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Hand carved wooden pendant with runic design. Each Rune has a natural leather strap.

Size:
diameter - 1 1/10" (2,8 cm)
thickness - 1/4 " (0,6 cm)
length of leather strap - 31 1/2" (80 cm)

Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets, which were used to write various Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet and for specialised purposes thereafter. The Scandinavian variants are also known as futhark or fuþark (derived from their first six letters of the alphabet: F, U, Þ, A, R, and K); the Anglo-Saxon variant is futhorc or fuþorc (due to sound changes undergone in Old English by the names of those six letters). The runes functioned as letters, but they were much more than just letters in the sense in which we today understand the term. Each rune was an ideographic or pictographic symbol of some cosmological principle or power, and to write a rune was to invoke and direct the force for which it stood.

fehu -f „wealth, cattle” 21 VII - 4 VIII DIVINATORY MEANINGS: prosperity, money, wealth, concern with physical and financial needs, goals, promotion, self-esteem, centredness, karma MAGICAL USES: for money, business, promotion, finding a job, achieving a goal, starting new enterprises

uruz -u „aurochs” 5 VIII – 19 VIII DIVINATORY MEANINGS: energy, passion, vitality, instinct, wildness, sexuality, fertility, the unconscious, primitive mind, irrationality, shamanic experience, rite of passage MAGICAL USES: to strengthen the will, increase sexual potency and energy; for hunting

thurisaz -th „thorn” 20 VIII – 3 IX DIVINATORY MEANINGS: hardship, painful event, discipline, knowledge, introspection, focus MAGICAL USES: aid in study and meditation, self-discipline, clearing out a bad situation

ansuz -a „Odin” 4 IX – 23 IX DIVINATORY MEANINGS: authority figure, leader, mind & body balance, justice, shaman, clairvoyant MAGICAL USES: for wise decisions, success, leadership; to help in divination and magic raidho -r „wheel” 24 IX – 4 X DIVINATORY MEANINGS: journey, pilgrimage, change, destiny, quest, progress, life lessons MAGICAL USES: protection for travellers, to ease or bring about change, to reconnect

kenaz -c, k „torch” 5 X – 19 X DIVINATORY MEANINGS: wisdom, insight, solution to a problem, creativity, inspiration, enlightenment MAGICAL USES: for creative inspiration, aid in study, fertility, dispelling anxiety and fear

gebo -g „gift” 20 X – 3 XI DIVINATORY MEANINGS: gift, offering, relationship, love, marriage, partnership, generosity, unexpected good fortune MAGICAL USES: to find or strengthen a relationship, for fertility, to mark a gift or offering, to bring luck

wunjo -w „joy” 4 XI – 18 XI DIVINATORY MEANINGS: success, recognition of achievements, reward, joy, bliss, achievement of goals, contentment MAGICAL USES: for success in any endeavor, to motivate, to complete a task.

hagalaz -h „hail” 19 XI – 3 XII DIVINATORY MEANINGS: sudden loss, ordeal, destruction, disaster, clearance, testing, karmic lesson, drastic change. MAGICAL USES: removing unwanted influences, breaking destructive patterns

nauthiz -n „need” 4 XII – 17 XII DIVINATORY MEANINGS: poverty, hardship, responsibility, discontent, obstacle, frustration MAGICAL USES: to represent a need to be filled

isa -i „ice” 18 XII – 5 I DIVINATORY MEANINGS: inactivity, blockage, stagnation, potential, patience, reflection, withdrawl, rest MAGICAL USES: to stop a process; to represent primal form

jera -j „year,harvest” 6 I – 19 I DIVINATORY MEANINGS: change, cycle turning, reward, motion, productivity, inevitable development MAGICAL USES: to bring change; for fertility and growth

eihwaz -ei „yew” 20 I – 3 II DIVINATORY MEANINGS: change, initiation, confrontation of fears, turning point, death, transformation MAGICAL USES: to bring about profound change, to ease a life transition

pertho -p „dice cup” 4 II – 18 II DIVINATORY MEANINGS: rebirth, mystery, magic, divination, fertility, sexuality, new beginning, prophecy MAGICAL USES: fertility, easing childbirth, to aid in divination and magic, enhancing psychic abilities

algiz -z „protection” 19 II – 5 III DIVINATORY MEANINGS: protection, assistance, defence, warning, support, a mentor, an ethical dilemma MAGICAL USES: for protection, hunting

sowilo -s „sun” 6 III – 21 III DIVINATORY MEANINGS: success, positive energy, increase, power, activity, fertility, health MAGICAL USES: energy, strength, success, healing, fertility

teiwaz -t „Tyr” 22 III – 5 IV DIVINATORY MEANINGS: duty, discipline, responsibility, self-sacrifice, conflict, strength, a wound, physicality, the warrior path MAGICAL USES: protection, victory, strength, strengthening the will, healing a wound

berkano -b „birth” 6 IV – 20 IV DIVINATORY MEANINGS: fertility, health, new beginnings, growth, conception, plenty, clearance MAGICAL USES: healing (especially infections), achieving conception, making a fresh start

ehwaz -e „horse” 21 IV – 5 V DIVINATORY MEANINGS: transportation, motion, assistance, energy, power, communication, will, recklessness MAGICAL USES: power, aiding in communication, transportation; to 'send' a spell

mannaz -m „man" 6 V – 20 V DIVINATORY MEANINGS: significator, self, family, community, relationships, social concerns MAGICAL USES: to represent a specific person or group of people; to establish social relationships

laguz -l „water” 21 V – 4 VI DIVINATORY MEANINGS: emotions, fears, unconscious mind, things hidden, revelation, intuition, counselling MAGICAL USES: enhancing psychic abilities, confronting fears, stabilising mental or emotional disorders, uncovering hidden things

ingwaz -ing „Ing” 5 VI – 19 VI DIVINATORY MEANINGS: work, productivity, bounty, groundedness, balance, connection with the land MAGICAL USES: fertility, farming, growth, general health, balance

othila -o „property” 20 VI – 5 VII DIVINATORY MEANINGS: property, land, inheritance, home, permenance, legacy, synthesis, sense of belonging MAGICAL USES: for aquiring land or property, to complete a project, to strengthen family ties

dagaz -d „day” 6 VII – 20 VII DIVINATORY MEANINGS: happiness, success, activity, a fulfilling lifestyle, satisfaction MAGICAL USES: to bring a positive outcome