Tag Archives: Runes
Taking Up the Runes
Author: Diana L. Paxson Publisher: Weiser Books Published: 2005 ISBN: 9781578633258 Synopsis: Although many of us first encountered runes in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, this sacred alphabet is by no means a fabrication for books or movies. Similar to Hebrew letters in the sense that each symbol contains a meaning that transcends its original …
The Rune Primer A Down-to-Earth Guide to Runes
Author: Sweyn Plowright Publisher: Rune – Net Published: 2006 ISBN: 9781847282460 Synopsis: Historical facts about the runes in plain English. This book looks at what we really know about them and how we know it. There is also a discussion of the popular authors of esoteric runology, and a chapter exposing the myths and misconceptions …
Runes (Reading the Past)
Series: Reading the Past Author: R.I. Page Publisher:University of California Press and the British Museum Published: 2007 (Fifth edition, Originally published in 1987) Synopsis: In Orkney, Shetland and the Scottish Islands, in Ireland, the Isle of Man and above all in Scandinavia, travelers still come upon great memorial stones, inscribed with the curious angular alphabet …
