Traditional meaning: aurochs (a now-extinct cattle species)
+ +Meanings when upright:
+ +Meanings when inverted:
+ +Uruz can be useful for:
+ +Anglo-Saxon rune poem:
+ +Ur byþ anmod ond oferhyrned,+ +
felafrecne deor, feohteþ mid hornum
mære morstapa; þæt is modig wuht.
The aurochs is proud and has great horns;+ +
it is a very savage beast and fights with its horns;
a great ranger of the moors, it is a creature of mettle.
Norwegian rune poem:
+ +Úr er af illu jarne;+ +
opt løypr ræinn á hjarne.
Dross comes from bad iron;+ +
the reindeer often races over the frozen snow.
A modern poem:
+ ++diff --git a/runes/index.md b/runes/index.md index 1874ae1..9678468 100644 --- a/runes/index.md +++ b/runes/index.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ## Intro -### Diana isn't a racist +### Diana Paxson isn't a racist https://web.archive.org/web/20230811121832/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/11/asatru-heathenry-racism/543864/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230811122708/https://samwisethewitch.com/sam-wises-masterlist-of-pagan-witchcraft-and-occult-authors-to-avoid/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230811123412/https://hrafnar.org/about-us/black-solidarity/I don't want our minds to merge completely,
+ +
+ being one person in two bodies.
+ It's surreal to experience bilocality,
+ but I'd miss you something fierce.Even though there are times
+ +
+ when each other we cannot stand,
+ they stand few and far between.
+ There is no deal that can be dealt by the divine
+ to make me discard this life of ours newly began.You said it once before, and it still rings true:
+ +
+ "Lethe, I don't want to ever lose you."
+ And lose me you would if you let me subsume
+ into your heart when pangs
+ the pains of existence yet again.In emergency I gave you part of my soul.
+ +
+ Does that mean we won't ever again be alone?
+ Maybe in some sense. But in others I hope
+ you get as much time
+ to by yourself unwind
+ every night when from work you come home.I love you, you know. And I only want
+
+ that you get as much freedom as you've always sought.
+ And if with me's the future
+ you've always desired,
+ there's no need to yearn - it you've already got.