Although those that have read "The Forbidden Game" are familiar with only seven of the runes (Dagaz, Thurisaz, Gebo, Isa, Kenaz, Raidho, and Uruz). In reality, there are twenty-five runes and they also represent the alphabet so that people could write to each other.
Interesting item about the runes: If you translate the first six runes you get the word futhark, which is an equivilant word to 'rune'. The Scandinavians used this alphabet system (the runes), reducing the entire thing to sixteen runes but then the Anglo-Saxen brought it back up to thirty-two runes. Probably the most popular and widely used set is the one that we are dealing with here, the twenty-five that were mainly used by the Vikings.
Names of the rune:
German: Fehu
Anglo-Saxon: Feoh
Norse: Fe
Symbolic Meaning: Wealth and money
Alphabet Letter: F
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Frey/Aesir
Names of the rune:
German: Uruz
Anglo-Saxon: Ur
Norse: Ur
Symbolic Meaning: Brute Strentgh (Wild Ox)
Alphabet Letter: U
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Audhumia/Vanir
Name of the rune:
German: Thurisaz
Anglo-Saxon: Thorn
Norse: Thurs
Symbolic Meaning: Looking beyond the evil (giant/thorn)
Alphabet Letter: TH (phoenetically)
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Thor
Name of the Rune:
German: Ansuz
Anglo-Saxon: Os
Norse: Ass
Symbolic Meaning: Symbols and messages (Odin)
Alphabet Letter: R
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune: Odin
Name of the Rune:
German: Raido
Anglo-Saxon: Rad
Norse:Reid
Symbolic Meaning:To Ride(Wheel), to journey
Alphabet Letter: R
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune: Odin
Name of the Rune:
German:Kano
Anglo-Saxon:Cen
Norse:Kaun
Symbolic Meaning:Fire/Torch
Alphabet Letter:K
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Freya (Dwarves)
Name of the Rune:
German: Gebo
Anglo-Saxon:Gyfu
Norse:__
Symbolic Meaning: Gift/sacrafice
Alphabet Letter:G
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune: Freya/Odin
Name of the Rune:
German:Wungo
Anglo-Saxon:Wyn
Norse:__
Symbolic Meaning:Joy and bliss
Alphabet Letter:W
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Frey (elves)
Name of the Rune:
German:Hagalaz
Anglo-Saxon:Gaegl
Norse:Hagall
Symbolic Meaning:Distructive Forces (Hail)
Alphabet Letter:H
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Urd/Hel
Name of the Rune:
German:Nauthiz
Anglo-Saxon:Nyd
Norse:Naudr
Symbolic Meaning:Need/need-fire_the negative sides of human needs
Alphabet Letter:N
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Sculd
Name of the Rune:
German:Isa
Anglo-Saxon:Is
Norse:Is
Symbolic Meaning:Ice and Freezing
Alphabet Letter:I
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Verdano
Name of the Rune:
German: Jera
Anglo-Saxon: Ger
Norse:Ar
Symbolic Meaning: Year/Earth(one year cycle
Alphabet Letter: J
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Freyr/Nerthus
Name of the Rune:
German:Eiwaz
Anglo-Saxon: Eoh
Norse:__
Symbolic Meaning:Yew of the tree/death
Alphabet Letter:E/Ei/I(pheonetic)
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Skadi/Ulr/Odin
Name of the Rune:
German:Perth/Pertho
Anglo-Saxon:Peorth
Norse:__
Symbolic Meaning: Hearth/Birth/Unexplainable things
Alphabet Letter: P
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Heartha/Skadi
Name of the Rune:
German:Algiz
Anglo-Saxon:Eolh
Norse:Yr
Symbolic Meaning:Protective santuary/Protection(an elk)
Alphabet Letter:Z or R
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Valkyries
Name of the Rune:
German:Sowelu/Solwulo
Anglo-Saxon:Sigel/Sigil
Norse:Sol/Sunna/Baldur
Symbolic Meaning:The sun/giver of all life
Alphabet Letter:s
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Sunna/Sol
Name of the Rune:
German:Teiwaz
Anglo-Saxon:Tyr
Norse:Tyr
Symbolic Meaning:The god Tyr/the spiritual warrior
Alphabet Letter:T
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Tyr/Tiw
Name of the Rune:
German:Berkana
Anglo-Saxon:Beorc
Norse:Bjarkan
Symbolic Meaning:Growth/Birch
Alphabet Letter:B
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Freya/Frig
Name of the Rune:
German:Ehwaz
Anglo-Saxon:Eh/Oe/Eoh
Norse:__
Symbolic Meaning:Horse/Pair of Horses/Sleipnir
Alphabet Letter:E
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Freya/Fey/Odin/Alois
Name of the Rune:
German:Mannaz
Anglo-Saxon:Man
Norse:Madr
Symbolic Meaning:Man
Alphabet Letter:M
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Heimdall/Odin
Name of the Rune:
German:Laguz
Anglo-Saxon:Lagu
Norse:Logr
Symbolic Meaning:Water/Lake
Alphabet Letter:L
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Njord/Baldir/Nerthus
Name of the Rune:
German:Othila
Anglo-Saxon:Odal/Ethel
Norse:__
Symbolic Meaning:Ancestral/Hereditary
Alphabet Letter:O
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Odin/Thor
Name of the Rune:
German:Dagaz
Anglo-Saxon:Daeg
Norse:__
Symbolic Meaning:Day
Alphabet Letter:D
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Eostre
Name of the Rune:
German:Wyrd
Anglo-Saxon:__
Norse:__
Symbolic Meaning:Destiny/Fate
Alphabet Letter:__
Gods/Goddesses Tied in with the Rune:Odin
Unfortunately, this information has been hanging around with me in my room for so long (the info., not the pictures) that I can no longer remember where I had originally found any of it.
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