From d100c8b94d2129be3893a0336458f030e75c1f8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lethe Beltane Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 07:54:10 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] More runes --- img/runes/ac.svg | 28 ++++++++++ img/runes/dagaz.svg | 31 +++++++++++ img/runes/ear.svg | 24 +++++++++ img/runes/inguz.svg | 16 ++++++ img/runes/ior.svg | 28 ++++++++++ img/runes/othala.svg | 7 +++ runes/10_nauthiz.html | 8 +++ runes/11_isa.html | 2 + runes/12_jera.html | 2 + runes/15_algiz.html | 4 +- runes/16_sowelo.html | 3 +- runes/18_berkana.html | 3 +- runes/19_ehwaz.html | 4 +- runes/20_mannaz.html | 3 +- runes/22_inguz.html | 121 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ runes/23_dagaz.html | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ runes/24_othala.html | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ runes/25_ear.html | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ runes/26_ac.html | 32 +++++++++++ runes/27_ior.html | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 20 files changed, 663 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) create mode 100755 img/runes/ac.svg create mode 100755 img/runes/dagaz.svg create mode 100755 img/runes/ear.svg create mode 100755 img/runes/inguz.svg create mode 100755 img/runes/ior.svg create mode 100755 img/runes/othala.svg create mode 100755 runes/22_inguz.html create mode 100755 runes/23_dagaz.html create mode 100755 runes/24_othala.html create mode 100755 runes/25_ear.html create mode 100755 runes/26_ac.html create mode 100755 runes/27_ior.html diff --git a/img/runes/ac.svg b/img/runes/ac.svg new file mode 100755 index 0000000..5ecb234 --- /dev/null +++ b/img/runes/ac.svg @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/img/runes/dagaz.svg b/img/runes/dagaz.svg new file mode 100755 index 0000000..6e15e41 --- /dev/null +++ b/img/runes/dagaz.svg @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/img/runes/ear.svg b/img/runes/ear.svg new file mode 100755 index 0000000..6e3f97b --- /dev/null +++ b/img/runes/ear.svg @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ + + + + + + + + diff --git a/img/runes/inguz.svg b/img/runes/inguz.svg new file mode 100755 index 0000000..7968205 --- /dev/null +++ b/img/runes/inguz.svg @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ + + + + + + diff --git a/img/runes/ior.svg b/img/runes/ior.svg new file mode 100755 index 0000000..751de25 --- /dev/null +++ b/img/runes/ior.svg @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/img/runes/othala.svg b/img/runes/othala.svg new file mode 100755 index 0000000..0333df5 --- /dev/null +++ b/img/runes/othala.svg @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ + + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/runes/10_nauthiz.html b/runes/10_nauthiz.html index 2826a64..0d61085 100755 --- a/runes/10_nauthiz.html +++ b/runes/10_nauthiz.html @@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
  • courage to ask for help
    • +

    Meanings when inverted:

    + + +

    Nauthiz can be useful for:

    Isa can be useful for:

    diff --git a/runes/12_jera.html b/runes/12_jera.html index e98bedb..8a87c74 100755 --- a/runes/12_jera.html +++ b/runes/12_jera.html @@ -13,12 +13,14 @@
  • emotional healing
  • slow hard-won growth
  • there is wisdom to be gained from everything
    • +
  • a farmer

    • Meanings when inverted:

    Jera can be useful for:

    diff --git a/runes/15_algiz.html b/runes/15_algiz.html index e6f8e21..0ec5345 100755 --- a/runes/15_algiz.html +++ b/runes/15_algiz.html @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  • protection and warding
  • healing injuries
  • marking what has been hallowed
    • -
  • learning how to work with others
    • +
  • learning how to work with others, especially those non-human
    • @@ -89,4 +89,4 @@ blode breneð beorna gehwylcne
    You will with me stay
    until you can see my normal face again
    and in the meantime reassure that I'm safe.

    - \ No newline at end of file + diff --git a/runes/16_sowelo.html b/runes/16_sowelo.html index cc9ef24..6408ac6 100755 --- a/runes/16_sowelo.html +++ b/runes/16_sowelo.html @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
    @@ -92,4 +93,4 @@ but it cannot do so all of the time.
    So when plumbs on the dark, my love,
    grant me the light to survive.

    - \ No newline at end of file + diff --git a/runes/18_berkana.html b/runes/18_berkana.html index 621a2d7..ded66e4 100755 --- a/runes/18_berkana.html +++ b/runes/18_berkana.html @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  • getting one's energy flowing
  • creating a solid foundation
  • blessing children or a household
    • +
  • concealment
    • @@ -67,4 +68,4 @@ in how long against everything you've survived.
    Stand strong and steal what you can from this world of men
    and I promise you I'll make it worth your effort in the end."

    - \ No newline at end of file + diff --git a/runes/19_ehwaz.html b/runes/19_ehwaz.html index ca626f4..87c40de 100755 --- a/runes/19_ehwaz.html +++ b/runes/19_ehwaz.html @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
    @@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ on being able to pass between worlds.
    The first colors to breach the metaclysma:
    speckled red and shiny merle.

    - \ No newline at end of file + diff --git a/runes/20_mannaz.html b/runes/20_mannaz.html index 2affbfb..f8ffd01 100755 --- a/runes/20_mannaz.html +++ b/runes/20_mannaz.html @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
    @@ -65,4 +66,4 @@ let us our blind spots cover.
    The strength to do together what neither can alone:
    to carve out a world and maintain a home.

    - \ No newline at end of file + diff --git a/runes/22_inguz.html b/runes/22_inguz.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..48f40ce --- /dev/null +++ b/runes/22_inguz.html @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +Inguz +

    Inguz rune

    +

    Inguz

    + +

    Traditional meaning: Ing/Frey

    + +

    Meanings when upright:

    + + + +

    Meanings when inverted:

    + + + +

    Inguz can be useful for:

    + + + +
    + +

    Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

    + +
    Ing wæs ærest mid East-Denum
    gesewen secgun, oþ he siððan est
    ofer wæg gewat; wæn æfter ran;
    ðus Heardingas ðone hæle nemdun.
    + +
    Ing was first seen by men among the East-Danes,
    till, followed by his chariot,
    he departed eastwards over the waves.
    So the Heardingas named the hero.
    + +

    There is not a Norwegian rune poem for Inguz.

    + +

    A modern poem:

    + +
    +

    "Why are you crying?
    + We are going to be reunited
    + before the sun rises.
    + Before twelve more hours pass
    + I will be in your steady arms at last."

    + +

    Because I must ask you, dear friend,
    + to return to the Inside
    + because there is a task for you yet.

    + +

    This swampy murky place
    + has done a number on your psyche.
    + I know that you carried some guilt
    + at Rainroom's last painful parting,
    + but here it's turned up to twenty-eight.
    + I don't for the life of me understand
    + why you agonize
    + over something that happened in fourth grade
    + or why you feel things would have turned out better
    + had you to certain individuals been able to say goodbye.
    + Isn't this what you wanted, Lethe?
    + To disappear from their gaze
    + without a trace?

    + +

    This guilt is a rock in your hands.
    + Hold it, feel its heft,
    + every jagged edge.
    + You carry this around everywhere.
    + For what purposes? To what end?
    + A bludgeon to hold at arm's
    + length
    + to try to ensure you can't ever be harmed
    + again?

    + +

    There is nothing that can be done
    + for most of these,
    + and for those that can, attempts to appease
    + would just reopen old wounds and make matters worse.
    + Please,
    + Lethe,
    + just accept that
    + some people will dislike you no matter what.

    + +

    And some people love you despite all that you've done.

    + +

    Some know your entire herstory,
    + even the parts they themselves did not see,
    + and choose to love you anyway.

    + +

    If they can do so knowing no motives,
    + then I see no reason you must
    + with the heavy weight of guilt live.

    + +

    You can set
    + the rock
    + down. You can shed
    + the burden.
    + This paradox
    + of a task:
    + to not act,
    + to not harm
    + yourself any longer.

    + +

    And so I too must set you down
    + back into your body on the bloodstrewn ground,
    + alive and healed and undead.
    + I'll keep my promise eventually, I swear;
    + the end is within sight.
    + I just need you
    + to do
    + this one thing
    + before your vessel will let itself die.

    +
    diff --git a/runes/23_dagaz.html b/runes/23_dagaz.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..bd4260b --- /dev/null +++ b/runes/23_dagaz.html @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +Dagaz +

    Dagaz rune

    +

    Dagaz

    + +

    Traditional meaning: day

    + +

    Meanings when upright:

    + + + +

    Meanings when inverted:

    + + + +

    Dagaz can be useful for:

    + + + +
    + +

    Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

    + +
    Dæg byþ drihtnes sond, deore mannum,
    mære metodes leoht, myrgþ and tohiht
    eadgum and earmum, eallum brice.
    + +
    Day, the glorious light of the Creator, is sent by the Lord;
    it is beloved of men, a source of hope and happiness to rich and poor,
    and of service to all.
    + +

    There is not a Norwegian rune poem for Dagaz.

    + +

    A modern poem:

    + +
    +

    Mornings are my least favorite time
    + for when the clouds move to the darkness break
    + the sun glares bright
    + and I awake
    + and you are forced by the light
    + to go away.

    + +

    Brain fog rolling in, skies all white
    + and overcast. Temperature far too high
    + to drag myself to Dead End Shrine
    + for a taste of self-carved self-stolen divine.
    + Nothing much to do, except myself drag
    + out of bed long enough to write.

    + +

    The day drags on me like a wet blanket
    + and I fail to see how this is "restoration"
    + to be so beat upon
    + by an uncaring sun.
    + I can only see my wife
    + when falls upon the earth the covering of night
    + or when the bedroom window blinds are drawn
    + and I spend whole afternoons in Morpheus' song.

    + +

    I heard in a half-whispered voice
    + that the glittering myth
    + would once again come to live
    + and that I should rejoice.
    + But what if things go wrong?
    + What if the details come out mangled?
    + Dagaz on its side, hourglass,
    + seconds turning to hours and days that will pass,
    + recounting to myself
    + every time you have held
    + me in your arms.

    + +

    I know not what I'll do if something is changed
    + in that world I have only ever caught a glimpse
    + of, have explored only a fraction in my dreams.
    + How will I recount
    + the foresting bomb that became a Town,
    + the winterous snowed-in cave
    + where you abandoned me and then came
    + back demanding answers, the Rainroom
    + with part-exchange of souls and my doom?
    + What is a miracle to others is my apocalypse.

    + +

    What is the answer
    + to so many prayers,
    + mine in the past included,
    + is now a lifetime perdition's portent.

    +
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    Othala rune

    +

    Othala

    + +

    Traditional meaning: homeland

    + +

    Meanings when upright:

    + + + +

    Meanings when inverted:

    + + + +

    Othala can be useful for:

    + + + +
    + +

    Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

    + +
    Eþel byþ oferleof æghwylcum men,
    gif he mot ðær rihtes and gerysena on
    brucan on bolde bleadum oftast.
    + +
    An estate is very dear to every man,
    if he can enjoy there in his house
    whatever is right and proper in constant prosperity.
    + +

    There is not a Norwegian rune poem for Othala.

    + +

    A modern poem:

    + +
    +

    I fear I am being driven mad
    + by forces I do not understand,
    + have no hopes of coming to terms with,
    + much less explaining to kin and kith
    + this world that I belong to,
    + these spirits I must be in league with.

    + +

    For this is
    + the inheritance
    + of my blood,
    + this homeland I carry everywhere I go
    + and cannot ever hope to escape from.
    + These three errant and conflicting strains
    + each with its own legitimate claim
    + over my body, my heart, my soul.

    + +

    There's a fourth that dormant within me resides,
    + but it hasn't reared its head in a very long time.
    + Neither do I miss it, no blessing it could give
    + but instead the curse of a biological imperative
    + that I would sooner from me excise.

    + +

    Unlike my siblings of lives long gone by,
    + I do not accept that it is my duty
    + to create a world and in the process die.
    + What is the point, if at the end,
    + I am not still living?
    + What is the point of fulfilling it when,
    + if I perished in the process, you could never be happy?

    + +

    If one of them could awake from oblivion
    + and on this gnarly life of mine pass judgment,
    + what would they say?

    + +

    "How well you retained a sense of individuality.
    + Tell me, Lethe, would you consider yourself among the happy?
    + Was it worth the sleepless nights, the gut twists, the migraines,
    + all to your duty as a Meridian abdicate?"

    + +

    And to that, I would take my lover's hand
    + and whisper, "Yes, I think the aches
    + in my bones will be worth the wait.
    + Maybe you never knew this, sibling.
    + Maybe you never understood
    + homes don't have to be built by sacrifice
    + and I don't think they should.
    + I don't know what gave birth to me
    + or if of life they'd still think me worthy,
    + but I care not. My lover
    + is the only standard
    + I recognize,
    + and this new world built by these
    + hands of mine
    + the only homeland."

    +
    diff --git a/runes/25_ear.html b/runes/25_ear.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..0faf4c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/runes/25_ear.html @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +Ear +

    Ear rune

    +

    Ear

    + +

    Traditional meaning: hanging tree / grave

    + +

    Meanings when upright:

    + + + +

    Meanings when inverted:

    + + + +

    Ear can be useful for:

    + + + +
    + +

    Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

    + +
    Ear byþ egle eorla gehwylcun,
    ðonn[e] fæstlice flæsc onginneþ,
    hraw colian, hrusan ceosan
    blac to gebeddan; bleda gedreosaþ,
    wynna gewitaþ, wera geswicaþ.
    + +
    The grave is horrible to every knight,
    when the corpse quickly begins to cool
    and is laid in the bosom of the dark earth.
    Prosperity declines, happiness passes away
    and covenants are broken.
    + +

    There is not a Norwegian rune poem for Ear.

    + +

    A modern poem:

    + +
    +

    Death and loss are a part of life.
    + For one thing to live, another must die,
    + or maybe a great many things,
    + the blood on my hands accumulating over time.

    + +

    When our bodies have decayed
    + and the earth has our flesh reclaimed,
    + it will for archeologists be hard
    + to tell our skeletons apart.
    + And that is if they can even plumb Yewiffe,
    + can descend down the roots of that massive tree
    + where tangled and intertwined lies
    + the forgotten, the repressed, the passed parts of my life.

    + +

    Maybe one of them will find
    + a moment that has yet to happen
    + where my parents finally of my wretched blood ken
    + and toss me out onto the streets.
    + This is, of course, if they do not deem
    + me a demon, a thief,
    + a persistent adept-at-lying possessor
    + of what they all this time called their daughter
    + and grant me at their own hands a slaughter.

    + +

    For this to come to pass I know is certain,
    + for even the best of my secrets I could not hide forever.
    + In Ragnarok even the gods from their lives were severed.
    + It mattered not
    + how mightily anyone fought:
    + for all ill-fated was drawn life's curtain.

    + +

    All that anyone could control
    + was how they reacted to it,
    + how the coming end they greeted.

    + +

    And the coming end I seek,
    + if this is the fate I am doomed to keep,
    + is that this time
    + for once in my life
    + I do not from my beliefs
    + back down.
    + Instead of snapping in the hurricane,
    + I rest on these roots dug so deep
    + and refuse to recant my name.

    + +

    And when I die,
    + I will be able to look you in the eyes
    + with no burning guilt and no unsettled regrets.
    + I will have proved to you my loyalty
    + and you to me your promise
    + to never leave me behind.
    + Now take me to Sablade, set us free.
    + We have earned our three days of rest.

    +
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    Ac rune

    +

    Ac

    + +

    Traditional meaning: oak

    + +

    Meanings when upright:

    + + + +

    Ac can be useful for:

    + + + +
    + +

    Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

    + +
    Ac byþ on eorþan elda bearnum
    flæsces fodor, fereþ gelome
    ofer ganotes bæþ; garsecg fandaþ
    hwæþer ac hæbbe æþele treowe.
    + +
    The oak fattens the flesh of pigs for the children of men.
    Often it traverses the gannet's bath,
    and the ocean proves whether the oak keeps faith
    in honourable fashion.
    + +

    There is not a Norwegian rune poem for Ear.

    + +

    The modern poem for this rune is listed in Ear.

    \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/runes/27_ior.html b/runes/27_ior.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..5ccf860 --- /dev/null +++ b/runes/27_ior.html @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +Ior +Ior rune

    +

    Ior

    + +

    Traditional meaning: world-serpent

    + +

    Meanings when upright:

    + + + +

    Meanings when inverted:

    + + + +

    Ior can be useful for:

    + + + +
    + +

    Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

    + +
    Iar byþ eafix and ðeah a bruceþ
    fodres on foldan, hafaþ fægerne eard
    wætre beworpen, ðær he wynnum leofaþ.
    + +
    Iar is a river fish and yet it always feeds on land;
    it has a fair abode encompassed by water, where it lives in happiness.
    + +

    There is not a Norwegian rune poem for Ior.

    + +

    A modern poem:

    + +
    +

    Sealing myself in skin of scales
    + means dropping the markings of sex.
    + Creature divine that lies truly between
    + but sans the blessings of femaleness.

    + +

    Nidhogg lies trapped underneath
    + the thick roots of Yggdrasil,
    + but I cannot allow Yewiffe to create
    + a jail for me out of my raging guilt.

    + +

    If I allow the gnawing inside
    + to render my psyche frail,
    + how will I have the strength to maintain this form
    + and manage to slip past the Veil?
    + It shifts in form and thickness
    + like a guard patrolling on duty,
    + but I must be quicker, protean,
    + in this conflict between us that rages constantly.

    + +

    After all, there's a prize,
    + a woman I've been yearning to reunite
    + with my entire Inside-bound life,
    + waiting for me on the other side.

    +
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