Our Runes

The Runes

I know that I hung on Yggdrasil

For nine nights long

Wounded by spear

Consecrated to Odin

Myself a sacrifice to myself

Upon that tree

The wisest know not the roots

of ancient times whence it sprang.

None brought me bread

None gave me mead

Down to the depths I searched

I took up the Runes

Raised them with song

And from that tree I fell.

Runes you shall know, and readable staves,

Very powerful staves,Very great staves

Graven by the mighty one who speaks

Carved by the highest hosts

Oin among the Aesir,

Dvalin (sleeper) among dwarfs,

Din (dead) among alfs,

Alvitter (all-knowing) among etins,

I myself carved some for mankind

The following are not recomendations, Alfather commands you to know the following if you are satrar.

Know how to carve, know how to read,

know how to stain, know how to understand,

know how to ask, know how to offer,

know how to evoke, know how to sacrifice.

The Runes go back when time began, we of Asatru have set a date from when the first Futhark was discovered 2253 years ago. This is known as the Runic Era which places us to date in the year 2253 R.E..

Asatruar have always lived in close harmony with the environment, the seasonal and stellar cycles, their Gods and Goddesses, and their ancestors. These forces come together in the mysterious symbols known as Runes. The word Rune means a secret or a whisper. Runes are magical tools for both divination and spell casting.

As we build this site we will introduce you to the Elder Futhark and even go in to detail on how to make your very own set! We also do provide runes, if you need them before the store is up and functioning, feel free to shoot us a message and we will get you set up