<html> <head> <title>Mannaz</title> <link href="./style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" title="main" media="all"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <link rel="icon" href="../img/runes/mannaz.svg"> </head> <body> <p class="center"><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> <li>humanity</li> </ul> <p>Meanings when inverted:</p> <ul> <li>an enemy</li> <li>distrust</li> <li>overbearing polymorphic blood</li> <li>depression because of hopelessness</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> <hr> <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><strong>Our cooperation<br/> enhances our freedom.</strong><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/> <strong>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</strong>:<br/> to carve out a world and maintain a home.</p> </blockquote> </body> </html>