Episode 28 - Runes and Magic

Norse Mythology: The Unofficial Guide - A podcast by Wælhræfn

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History

ᚠᚢᚦᚨᚱᚲ! What does it mean? On this episode we'll cover everything you ever wanted to know about pre-Christian runic writing and, maybe even better, we'll talk about how the runes were used anciently for magical practices. Be warned! We're going to be dispelling a lot of myths in this episode, so get ready to toss everything you thought you already knew right out the window. Ok, maybe it won't be that drastic, but you might be surprised.

Sources:

  • “Germania” by Publius Cornelius Tacitus, 1st century
  • “Gesta Danorum” transl. by Karsten Friis-Jensen and Peter Fisher, 2015
  • “Runes: Reading the Past” by R.I. Page, 1987
  • “Runic Amulets and Magic Objects” by Mary MacLeod and Bernard Mees, 2006
  • “The Poetic Edda”, transl. by Carolyne Larrington, 2014
  • “The Prose Edda”, transl. by Anthony Faulkes, 1995

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Celebration by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/