Today's story involves a bit of verbal sparring between King Mannaz and King Nordri. While Nordri is mentioned in the Eddas, we don't know much about him. Mannaz is based on the rune Mannaz, a rune of mankind, leadership, and cooperation. #futharkvillage @CeruliasCircle — Perseus Greenman (@futharkvillage) November 20, 2019 King Nordri sat himself down […]
Ansuz the Scribe walked out of his hut. One of the soldiers who had carried off Sowilo was inside, and they had just had a nice little chat. Now he knew who they were: Einherjar. These were the warriors who had served Odin in Ragnarok.#futharkvillage @blithgunde @WolfofOdin420 — Perseus Greenman (@futharkvillage) November 8, 2019 Ansuz's […]
King Mannaz is a born leader, whose men gladly follow him under the rainbow banner. He is a great negotiator, and can bring about alliances between peoples.
Fives in the Minor Arcana For all the talk of how depressing runes are, there is no Rune of sadness. The Fives are cards of ᚦ (Thurisaz) and ᚾ (Naudhiz), but only because there isn’t a rune that really captures the longing and despair of the cards. I will discuss the cards in chronological order, […]
The Fours have this sense of anticipation to them. They are like Isa and Othala, but with a little bit of Kenaz and Naudhiz burning underneath them. I will discuss the cards in the order of the ages of the people in the pictures. The Four of Cups shows a young person, who gets married […]
You may notice that there are two runes at the top of the page, which is different from the last three posts on this blog. Ansuz is the first rune of the Futhark which changed dramatically from the Elder Futhark to the Younger Futhark. This rune has had at least a half-dozen shapes that I […]
The threes are about looking to the horizon, at that which could be.
Almost every card in the suit of Swords can be thought of as Thurisaz. Thurisaz is the rune of conflict. Thurisaz is the rune of Thor swinging Mjolnir in his fights with the giants. It is also the rune of the fallout from those wars, the pain and heartache of those who stay at home. […]
When they had found their seats, Ansuz found himself seated next to Althunn. “Hello,” he ventured. “Hello,” she said. “Are you the Ansuz who apprenticed with Dvallin all those years ago?” “Yes,” Ansuz said, surprised. “Do you know rune master Dvallin?”#futharkvillage — Perseus Greenman (@futharkvillage) November 19, 2019 “Yes," Althunn said. "Dvallin worked closely with […]
Laguz sailed the longship Tyr up the river toward the city he could see in the distance. The river had twisted and turned so much since they had last seen the sun that he no longer had any concept of North, South East or West. It was only upstream and down.#futharkvillage — Perseus Greenman (@futharkvillage) […]
