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<title>Ansuz</title>
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<p><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Runic_letter_ansuz.svg"><img src="../img/runes/ansuz.svg" alt="Ansuz rune" title="Ansuz rune"></a></p>
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<h1>Ansuz</h1>
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<p>Traditional meaning: mouth, god</p>
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<p>Meanings when upright:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>unclogging</li>
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<li>opens way for purification</li>
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<li>transcending turmoil of emotions</li>
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<li>Odin's ravens</li>
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<li>total shattering revelation</li>
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<li>inspiration in the arts</li>
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<li>clarity of communication</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Meanings when inverted:</p>
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<li>binding but without harm (dispassionate and removed)</li>
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<li>mental blockage</li>
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<li>unwillingness to face reality</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Ansuz can be useful for:</p>
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<li>finding one's voice</li>
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<li>cleansing</li>
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<li>expanding consciousness</li>
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<li>releasing oneself of unhealthy bonds</li>
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<li>revealing all secrets</li>
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</ul>
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<hr>
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<p>Anglo-Saxon rune poem:</p>
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<blockquote>Os byþ ordfruma ælere spræce,<br>wisdomes wraþu ond witena frofur<br>and eorla gehwam eadnys ond tohiht. </blockquote>
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<blockquote>The mouth is the source of all language,<br>a pillar of wisdom and a comfort to wise men,<br>a blessing and a joy to every knight.</blockquote>
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<p>Norwegian rune poem:</p>
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<blockquote>Óss er flæstra færða<br>fo,r; en skalpr er sværða.</blockquote>
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<blockquote>Estuary is the way of most journeys;<br>but a scabbard is of swords.</blockquote>
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<p>A modern poem:</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Black and blue sitting dollar store tree bird<br/>
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and frozen pack of neon gummy worms<br/>
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and sea of pillows and socks and blankets<br/>
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tugged with mouth in vague shape of nest.</p>
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<p>Looming overhead with quarry in mouth<br/>
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to taunt a girl who words is without,<br/>
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open mouth, shut, gaping, hungry outcry<br/>
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to let loose the worm that hangs from lips on high.</p>
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<p>Ravenous in more ways than one,<br/>
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need to be fed before chirping and hum<br/>
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can take the shape of coherent words.<br/>
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Nesting together. Intertwined wings as birds,</p>
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<p>extra pair with hands tucked in armpits.<br/>
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Head snuggled in neck, close enough for kiss<br/>
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but satisfied for now with pounding heartbeat<br/>
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announcing that Muse has not yet met defeat.</p>
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<p>It happens sometimes, backslide to animal<br/>
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when words run dry, of inspiration a lull.<br/>
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Nest of blankets and pillows, warm lover's embrace.<br/>
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No deadlines to meet; take flight at your own pace.</p>
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</blockquote>
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