The runic alphabet has been
linked to ancient Vikings, Druids and possibly even elves
Runes - the origin and purpose
behind the ancient symbols and alphabet
by Robert W. Benjamin
Ask six rune experts where
the runes originated and you will probably get six different
answers. There are different versions of runes for each culture and
era they seemed to come from. One person told me they came from the
Vikings, another said they originated from the Druids, yet another
said they came from aliens; each person was serious and thought they
had the correct origins of the runes, how can everyone have a
different answer about them? The answer appears to be ' time ', over
the years folks have made up so many tales about the runes that
nobody knows the true origin of them. The very name ' rune ' is a
word derived from the Gothic word runa, which means
"mystery."
One of the oldest and first
recorded uses of runes came from German tribes in central and
Eastern Europe, these early uses of runes show that they were not
even meant to be a language for everyday speech, but were used as a
symbolic alphabet system. Each rune letter or shape had its own
sound, and meaning, in fact each rune represented a deity or so
called God that gave it its special power. People of old believed
that by carving runes into their personal property or other items,
the God or deity over that rune would protect the item; they even
believed that a sword could be made more powerful for use in battle
by carving runes into it.
There are at least six
different types of runes or rune alphabets that folks use or dabble
with today, and each rune alphabet is supposedly the correct set to
use, if you ask the person that uses them. Runes hold no more
special meaning than any symbols, drawings or sigils do, unless you
have a belief that they are magical and will it, they are nothing
more then drawing a circle or a square and giving them special
meanings. For instance if I was around hundreds of years ago, I
might of looked towards the sun in the sky and then drawn or carved
a circle on a stone or piece of wood, to me it meant the power of
the mighty glowing circle of fire in the sky, to someone else years
later that discovered my circle carved into the stone, they may
think that circle represented a wheel, eye, moon, or just a plain
circle. Each person uses runes for their own purposes and each
person seems to give them their own meanings.
In ancient Europe a lot of
adults seemed to do wood carvings, in fact it was a prized skill
handed down from one family member to another. An alphabet was
needed that could easily be carved or scratched into the wood used
by the carvers, runes were perfect for this since they consist of
mostly straight lines linked together. Most uses of runes were
nothing more than markers symbolizing ones trademark, or ownership
of an item. Later they were altered and more symbols were added as
the earth's population grew and its linguistic skills required more
rune symbols and meanings.
Runes were and are written
different ways by different folks, some are written left to right,
others are written right to left, or up to down, this again shows
you that runes hold different meanings to different people.
Now days a lot of folks
think the runes were used for magic or such things as divination and
fortune telling, this again depends upon the person who reads such
meanings into the runes. Years back when the Christian faith was
adopted by Europe, the use of the runes fell and they were replaced
by the more modern Roman/Latin Alphabet, in fact one letter of the
Latin alphabet even contain an earlier rune symbol as part of it's
language.
Years later as Christianity
spread, use of the runes dropped, Church leaders did not understand
their meanings and symbols, so they considered them evil or from the
devil, this thinking has lasted even to today, and it is the basis
for the thinking of modern occultists, druids and new-agers that the
runes are magical and can be used in ceremonies or rituals. Even
Hitler in his perverted thinking, used symbols of the rune alphabets
in the Nazi military insignia to supposedly give his army more
power, this of course proved foolish as the Nazi regime was crushed
by other military forces.
But still many folks like
using runes today because they are an ancient item, they hold
mystique and even occult powers to some folks. I say use them for
fun, don't try using them for fortune telling or spell casting, all
that stuff is clearly against the true source of power, the power of
God and his son Jesus Christ. In fact to show you the weakness of
runes for prophecy, modern runes contain a blank rune, this blank
rune symbolizes the Unknowable, and wouldn't you think that a great
source of knowledge or power would know all? Again, look to the
Bible and Jesus Christ for your future, it is the only book of
prophecy that has been and will continue to be, 100% accurate.
Some of the common runes
used still today, are: ' Elder Futhark ',' Younger Futhark ','
Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ',' Robert's Runes ', the later ' Robert's
Runes, has become very popular, as it is the only version of the
runes that includes a full English alphabetic translation, which
makes writing any English text in runes possible. Robert's Runes are
also available as a ' True Type Font ' for use on any WINDOWS based
computer. ' Robert's Rune Fonts ', can be downloaded for free at
this website address:
http://www.rb59.com/software/rrunesf.html
Copyright © 2006 by Robert
W. Benjamin. Robert W. Benjamin has been in the software business on
the internet for over five years, and has been producing low-cost
software for the past 25+ years. He first released products on the
AMIGA and C64 computer systems in the late 1970s-'80s. RB59 Software
http://www.rb59.com/software
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