Runes: How to Read Them | Author: Rachel Newcombe

Runes are a popular tool for understanding the present and divining the future. Divided into three, showing how to use runes, the full runic alphabet and runestones, Runes provides a compact, accessible pocket guide this book will fascinate anyone interested in this ancient writing form and its uses today. An alphabet developed by Germanic and Nordic peoples during ancient times, runes were used to represent both simple things and more complex concepts, providing a written form of communication before the latin alphabet was adopted. Today, reading runes are a popular tool for understanding the present and divining the future. Divided into two broad chapters, showing how to use runes, and outlining the full runic alphabet as well as a section on standing runestones, Runes provides a compact, accessible guide to this ancient reading system.

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Softcover
16.7 x 12.5cm