Deciphering Each Elder Futhark Rune: Individual Meanings and Historical Contexts
Introduction to the Elder FutharkThe Elder Futhark stands as one of history’s most enigmatic and evocative alphabets, its angular runes echoing across the centuries from the mists of northern Europe. First emerging between the 2nd and 8th centuries CE, these runic characters formed the earliest known system of writing among Germanic peoples. The name “Futhark”…