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Tacye
 Jul 12, 07 - 6:38 PM |
Symbol for Mother
Hi there, I've been wanting to get a tattoo that celebrates my norwegian heritage and have decided on something rune related. I am wondering if there is a rune symbol for the word "mother," or if you merely spell it out letter by letter. I would like to incorporate the symbol with my children's initials. Thanks! |
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thingie
Jul 15th, 2007 - 12:43 PM |
Re: Symbol for Mother
The only one I can think of is a medieval magic/healing rune called erda, which represented mother earth. It basically looks like othala with feet. However, medieval runes weren't used for divination, (according to Pennick, who I really don't rely on that much for esoteric interpretations, but he does have some understanding of historical context.) rather, they were used in secret as symbols of worship during the christain times. Hope this is of some help. I'm not too familiar with the medieval runes, unfortunately. |
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Tacye
Nov 20th, 2007 - 4:37 AM |
Re: Symbol for Mother
Thanks! This is a big help. I'm trying to bond with my Norwegian ancestory and wanted to tattoo a rune somewhere. It's difficult to really find a website that has symbols other than the rune alphabet. |
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julie
Dec 6th, 2007 - 6:31 PM |
Re: Symbol for Mother
Thingie is there anywhere we can see this rune. Othala already has feet kind of. Thanks Julie |
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runester_len
Dec 6th, 2007 - 7:14 PM |
Re: Symbol for Mother
I didn't notice this thread before, sorry I haven't contributed before. Othila is pronounced as a short O (NOT) or as OH (NOTE). If you are pronouncing OSWALD as AHSWALD then I guess you must have a rather extreme North American accent. It is pronounced the way it is spelled with a short O represented by Othila. Same comment applies to the O in JONATHAN. Unaccented English would render either of these occurrences of O as the short O heard in NOT, COT etc. and the correct runic transcription would be with Othila. Erda is a "Gothic" rune. The Gothic runes were an invention of the mid-4th century AD ascribed to Ulfila, a christian bishop. He developed them as a system of writing with the intention of spreading the christian faith in the predominently pagan post-roman society of that time. They were later used in the Netherlands and Northern England by a very small number of pagans who secretly followed their faith. They notated their deities with a number of Gothic runes and thereby avoided detection by the controlling priesthood. This was at a time when failure to follow christianity was often a punishable offence. The Gothic runes as a whole have not to my knowledge ever been used in phonetic transciption, or for that matter in divination. It would be technically incorrect to use Erda or indeed any Gothic rune in conjunction with Elder Futhark or Anglo-Freisian runes for the purpose of representing sounds. One final point: Nigel Pennick is highly regarded as an accurate and reliable runic historian throughout the runes fraternity. |
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runester_len
Dec 6th, 2007 - 7:24 PM |
Re: Symbol for Mother
I found this picture of Erda by a Google image search. http://www.geri-freki.com/photos/CTH-44-R11.jpg |
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julie
Dec 8th, 2007 - 5:49 PM |
Re: Symbol for Mother
thank you runster-len. |
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