Monday, August 24, 2020

The emergence of runes and the runic alphabet

The most ancient inscriptions that have survived to the present day are inscriptions from the II-III century AD, which are a set of various symbols. Deeper origins are undoubtedly those that appeared earlier in the form in which we can see them now and which are called runes. Due to the rapid development of various historical events, runic inscriptions, which originate from the Druid priests, began to pass from one tribe to another, in particular, to the Germans, Slavs, Scandinavians and others. Most often such inscriptions were observed in caves of the Bronze Age. The first finds in the form of a pre-runic image were recorded by historians and archaeologists in Norway. Of course, all these ancient runic symbols were endowed with a certain magical meaning and power and are intended for a certain kind of their use, but most often in order to predict what man himself is not able to know - the future. There are already a number of concepts that become the name of runes, but reliable and clear information about how it really is still not there and we can only guess and make our own assumptions.

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