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Meanings when upright:

Uruz can be useful for:

diff --git a/runes/03_thurisaz.html b/runes/03_thurisaz.html index b3ab614..c2fde2d 100755 --- a/runes/03_thurisaz.html +++ b/runes/03_thurisaz.html @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  • creative chaos
  • stubborn aggressive endurance
  • proteanism
    • +
  • unskilled brutal person

    • Meanings when inverted:

    @@ -21,6 +22,8 @@
  • protection from going feral
  • need for a change of situation
  • self-destructive tendencies
    • +
  • defenselessness/danger
    • +
  • misery in relations with the opposite sex

    • Thurisaz can be useful for:

    diff --git a/runes/04_ansuz.html b/runes/04_ansuz.html index 9f7d09f..26d8fbf 100755 --- a/runes/04_ansuz.html +++ b/runes/04_ansuz.html @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  • total shattering revelation
  • inspiration in the arts
  • clarity of communication
    • +
  • responsibility to ancestral ways

    • Meanings when inverted:

    @@ -22,6 +23,8 @@
  • binding but without harm (dispassionate and removed)
  • mental blockage
  • unwillingness to face reality
    • +
  • delusion
    • +
  • danger from misuse of knowledge

    • Ansuz can be useful for:

    diff --git a/runes/05_raido.html b/runes/05_raido.html index efc6a79..5a125b5 100755 --- a/runes/05_raido.html +++ b/runes/05_raido.html @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  • arising after spiritual descent
  • unstoppable force
  • time to decide on something of great importance
    • +
  • a person involved with the law or transportation

    • Meanings when inverted:

    @@ -20,6 +21,8 @@
  • draining someone's energy
  • misleading business dealings (when paired with Ansuz
  • a change in direction
    • +
  • hard times are ahead
    • +
  • spiritual boredom from rigid/stifling routines

    • Raido can be useful for:

    diff --git a/runes/06_kenaz.html b/runes/06_kenaz.html old mode 100644 new mode 100755 index 2813c53..5d3d85d --- a/runes/06_kenaz.html +++ b/runes/06_kenaz.html @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  • fruition of ideas
  • teachers and education
  • light in the darkness
    • +
  • an artist

    • Meanings when inverted:

    @@ -20,6 +21,8 @@
  • creative block
  • illness
  • something that will get worse if unattended
    • +
  • unwanted end to relationship
    • +
  • problems with children

    • Kenaz can be useful for:

    diff --git a/runes/07_gebo.html b/runes/07_gebo.html old mode 100644 new mode 100755 index f3f3527..db9e78a --- a/runes/07_gebo.html +++ b/runes/07_gebo.html @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  • transactional sacrifice
  • balanced partnership
  • generosity
    • +
  • person who works for a hotel or charity

    • Meanings when inverted:

    @@ -20,6 +21,8 @@

    Gebo can be useful for:

    diff --git a/runes/08_wunjo.html b/runes/08_wunjo.html old mode 100644 new mode 100755 index e0b3429..34d9519 --- a/runes/08_wunjo.html +++ b/runes/08_wunjo.html @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  • sacred marriage (by Mannaz)
  • lifting of the Veil
  • community peace
    • +
  • a social worker

    • Meanings when inverted:

    @@ -20,6 +21,9 @@

    Wunjo can be useful for:

    diff --git a/runes/09_hagalaz.html b/runes/09_hagalaz.html old mode 100644 new mode 100755 index 017fd3b..fc60f00 --- a/runes/09_hagalaz.html +++ b/runes/09_hagalaz.html @@ -7,12 +7,15 @@

    Meanings when upright:

    Meanings when inverted:

    @@ -20,6 +23,7 @@

    Hagalaz can be useful for:

    diff --git a/runes/10_nauthiz.html b/runes/10_nauthiz.html old mode 100644 new mode 100755 diff --git a/runes/11_isa.html b/runes/11_isa.html old mode 100644 new mode 100755 diff --git a/runes/12_jera.html b/runes/12_jera.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..e98bedb --- /dev/null +++ b/runes/12_jera.html @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +Jera +

    Jera rune

    +

    Jera

    + +

    Traditional meaning: harvest

    + +

    Meanings when upright:

    + + + +

    Meanings when inverted:

    + + + +

    Jera can be useful for:

    + + + +
    + +

    Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

    + +
    Ger byÞ gumena hiht, ðonne God læteþ,
    halig heofones cyning, hrusan syllan
    beorhte bleda beornum ond ðearfum.
    + +
    Summer is a joy to men, when God, the holy King of Heaven,
    suffers the earth to bring forth shining fruits
    for rich and poor alike.
    + +

    Norwegian rune poem:

    + +
    Ár er gumna góðe;
    get ek at o,rr var Fróðe.
    + +
    Plenty is a boon to men;
    I say that Frothi was generous.
    + +

    A modern poem:

    + +
    +

    I plant scattered words
    + in the garden of my notebook
    + and wait to see which will sprout
    + aboveground and take a look
    + at the sun
    + above.

    + +

    Sometimes it takes years,
    + others only a day,
    + packaged into sorrowful poem
    + and then sent on its way.
    + The ones that linger in the soil
    + sometimes rot, having no soul
    + or otherwise missed its context,
    + last metro train heading home
    + now departing the station.

    + +

    You slowly opened up to me
    + like a flower blooming,
    + yet inside nearly bursting
    + at the seams
    + to have someone to share a dream
    + with. Cross-section of a seed
    + that was about to germinate,
    + crumpled-up squiggle of green
    + sometimes with a tiny leaf
    + for soil lying in wait.
    + Some seeds can be frozen
    + almost indefinitely,
    + waiting in oblivion for a world
    + that will treat them far more kindly.
    + And you waited. You waited so long
    + for somebody like me
    + to help you remember how to breathe,
    + how to grow again.

    + +

    My rewards in Sablade
    + will be far greater than any pain
    + that I must bear.
    + And when comes time to die,
    + I should be able to look you in the eyes
    + and let you carry me gently into that good night
    + and in our new home spill from my lips all the tales
    + with perfect memory of all that has transpired
    + since to kill Eris the first time you and I failed.

    + +

    A book starts from just a single word,
    + and a life from a solitary breath,
    + and grows day by day until
    + I have a tome of praises and a gentle death.
    + It always feels like torture
    + in the moment of toil,
    + but at the end when all comes to fruition
    + I cannot help but bless the soil.

    + +

    I was too ambitious,
    + too close to the sun.
    + We didn't get to see what the
    + seed would decide to become.
    + We didn't get to do
    + everything we wanted to
    + in just one lifetime.
    + Right now is an interlude.
    + And when we reunite
    + in Sablade, I'll give you
    + a part two
    + worthy of your love.

    +
    diff --git a/runes/13_eihwaz.html b/runes/13_eihwaz.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..b0015e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/runes/13_eihwaz.html @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +Eihwaz +

    Eihwaz rune

    +

    Eihwaz

    + +

    Traditional meaning: yew

    + +

    Meanings when upright:

    + + + +

    Meanings when inverted:

    + + + +

    Eihwaz can be useful for:

    + + + +
    + +

    Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

    + +
    Eoh byþ utan unsmeþe treow,
    heard hrusan fæst, hyrde fyres,
    wyrtrumun underwreþyd, wyn on eþle.
    + +
    The yew is a tree with rough bark,
    hard and fast in the earth, supported by its roots,
    a guardian of flame and a joy upon an estate.
    + +

    There is not a Norwegian rune poem for Eihwaz.

    + +

    A modern poem:

    + +
    +

    Lethe, my love, is this the ending you sought?
    + Hooked up to machines until your final thought,
    + dependent on them for all else.
    + Is it quiet?
    + Is it peaceful at last?
    + Or medical cacophony until rings death knell?

    + +

    How many dreams I've acted in
    + where you've cast yourself as the savior
    + that provides means to escape
    + while from death or mortal wound you do not waver

    + +

    but I'd rather you chose to survive,
    + to not force me to say goodbye,
    + to slowly heal the impaled wound
    + instead of perishing all too soon.

    + +

    The cloak is nearly finished now,
    + orange, obsidian webbed stitching,
    + and I've got to see this through
    + to
    + the end,
    + where lies every beginning.

    +
    diff --git a/runes/14_perthro.html b/runes/14_perthro.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..197647c --- /dev/null +++ b/runes/14_perthro.html @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +Perthro +

    Perthro rune

    +

    Perthro

    + +

    Traditional meaning: divination tool

    + +

    Meanings when upright:

    + + + +

    Meanings when inverted:

    + + + +

    Perthro can be useful for:

    + + + +
    + +

    Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

    + +
    Peorð byþ symble plega and hlehter
    wlancum [on middum], ðar wigan sittaþ
    on beorsele bliþe ætsomne.
    + +
    Peorth is a source of recreation and amusement to the great,
    where warriors sit blithely together in the banqueting-hall.
    + +

    There is not a Norwegian rune poem for Perthro.

    + +

    A modern poem:

    + +
    +

    All that you've done so far has led me to believe
    + that every winter of our passing will be followed by a spring.
    + That, no matter how dark and cold between you and I it gets,
    + the clouds will eventually break and the sun will shine again.

    + +

    But still I have no clue what the fates will us bestow
    + when it gets longer between our touch and what words pass are cold
    + with disappointment, misunderstandings, or simply had a bad day
    + and, although still loving, cannot any measure of warmth feign.

    + +

    Deep purple dice cup with thick frosting of dust
    + as though this were a bakery and Time held a brush
    + to sugar everything, last breath of a world that for me did not wait,
    + beckoning me to twist the lid and allow myself to play.

    + +

    "No people are more addicted to divination by omens and lots."
    + My genes mark me no different. But the only words I ever sought
    + were from you, my lilac spring, and even then mostly
    + I just wanted to know if you still loved me.

    + +

    My head in your lap as you lean against
    + a tree trunk, not Yewiffe but still offering rest.
    + Arboreal claws we lie intimate between,
    + scales ruffling above in the gentle breeze.

    + +

    "I don't live in Wyrd, Lethe; I'm far from a Norn.
    + I can't see to which fate this world has you sworn.
    + But this, I feel, I insist you need to know:
    + my love for you will always burn no matter how buried by snow."

    +
    diff --git a/runes/15_algiz.html b/runes/15_algiz.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..e6f8e21 --- /dev/null +++ b/runes/15_algiz.html @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +Algiz +

    Algiz rune

    +

    Algiz

    + +

    Traditional meaning: elk

    + +

    Meanings when upright:

    + + + +

    Meanings when inverted:

    + + + +

    Algiz can be useful for:

    + + + +
    + +

    Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

    + +
    Eolh-secg eard hæfþ oftust on fenne
    +wexeð on wature, wundaþ grimme,
    +blode breneð beorna gehwylcne
    +ðe him ænigne onfeng gedeþ.
    + +
    The Eolh-sedge is mostly to be found in a marsh;
    it grows in the water and makes a ghastly wound,
    covering with blood every warrior who touches it.
    + +

    There is not a Norwegian rune poem for Algiz.

    + +

    A modern poem:

    + +
    +

    I'm clinging to your waist
    + like you're a floating log
    + and I'm halfway to drowning
    + not knowing how to breathe with a non-human face.

    + +

    Someone once called me the Rainbow Bridge,
    + being the crossing point between so many worlds,
    + but I am neither bi
    + nor could I ever abide
    + frost over the surface of this roiling sea
    + in this metaphor of mine.
    + I move too violent,
    + too constant,
    + for the whole thing to freeze
    + over, you see.

    + +

    But I certainly feel like being quartered
    + face from hand from back from limb
    + trembling to keep my mind
    + in a bedroom lost and somehow dimmed.
    + Three different bloods rage inside
    + and two are battling for my skin
    + and your fingertips brushing the back of my neck,
    + the temples where bone and antler connect,
    + are the only reminder you're here to protect
    + me, promised by palm to keep me sane
    + even if draconity ever overcame
    + me and my body forcibly changed
    + to that of a beast.

    + +

    Do you think, if a stranger ever saw,
    + they'd mistake me for a particularly messed-up elk?
    + Wonder where my eyes went, or why so blunted my maw?
    + A creature too exquisite for this world, too peculiar for their ilk,
    + have to always stay on the periphery
    + or in long-lost bedrooms where nobody can see
    + the ribbons with every breath wavering.
    + You will with me stay
    + until you can see my normal face again
    + and in the meantime reassure that I'm safe.

    +
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    Sowelo rune

    +

    Sowelo

    + +

    Traditional meaning: sun

    + +

    Meanings when upright:

    + + + +

    Meanings when inverted:

    + + + +

    Sowelo can be useful for:

    + + + +
    + +

    Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

    + +
    Sigel semannum symble biþ on hihte,
    ðonne hi hine feriaþ ofer fisces beþ,
    oþ hi brimhengest bringeþ to lande.
    + +
    The sun is ever a joy in the hopes of seafarers
    when they journey away over the fishes' bath,
    until the courser of the deep bears them to land.
    + +

    Norwegian rune poem:

    + +
    Sól er landa ljóme;
    lúti ek helgum dóme.
    + +
    Sun is the light of the world;
    I bow to the divine decree.
    + +

    A modern poem:

    + +
    +

    What comes after
    + disaster?
    + What follows
    + the worst possible outcome?

    + +

    The wind in its wealth carries your words:
    + keep going, get a move on.

    + +

    I was told the Eschaton
    + was but a cleansing that stretched out long
    + to destroy all that prevented me
    + from accepting
    + my title as Solstice and my being as Lethe,
    + but I've achieved both
    + and all still grows worse
    + and I know not how much longer I can drag
    + this body of mine writing verses in red
    + before I end up lifeless, drained, inert
    + in the back of a hearse.

    + +

    You said we were palm pals, that you'd spend your life
    + keeping me non-feral, safe, happy at your side.
    + But my hand
    + stands
    + empty, cold, bleeding out
    + and held up to the sky to catch the sun before in clouds
    + it drowns.

    + +

    How much longer to go? How much more time to wait
    + until the tragedy leaves me and the sorrow abates?
    + You promised I'd be dead by May,
    + assured me in the dead of night
    + as from anxiety I could not stifle a weep.
    + And I know it's not your fault
    + it was a promise you could not keep.
    + Not all in the future you can see clearly enough to tell
    + and even if plans are made, ever-shifting is the Veil.

    + +

    Blanketed by thunder at four forty-four,
    + arm around my waist to hold me secure.
    + The moon reflects the rays of the sun,
    + but it cannot do so all of the time.
    + So when plumbs on the dark, my love,
    + grant me the light to survive.

    +
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    Tiewaz rune

    +

    Tiewaz

    + +

    Traditional meaning: Tyr

    + +

    Meanings when upright:

    + + + +

    Meanings when inverted:

    + + + +

    Tiewaz can be useful for:

    + + + +
    + +

    Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

    + +
    Tir biþ tacna sum, healdeð trywa wel
    wiþ æþelingas; a biþ on færylde
    ofer nihta genipu, næfre swiceþ.
    + +
    Tiw is a guiding star; well does it keep faith with princes;
    it is ever on its course over the mists of night and never fails.
    + +

    Norwegian rune poem:

    + +
    Týr er æinendr ása;
    opt værðr smiðr blása.
    + +
    Tyr is a one-handed god;
    often has the smith to blow.
    + +

    A modern poem:

    + +
    +

    A cruel world this is where I must choose
    + to live my truth
    + or have a place to snooze
    + at night, safe from thieves
    + or murderers or even just
    + the relentless and ever-encroaching heat.

    + +

    Raised on tales of heroes from the sky,
    + but the days pass on rapidly by
    + and my rights disappear
    + into the ether
    + as curled up in my bed I wait to die.

    + +

    Conflicting directives you have bestowed,
    + to not lie to myself
    + and yet take care of this vessel.
    + For so long I've been trying to vindicate
    + who I was this age minus eight,
    + angel number, all portals
    + to the outside world
    + for the crime of poetry taken away.
    + Keeping my mouth shut means safety
    + but heavy conscience, soul decay.
    + I might as well be no one at all.

    +
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    Berkana rune

    +

    Berkana

    + +

    Traditional meaning: birch

    + +

    Meanings when upright:

    + + + +

    Berkana can be useful for:

    + + + +
    + +

    Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

    + +
    Beorc byþ bleda leas, bereþ efne swa ðeah
    tanas butan tudder, biþ on telgum wlitig,
    heah on helme hrysted fægere,
    geloden leafum, lyfte getenge.
    + +
    The poplar bears no fruit; yet without seed it brings forth suckers,
    for it is generated from its leaves.
    Splendid are its branches and gloriously adorned
    its lofty crown which reaches to the skies.
    + +

    Norwegian rune poem:

    + +
    Bjarkan er laufgrønstr líma;
    Loki bar flærða tíma.
    + +
    Birch has the greenest leaves of any shrub;
    Loki was fortunate in his deceit.
    + +

    A modern rune poem:

    + +
    +

    Lethe Berkana Beltane.
    + From this rune
    + I took my middle name
    + in hopes of carrying with me always
    + the warmth of an early spring day,
    + a gentle impassioned hug from my wife,
    + the promise that soon all will be okay
    + and together we'll build a kinder life.

    + +

    Berkana makes things grow,
    + even after the storms have thrown
    + all down
    + in shambles onto the ground.
    + The seedling that blooms after wildfire,
    + alone amidst the ashes.
    + Blaze
    + razed
    + down the treetops, and now sunlight
    + through the skeletal branches
    + passes.

    + +

    "Keep going, Lethe,"
    + my wife to me beseeches.
    + "You have every right to take pride
    + 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."

    +
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    Ehwaz rune

    +

    Ehwaz

    + +

    Traditional meaning: horse

    + +

    Meanings when upright:

    + + + +

    Meanings when inverted:

    + + + +

    Ehwaz can be useful for:

    + + + +
    + +

    Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

    + +
    Eh byþ for eorlum æþelinga wyn,
    hors hofum wlanc, ðær him hæleþ ymb[e]
    welege on wicgum wrixlaþ spræce
    and biþ unstyllum æfre frofur.
    + +
    The horse is a joy to princes in the presence of warriors.
    A steed in the pride of its hoofs,
    when rich men on horseback bandy words about it;
    and it is ever a source of comfort to the restless.
    + +

    There is not a Norwegian rune poem for Ehwaz.

    + +

    A modern poem:

    + +
    +

    A full belly, bonfire blazing
    + just a little bit away,
    + saved a place
    + for me in the circle of friends
    + as the sun dips below and day comes to an end.

    + +

    Your arms are the only chariot I trust,
    + whether half-asleep in drowsy lust
    + or the fateful day my vessel decides
    + it's time to return to dust.
    + How gently
    + you will exhume me from my body,
    + whisk me so swiftly away
    + to a hospital in a place I cannot here name
    + to evade
    + the Second Death.
    + You promised you'd never leave me behind,
    + and as long as in your embrace I am
    + I am assured of your vow I am not bereft.

    + +

    Psychopomp and Rainbow Bridge,
    + the two of us whose entire fates hinge
    + on being able to pass between worlds.
    + The first colors to breach the metaclysma:
    + speckled red and shiny merle.

    +
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    Mannaz rune

    +

    Mannaz

    + +

    Traditional meaning: man

    + +

    Meanings when upright:

    + + + +

    Meanings when inverted:

    + + + +

    Mannaz can be useful for:

    + + + +
    + +

    Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

    + +
    Man byþ on myrgþe his magan leof:
    sceal þeah anra gehwylc oðrum swican,
    forðum drihten wyle dome sine
    þæt earme flæsc eorþan betæcan.
    + +
    The joyous man is dear to his kinsmen;
    yet every man is doomed to fail his fellow,
    since the Lord by his decree will commit the vile carrion to the earth.
    + +

    Norwegian rune poem:

    + +
    Maðr er moldar auki;
    mikil er græip á hauki.
    + +
    Man is an augmentation of the dust;
    great is the claw of the hawk.
    + +

    A modern poem:

    + +
    +

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

    +
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    Laguz rune

    +

    Laguz

    + +

    Traditional meaning: water

    + +

    Meanings when upright:

    + + + +

    Laguz can be useful for:

    + + + +
    + +

    Anglo-Saxon rune poem:

    + +
    Lagu byþ leodum langsum geþuht,
    gif hi sculun neþan on nacan tealtum
    and hi sæyþa swyþe bregaþ
    and se brimhengest bridles ne gym[eð].
    + +
    The ocean seems interminable to men,
    if they venture on the rolling bark
    and the waves of the sea terrify them
    and the courser of the deep heed not its bridle.
    + +

    Norwegian rune poem:

    + +
    Lo,gr er, fællr ór fjalle
    foss; en gull ero nosser.
    + +
    A waterfall is a River which falls from a mountain-side;
    but ornaments are of gold.
    + +

    A modern poem:

    + +
    +

    "I've always found it strange
    + that, in hypotheticals
    + of you losing control and going feral,
    + you always imagine your draconic form.
    + Not the one, the chaotic, proven to,
    + when lost control, cause massive harm.
    + What's up with that, Lethe?
    + I mean,
    + I'm not saying I want either to happen,
    + but you're so focused on one
    + that you discount the other's chances."

    + +

    I... I don't know, in all honesty.
    + I have no concrete answers to give,
    + no easy explanation that will relieve.

    + +

    I guess because...
    + in the former form I'm slender and elegant,
    + and maybe I associate it with intelligence,
    + and so I'm more likely to retain
    + some semblance of myself amidst the insane?

    + +

    Because part of the fantasy
    + is you managing to rescue me?

    + +

    I know you said
    + you wanted to spend
    + your whole life at my side,
    + but I don't want you here if to you
    + this is just another sacrifice,
    + if you're throwing away your happiness
    + just to keep the worlds in safety and bliss-

    + +

    "That's... not what I meant at all.
    + I just want us to be prepared
    + in case you ever come under the thrall
    + of another evil-seeking god.
    + You eat gods, you know. Are you aware?
    + With your tail you reave whole worlds to shreds
    + and suck souls dry until there's nothing left.
    + If you must be in the hands of someone,
    + let those hands be mine,
    + who has loved you since what feels like
    + the beginning of time
    + itself.
    + You trust me, don't you?
    + To not put you through hell?"

    + +

    Of course. I trust you with all that I am
    + even after my very last death knell.
    + I think, if I should ever go feral,
    + it should be in the form that forgets the least
    + so you can bring me back to sanity
    + with the utmost of ease.
    + After all, I think I'd like to remain
    + an (arch)angel for the rest of my days
    + since only then do I have the hands,
    + the face, the voice to say:

    + +

    "I love you."

    +
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