THE VRANGSINN RUNES

 

The answer to the first question is of course: They mean VRANGSINN. But they also have some deeper meanings for those who are interested in the Viking age.

 

The Elder Futhark – The runic alphabet which is a composite of the runic symbols most commonly used in northern Europe. There are many versions of the runic alphabets. The Elder Futhark, the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, and the Younger Futhark are the most frequently seen versions of the runic alphabets in use today. First the rune name is given, then its phonetic value, its symbolic image, and finally the esoteric meaning used in divination. When a rune appear as a “merkstave” it’s meaning is not the opposite of its primary meaning, but usually has a more negative connotation

 

 

 

W/V

Wunjo: Joy, comfort, pleasure. Fellowship, harmony, prosperity. Ecstasy, glory, spiritual reward, but also the possibility of going “over the top”. If restrained, the meaning is general success and recognition of worth.

 

Wunjo Merkstave: Stultification, sorrow, strife, alienation. Delirium, intoxication, possession by higher forces, impractical enthusiasm. Raging frenzy, berzerker.

 

R

Raidho: Travel, both in physical terms and those of lifestyle direction. A journey, vacation, relocation, evolution, change of place or setting. Seeing a larger perspective. Seeing the right move for you to make and deciding upon it. Personal rhythm, world rhythm, dance of life.

 

Raidho Merkstave: Crisis, rigidity, stasis, injustice, irrationality. Disruption, dislocation, demotion, delusion, possibly a death.

 

A Ansuz:  A revealing message or insight, communication. Signals, inspiration, enthusiasm, speech, true vision, power of words and naming. Blessings, the taking of advice. Good health, harmony, truth, wisdom.

 

Ansuz Merkstave: Misunderstanding, delusion, manipulation by others, boredom. Vanity and grandiloquence.NNauthiz: Delays, restriction. Resistance leading to strength, innovation, need-fire, distress, confusion, conflict, and the power of will to overcome them. Endurance, survival, determination. A time to exercise patience. Recognition of one’s fate. Major self-initiated change. Face your fears.

 

N

Nauthiz: Delays, restriction. Resistance leading to strength, innovation, self-reliance, distress, confusion, conflict, and the power of will to overcome them. Endurance, survival, determination. A time to exercise patience. Recognition of one’s fate. Major self-initiated change. Face your fears

 

Nauthiz Merkstave: Constraint of freedom, distress, toil, drudgery, laxity. Necessity, extremity, want, deprivation, starvation, need, poverty, emotional hunger.

 

G

Gebo:  Gifts, both in the sense of sacrifice and of generosity, indicating balance. All matters in relation to exchanges, including contracts, personal relationships and partnerships.

 

Gebo Merkstave: Greed, loneliness, dependence, over-sacrifice. Obligation, toll, privation, bribery.

 

S

Sowilo:  Success, goals achieved, honor. The life-force, Victory, health, and success. Contact between the higher self and the unconscious. Wholeness, power, elemental force, sword of flame, cleansing fire.

 

Sowilo Merkstave: False goals, bad counsel, false success, gullibility, loss of goals. Destruction, retribution, justice, casting down of vanity. Wrath of god.

 

 

 

I

 Isa: (I: Ice.) A challenge or frustration. Psychological blocks to thought or activity, including grievances. Standstill, or a time to turn inward and wait for what is to come, or to seek clarity. This rune reinforces runes around it.

 

Isa Merkstave: Ego-mania, dullness, blindness, dissipation. Treachery, illusion, deceit, betrayal, guile, stealth, ambush, plots

 

VRANGSINN

VI VANDRER I NATTEN MED LIKBLEK HUD

VI LEVER I MØRKET I AVSKY MOT GUD

 

Design partially based on the poetic Hedda & Yggdrasil

A Viking Wolf and a eagle design – All traditionally correct

 

YGGDRASIL – is an immense tree that is central in Norse cosmology; the world tree, and around the tree existed nine worlds. It is generally considered to mean “Ygg’s (Odin’s) horse”. Yggdrasil is an immense ash tree that is central and considered holy. The gods go to Yggdrasil daily to hold their courts. The branches of Yggdrasil extend far into the heavens, and the tree is supported by three roots that extend far away into other locations; one to the well Urðarbrunnr in the heavens, one to the spring Hvergelmir, and another to the well Mímisbrunnr. Creatures live within Yggdrasil, including the wyrm Níðhöggr, an unnamed eagle, and the stags Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór.

 

THE WOLF – Is the traditional totem spirit and symbol of the hunter,warrior and magician. The Wolf presents to us its dual nature of nurturing and destruction. The Wolf is the living embodiment of fury, chaos, and brute wildness. The symbol of the wolf also represents one of the most intelligent, loyal, and sociable of animals, living and hunting in a co-operative family based pack. While the wildness of the wolf is its greatest strength, it is its’ intelligence that is the wolfs’ best asset which will temper, balance, and direct its fierce nature into positive action

 

THE EAGLE – The ancient Germanic tribes lived in harmony with nature and their spiritual beliefs were based on the natural world. It was sensed that certain animals have special unique energies and elements of their nature and being that brought them into association with that of the various Gods and Goddesses whom they came to represent. The Eagle is considered the greatest of all birds, and is held sacred to Odin. Ancient tradition denotes that the Eagle’s scream portends the birth of a heroic soul, while the mightiest of eagles sits atop the World Tree – Yggdrasil and represents the uppermost aspects of the conscious mind and is the ultimate in spiritual attainment, embodied in the Noble soul

 

Daniel Vrangsinn