The Magical Meanings of the Norse Runes - Explained in 11 Minutes | SymbolSage

The Nordic cultures and peoples have brought us some of the most colorful and unique symbols we’ve seen. Steeped in our pop culture, they've inspired lots of later art and religions. While not usually thought of as philosophers, the Norse had a unique outlook on life and the world which is vividly represented by their runes, mythical symbols, and figures.
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
02:09 - The Elder Futhark
02:41 - Fehu
02:53 - Uruz
03:06 - Thurisaz
03:38 - Ansuz
03:25 - Raidho
03:45 - Gebo
03:53 - Wunjo
04:01 - Hagalaz
04:10 - Nauthiz
04:21 - Isa
04:29 - Jera
04:42 - Eiwaz
04:52 - Perthro
05:03 - Algiz
05:13 - Sowilo
05:26 - Tiwaz
05:39 - Berkana
05:50 - Ehwaz
06:02 - Mannaz
06:15 - Laguz
06:28 - Inguz
06:48 - Othala
07:02 - Dagaz
07:28 - The Younger Futhark
07:50 - Feoh
08:07 - Thurs
08:14 - Oss
08:22 - Reid or Rad
08:32 - Kaun
08:41 - Haegle or Hagall
08:50 - Naudr or Nyd
08:58 - Isa or Is
09:15 - Sol or Sigel
09:22 - Nyr
09:29 - Bjarkan or Bkork
09:39 - Mann
09:47 - Logr
09:58 - Yr or Eolh
For further reading:
The Origin of the Runes - George Hempl - www.jstor.org/stable/27699079
Runes Past and Present - Elliot S. Evans - researchrepository.wvu.edu/cg...
Poetic Edda - www.amazon.com/Poetic-Edda-St...
The Wanderer's Havamal - www.amazon.com/Wanderers-Hava...
Odin's Discovery of the RUnes - Dan McCoy - norse-mythology.org/tales/odi...
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[@The-Earth-Angel]

By far…the best rune video on KZbin 👌🏼 🎉thank you 🙏

[@SymbolSage]

Glad you think so!

[@Lexi_loves_art]

THIS VIDEO JUST HELPED ME MAKE MY FIRST MAGES STAFF

[@ItsJakeTheBrake]

This video is nonsense. If you want to learn about runes, check out Dr. Jackson Crawford

[@73believe]

I love it ❤ thank you for this great information.

[@SymbolSage]

You are so welcome!

[@TerryLestrange]

❤

[@domovoi_0]

Great stuff. Love and blessings.

[@SymbolSage]

Thanks so much!

[@pocahontas330]

❤❤❤

[@honestloz]

Brilliant video, very informative and easy to understand. thank you for all this information, I love it 👍

[@SymbolSage]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gavinrolls1054]

Please don't believe anything in this video. None of it's correct lol. He even puts Greek in the video at 1:10 lmao

[@greatdane145]

Why are you blindly believing that? That’s so weird haha

[@Object7533]

... until you realize most of this is esoteric nonsense made up in the modern age. Tell that crap to people back than and you'll be loved at ... in a best case scenario.

[@pixelbear5300]

from where do you get your information

[@SymbolSage]

We have a team that works on research and writing :) Check out our website.

[@eb282]

They have a whole team that just makes up bullshit

[@ItsJakeTheBrake]

out of his butt

[@WaywardSon1]

It is not based on historical or archaeological research, sadly.

[@jimmyjack7083]

Wikipedia

[@user-yn9js7dn1h]

How authentic the meanings of the runes are. Is there any historical or archaeological source that shows up that meaning of them ? Thank you

[@SymbolSage]

Hi there, thanks for your comment. For the original sources, check out the Eddas and Sagas. We recommend checking out this book for detailed guide on each rune - Nordic Runes: Understanding, Casting, and Interpreting the Ancient Viking Oracle by Paul Rhys Mountfort. You can also check this out - norse-mythology.org/runes/the-best-books-on-the-runes/ .

[@sarahgilbert8036]

The Rune Poems will explain a lot

[@gavinrolls1054]

​@@SymbolSageaka you are making things up lol. Neither of the Eddas and none of the sagas mention this lol.

[@gavinrolls1054]

​@@sarahgilbert8036they just give names as memory tools basically, same as modern day "a is for alligator" type things

[@worm_vaquero]

None, divination meanings are a 20th century construct. Even the names and sounds they represent are only reconstructed

[@alltidtratt3564]

Thuriasaz is that not the rune of the thorn like on a rose bush. As it is defending the rose with its thorns.

[@Lase211]

Yes it is. The creator of the video must have missread the word "Thorn" and got it as "Throne"

[@Xavriel]

Not really but it's similar to Christ lore so you could take it that way if you want. Oddly it's attributed to Thor as it's his rune but it's the spear or thorn in Odin's side on Yggdrasil when he hangs for 9 days to grasp the runes. It's interesting to consider because those nine days could last a lifetime to Odin given the aetheric nature of the experience. He's meant to be entranced between life and death like the hanged man at this point. I don't care about bait... you could follow and donate to me if you weren't evil. Everyone knows who I am. Even the Satanic are charitable in aim to occasion.

[@servantofaeie1569]

These pronunciations made my ears bleed. Also these "meanings" are modern pagan nonsense.

[@Langwigcfijul]

Exactly. The runes were just letters and had names, nothing magical or mystical, nothing metaphorical: exactly like how the Greek alphabet is.

[@stellapng9592]

1:10 that's GREEK

[@NattyHumpo]

Basically, Odin learns to read.

[@PureDWhiteCloud]

And my last name is Reid interesting!

[@kenaigreek4955]

AD does not stand for "After death" this isn't 4th grade, it's latin

[@bobhardcore6707]

5:03 - NO -OAK uiddiot - thats THE TREE OF LIFE löl

[@Celestialkarma]

Very interesting God bless

[@SymbolSage]

Thanks for watching

[@IdahoSnek]

Jebus has no home here.

[@SeT_Tawaret]

Ewhaz is The Rune That is on all maybachs runes are Everywhere if you study them they will Speak to you also come by New York anytime If you wish To Gaze upon yggdrasil on Midgard May the All father bless you in your journey in life

[@SymbolSage]

Thanks for your input.

[@rolandxor179]

What annoys me is that runes are called 'Nordic' when they are 'Germanic' and what we call 'Nordic' spawned out of 'Germanic' culture.

[@nns6393]

Runes we’re originally made to write out proto Nordic so yes they are Germanic but calling then Germanic runes would be like calling the English German cause that’s where they came from

[@TerryLestrange]

Amen

[@rohanwilkinson1021]

I see the runes as similar to Tarot cards or the book of answers where you ask a question and you can formulate a answer with a hint from the runes.

[@ojaichuck]

Seriously? AD is after death? It is Anno Dominae if you are christian. How about using CE for commn era.

[@moonhunter9993]

just came here to say that.

[@andrewlerdard-dickson5201]

Germanic Runa....ARE NOT Norse Runa, the Norse only had 16 Runa and not 24 and the name's are different ! Such as...the first is....Fe, Ur, Thur's, Asa Reidhr, Kaun. I strongly suggest that you continue to study a subject that you have little knowledge

[@ItsJakeTheBrake]

Elder Futhark exists...

[@ragnarlothbrok2782]

They had the elder futhark before

[@prettylyricsmarie]

Most runes packs have 25 in them

[@worm_vaquero]

A blank 'rune' is no rune at all

[@prettylyricsmarie]

@@worm_vaquero Then why is a blank rune in the pack? If no rune at all?

[@andrewlerdard-dickson5201]

@@prettylyricsmarie in case you loose one

[@prettylyricsmarie]

@@andrewlerdard-dickson5201 Makes sense

[@septegram]

​@prettylyricsmarie Because when Ralph Blum commissioned a company to make the cast ceramic runes for his book, it was significantly cheaper to make a 5x5 grid than a 3x8 one. That started the completely ahistorical trend of including a "blank rune" in rune sets.

[@Sheepdog1314]

Totally wrong pronunciation of the runes

[@mydearlife0000]

لطفا ترجمه فارسی رو هم فعال کن

[@SymbolSage]

بله، انجام خواهم داد

[@tia8251]

Some of the runes meaning was not right

[@canyonroots]

Very shallow interpretation of runes

[@susanaduarteraposo]

AD After Death??? Where did you invent that???? A.D. means ANNO DOMINI, after Christ !!! 😮

[@SymbolSage]

Hey thanks for pointing that out! It's noted. I believe it's a common mistake: “A.D.” does not mean “after death,” as many people suppose. “B.C.” stands for the English phrase “before Christ,” but “A.D.” stands confusingly for a Latin phrase: anno domini (“in the year of the Lord”-the year Jesus was born). - brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/16/a-d/

[@susanaduarteraposo]

@@SymbolSage yes, that's exactly what I said. You said in your video "After Death" which makes absolutely no sense at all. It's invented...! I also said AD means anno dominni which is the same as AC, After Christ and more recently it is also the same as CE, Common Era, an American invention for those who don't believe in Christ (which I think it's stupid, but...)...the Americans have become too sensitive to the point of absurdity, but that's a personal opinion. So...I don't understand why you answer my comment with my own answer! ;) funny, anyway but more important is to correct your video right away . Thanks and have a lovely day

[@Csurratt30]

@@susanaduarteraposo they were agreeing with you and linked where it says that and that paragraph seemed MAD passive aggressive 💀

[@jr513rd]

​@susanaduarteraposo I'm an American and I can agree Americans have become whiny, piss pots of human beings. Feelings are the most relevant force here and it sucks

[@janohermano3942]

I think it means "actual Date too

[@Xavriel]

He didn't do it to his heart but whatever we will go with it... I know it connects to another lore piece that's more necessary of import whatever i don't care someone should shoot me dead

[@PinkFridays]

Taureans when Uruz is explained🥲🥹💖

[@djshamankingraven]

Dude historical education in this comments sucks. USA for shure!

[@virkots]

wrong

[@SeoDeadeHenn]

This is a bunch of mystical horseshit. Do not confuse the *name* of a rune for a supposed "meaning". While magic was certainly done with them, it was done in the form of writing supposedly magic *words*. The runes themselves were never thought to contain any magic power or any sort of meaning besides their phonetic value until long after they had fallen out of use and had since become a curiosity. When the ancient Germanic peoples somehow came up with the Elder Futhark (its origins are highly debated), they assigned names to the runes for ease of memorization, nothing more. There was no special meaning assigned to the runes. They were first and foremost a writing system, like any other. However, they were primarily written on wood or bark, and thus the vast majority of inscriptions are lost to us since wood doesn't preserve terribly well. Instead, we mostly get inscriptions in stone and metal that survive, stuff like gravestones and decrees and whatnot. Most of the much more mundane uses (shopping lists, personal notes, keeping stock of trade goods etc.) were largely written on media that don't preserve well and thus they are lost. These were used as a writing system like any other. While you may assign any meaning you want to these runes, be aware that those meanings (or any "meanings" you may encounter) are not historical, and that the runes were never used like that until relatively recently.

[@SymbolSage]

Hi there, thanks for adding to the discussion. Even today, scholars debate whether the runes contained magical power or not. I quote from a study: "At the crux of this study are two terms for different runological views explained by Antonsen (2002): “romantic” and “skeptical”. “Romantic” scholars assume that the Germani believed the runes to be magical, while the “skeptical” view holds that the early Germani never conceived of any rune magic." (Evans, 2011, Runes Past and Present). In our video, we cover the names of the runes as well as their purported meanings. There are many views and perspectives, none of which can be stated as definite fact. It seems you're defending the Skeptical view - but again, we cannot say that that is correct without a shadow of doubt.

[@sarahgilbert8036]

Funny thing though, a rune draw will give pretty good answers or predictions. So .. who knows!? Let's not forget that the Vólvas passed their knowledge orally to their successor, and with the church ... female knowledge was shunned, deletd, demolished!

[@SeoDeadeHenn]

@@sarahgilbert8036 How do you know that the predictions made aren't simply so vague that your brain could interpret basically anything as being a "correct prediction" (that's the secret behind all forms of divination). There's also the fact that even IF the ancient Germanic peoples assigned such meanings to their runes, they're entirely arbitrary to begin with (made-up symbols, made-up meanings, everything).

[@000snow000]

Exactly, it's just survivorship bias.

[@christianstainazfischer]

Don’t know why this popped in my recommended but from the title alone, there’s absolutely no evidence to suggest that runes had magical meanings or anything like that. The only ‘evidence’ of the runes having magical meaning is ‘I don’t understand what this means or this inscription doesn’t make sense so it’s obviously magic’, which clearly isn’t scientific at all. The runes are as far as we are aware, exclusively an alphabet

[@Langwigcfijul]

Yep. The names of the letters are just names of the letters like the Greek alphabet.

[@christianstainazfischer]

@@Langwigcfijul For real I hate when someone's like 'oh this rune symbolizes wealth, happiness, healing' or some other bs and it just annoys me so much. No, that rune symbolizes a sound similar to the sound of 'f' and that one symbolizes a sound similar to a 'w' and so on, the name of the rune might be 'feoh' or whatever but the rune itself does NOT mean wealth or cattle or something

[@Langwigcfijul]

@@christianstainazfischer If they took the time and look. They'd see runic inscriptions used to write the most mundane things like : "I Harigastiz wrote this." Not exactly that, but very similar.

[@christianstainazfischer]

@@Langwigcfijulabsolutely, or even the word ‘comb’ on a comb 😂

[@majou666]

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