I do.
