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<title>Mannaz</title>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Runic_letter_mannaz.svg"><img src="../img/runes/mannaz.svg" alt="Mannaz rune" title="Mannaz rune"></a></p>
<h1>Mannaz</h1>

<p>Traditional meaning: man</p>

<p>Meanings when upright:</p>

<ul>
	<li>balanced partnership</li>
	<li>romantic attachments or marriage</li>
	<li>maintaining one's independence</li>
	<li>healthy cooperation with others</li>
</ul>

<p>Meanings when inverted:</p>

<ul>
	<li>an enemy</li>
	<li>distrust</li>
</ul>

<p>Mannaz can be useful for:</p>

<ul>
	<li>learning/maintaining healthy social boundaries</li>
	<li>increasing one's intelligence/memory/powers</li>
</ul>

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<p>Anglo-Saxon rune poem:</p>

<blockquote>Man byþ on myrgþe his magan leof:<br>sceal þeah anra gehwylc oðrum swican,<br>forðum drihten wyle dome sine<br>þæt earme flæsc eorþan betæcan.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The joyous man is dear to his kinsmen;<br>yet every man is doomed to fail his fellow,<br>since the Lord by his decree will commit the vile carrion to the earth.</blockquote>

<p>Norwegian rune poem:</p>

<blockquote>Maðr er moldar auki;<br>mikil er græip á hauki.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Man is an augmentation of the dust;<br>great is the claw of the hawk.</blockquote>

<p>A modern poem:</p>

<blockquote>
	<p>Our cooperation<br/>
	enhances our freedom.<br/>
	It seems like a paradox, but it's true.<br/>
	Think about it: if you come down with the flu<br/>
	or a cold or some other illness,<br/>
	while you suffer in bed, who will protect you?<br/>
	Me, because I am here.<br/>
	I will care for you, ensure<br/>
	you have what you need.<br/>
	If I while hunting or gathering food<br/>
	an awful injury suffer,<br/>
	who will carry me home?<br/>
	Who will tend to my wounds?<br/>
	You, with your strong arms<br/>
	and our connection sans Veil,<br/>
	location always known.<br/>
	Come,<br/>
	my love,<br/>
	let us fill the gaps in each other,<br/>
	let us our blind spots cover.<br/>
	The strength to do together what neither can alone:<br/>
	to carve out a world and maintain a home.</p>
</blockquote>