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As you enter the classroom, the first thing that you will notice is that this is no ordinary classroom. There are no desks, nor are there chairs but soft springy grass and a very large tree in the centre of the room.
In the back corner of the room is a small water fountain. The gentle sounds of trickling water has a very calming feel, but please make sure you go to the loo before coming to class. Also you will notice dotted around the room largestonestructures with strange looking inscriptions carved into them.
The room is light and airy thanks to the drapes being opened allowing sunlight to filter through the windows and a gentle breeze is flowing through one of the opened windows.
Professor Jenkins is seated on the grass with his back against the trunk of the tree, casually flipping through a magazine. He lazily flicks his wand at the door and it springs open allowing the students to file in.
“Come in and find yourselves a spot on the grass and park your bums.” he said with a small chuckle. Oliver pointed to a pile of stickers a couple of feet from his right. “Could you also please take a sticker and write your name and house on it and stick it onto your robes.” That would make life easier for him.
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Nate raised his hand and said "Professor one of the runes is kenaz." Nate said with alot of pride and joy. Well he didn't say it with to much that it could show.
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After hearing the other students explain about the Elder Futhark, Ella remembered reading something about it in one of her text books. She was sure she remembered at least one of the runes and so she raised her hand. "Professor, I believe f is one."
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Silvia thought for a moment, trying to remember at least one rune. She was new to runes and wasn't sure how to pronounce many of them. Finally she recalled one she had read about in the textbook just a brief time ago, so she raised her hand. "Isn't one of them called Isa?"
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She looked at the awkward child that came in late, and then to the proffeser that seemed to take no funny buisness.. Oh well! LuLu then came back and was aware of her surroudings she looked at thhe proffeser again well instead of waiting to answer at last minute her hand raised into the air "The fehu, which stands for F the first letter of Futhark,"
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Amelia looked up when she heard the Professor deduct points from a late student. She shook her head now, glad that the girl wasn't in her House.
And now it was time for her to turn to her textbook, because there was no way that she would be about to answer this question otherwise. She scanned the page with ther alphabet she wanted. "There is Uruz," she said after raising her hand. "It actually stands for the U in the name Futhark."
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Jezzabelle raised her hand, "wunjō is one of the runes." Another favorite of hers.
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Lily again didn't know any of these from before, so she looked in her textbook, to find something to contribute since not many were answering yet. So she opened her book, and found the page. Raising her hand to answer, Lily replied, "One of them is known as Gebo and it looks kinda like a big X." Lily hoped that this would be sufficient since she didn't know what rune it stood for, or what it meant. She had just looked in her text and picked a rune and decided to share.
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... did he just deduct FIFTEEN points for being late? Louisa could only deliver her thanks to Merlin that it wasn't from Ravenclaw. And... Scabior seemed to have some competition now. Well, she was going to make sure to sleep on the classroom's door for those two classes. Defo.
Raising her hand, she answered as carefully as possible, "There is ehwaz, sir." They were to mention the name only, right? No meanings or anything.
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Alyssa raised her hand and answered. "Professor, another alphabet is dagaz."
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Angelina knew this answer, raising her hand happily she said, "Professor isn't one Kenaz?" she hoped she said that right. She read it once, but she wasn't sure if that was the correct way to speak it.
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Taylor raised her hand, "Professor, i do believe that one is Jera."
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Minerva put up her hand "Professor there is the raido"
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Oakey looked through his text book and quickly found one, raising his hand up high to get the Professor's attention. Professor there is Sowilo.It's kind of shaped like an "S" Oakey didn't know much about the rune except for that, it was the first time he looked at it anyways.
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Harvey listened to the professor after he had taken points from the girl for being late.. and he noted down some of what the professor was saying on his parchement. Then the professor asked them a question.. Harvey smiled there was such rune that he remembered from last year that no-one had mentioned and for some reason that rune name had stuck with him.. he put up his hand "There is the rune called Ansuz." he answered the question
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Kurumi raised her hand. "Another is berkanan."
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FIFTEEN POINTS?!
Kennedy had to resist the urge of letting his jaw drop, again. Those were just TOO many points for being late...and not being dressed properly. Okay, the young snake had it coming if she thought she was going to get by unnoticed. Why didn't the professor just take less points and give her detention instead?...Yeah.
He looked down at his notes and then his head snapped up.
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He...he wanted Kennedy to to finish reprimanding her? Wait, he was talking to him right? Duh. He was the male Slytherin prefect. Where was Selena when he needed her? Kennedy nodded...mostly to himself and removed his bag that was resting beside him so the girl could sit there...where he was going to...finish reprimanding her?
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The fifth year turned his attention back to the matter at hand. His eyebrow twitched as he tried to concentrate on the question rather than on the point loss. He raised his hand and said, "There's Laguz." SIGH.
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Vashti thought for a few moments, trying to think of one that hadn't already been mentioned. She had never been good at memorizing all of the runes and their names, especially since some sounded really similar. Finally, though, she raised her hand. "I believe one is Hagalaz."
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Gotland, she had been to Visby and found it quite... weird and a bit... nice. Not knowing anything about this subject she had known one bit Raido meaning journey or ride. Raising her hand she spoke and said "One rune I think is raido meaning journey or ride."
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Gustav tried to remember as he jotted down notes on his parchment. He raised his hand," I think one is 'ehwaz' meaning horse?" he answered. He could easily mixed up another rune word which sounded similar to it such like 'tiwaz' or 'teiwaz'...but wasn't there was a god of single combat in proto-germanic language name 'tiwaz' back in the day...
Gustav wasn't sure.
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Alex raised his hand. "Well, um, the one that looks like a backwards 7, that's laguz, and I believe it means water," he said with a nod. He had no idea how laguz was related at all to water, but that was what the book had said when he looked it over earlier. So he was going with that.
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From reading his textbook, Vickers looked up and shifted in his seat to see who the Professor was docking points from. Wow, they are pretty strict on attendance and uniform here arent they? He winced when he shifted his gaze at the Slytherin Prefect and heard what he had to do. The Prefect didnt look pleased at all. He could imagine that if he held that position he wouldnt be a happy camper right now either.
He turned his attention back to front just when the next question was raised. "Professor there is the Algiz, it looks very similar to the letter Y. "
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Selina rose her hand straight up into the air when Professor Jenkins asked his next question. She had been hearing the names of these runes for three years now. If she could not simply name one then there was a bigger problem at hand then Selina realized. When she finally spoke she said, "Sir, one of the runes is called the fehu." Now Selina knew what it was called, but she did not know what it meant. That was not something she had exactly picked up on in her last three years at the school.
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Ariana was So embarrassed she knew she was late but didnt think she was THAT late. She had to make up those points & quick. Ariana was really bad at this class though.
Ariana hung her head in shame & sat next to Kennedy. He was upset, more than upset maybe furious with her. She really didn't mean to be so late, she was just having an off day & really needed to get to this class. She took out her stuff 7 began to take note & catch up as quickly as she could. this day Could NOT get any worse.
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Ariana was reluctant to answer but she needed points bad at this point she raised her hand Slowly. " i know of sōwilō which means Sun." And that was about all the Runes Ariana could remember at this point.
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Jory raised his hand. "There's the 'Ingus' rune which is shaped like a diamond, Professor,'' he said. He remembered it from a book he had read on Runes last year.
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India raised her hand and looked at the pretty Professor. She had a wonderful rune to bring up. It was her favorite rune actually in all its simplicity.
"Professor, there is the rune Isa" she made sure to pronounce the 'ee' sound as carefully making sure it sounded more like she was saying ee-saw and not Isa. "It means Ice" she smiled and that was the color of her eyes. Mhm.
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Ira listened as the professor told them and explained all about the Elder Futhark. She nodded and absentminded, started to doodle on her parchment.
Then when asked the next question, she raised her hand up and answered, "One of the runes is Ansuz.." They didn't have to describe how it looked, right?
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Tayla raised her hand. "One of them is the Wunjo. It looks a little like a 'P' but sharp," Tayla hoped she made sense, but she knew the professor would know what she meant. "It generally means joy or pleasure."
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Hmmm..one letter from the Elder Futhark? She could remember them using those last term and they even had the chance to combine the said letters. After thinking hardly of another letter that hadn't been mentioned, Beezus raised her hand, "Professor, there's also the purisaz which uses the letter thorn," It was thorn right? That letter that seemed to look like a p.
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Raising her hand, Kimalia spoke again, "There's also gebo, which looks like the letter 'X' for us today."
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Laura put her hand up. 'Professor, I suppose there's a rune called ehwaz that resembles M..it represents horse,' she answered
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One letter from the Elder Futhark?Hmm..
Messer thought for a few minutes thinking about the other runes that's not been mentioned by other students. He raised his hand "Umm..There's also Othala, Sir." Othala was one of the Elder Futhark, right? He hoped that no one haven't mentioned that.
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Looking, no GAWKING, at the Slytherin kid who showed up late, Auggie watched as Professor Jenkins took 15 points from slytherin house.
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He turned back to the front of the room to answer the querstion about individual runes. "Professor there's a rune called Sowilo." The Gryffindor nodded.
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When the door opened, and a late student arrived, Sierra glanced to the side, a displeased look on her face. Really? Did the girl need a pocket watch or something? Or a mirror maybe to check her uniform? Either way, she could have rolled her eyes at the fifteen points Jenkins took. She didn't, but she could have. Fifteen points was a little much for one student misbehaving, in Sierra's opinion. She hated how the whole house had to suffer when somebody stepped out of line. They should have some rule in place where the punishment only affected the offender. Yup. That sounded like a plan to her. Raising her hand, she said, "There's Ansuz." Well, he had just asked for the name.
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'I believe no one has mentioned Mannuz or Mannaz, which is commonly used as the letter M, and looks like a stylish sort of M.' Quite pretty, actually.
Oliver was indeed very impressed with how much the students knew off the top of their heads. Only a few needed to consult their textbook. "Excellent. You're all going to put me out of a job." Nobody tell Tate.
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Fifteen points from Slytherin? Who was that girl? Hades secretly and curtly glared at her before he turned his attention back to the lesson. Kennedy was going to deal with her. That was his duty after all. Hades continued to scribble down the notes until Jenkins asked them to name a rune from the Elder Futhark. "There's the... Uhh... Hajalaz... Hegales... Galez..." the boy mumbled when he got confused over the pronounciation. His hand was still raised in the air.
Looking at the young man, Oliver smiled at him. "Hagalaz." he corrected. "They're a bit of a mouthful. It's pronounced 'Hag-all-az.' Took me a while to get them right as well but keep trying."
Giving his wand a flick towards the front of the room, words and symbols appeared on the board.
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"The other two runes that got missed are 'Nauthiz' and 'Perthro.' So there are your twenty four runes that make the Elder Futhark. Now this is where we will move on from writing messages with the runes to the actual symbols and what they mean." He liked this part.
"So tell me the meanings of the runes. Again just one rune per person please so that everyone has the opportunity to answer."
Laura looked at the Professor and smiled. "The Nauthiz runes is that a football team?" Laura had no idea if what the Nauthiz Runes was so she had thought she would have a guess.
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Lily was unsure of the answer of the next question also. It didn't help her that she was a first year, but she wanted to be a good, participating, point-earning student so she pulled out her textbook.
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Gebo
Description:
The Rune of Gebo represents the act of "giving" in all it's forms. The ancient Norse tale of "Brunhild" is a good one to illustrate the meaning of this rune: According to legend, the hero Sigurd fought and killed a mighty dragon and took a ring from its hoard. Venturing onwards, he passed through a magical circle of fire where he found a sleeping warrior wearing shining armor. He cut through the armor and revealed Brunhild, a beautiful Valkyrie (an angelic warrior woman of Valhalla) who had been kept there by Odin until a mortal man was brave enough to rescue her. Sigurd then gave her the ring and pledged his unending love to her.
Gebo represents a unification of two forces for the betterment of both parties. Whether this is in a business deal or a romantic arrangement is of no consequence -- the result and meaning are the same. Positive emotions, acts of selflessness and the giving of gifts are all referenced here.
It should be noted that the legend of Brunhild also carries a somewhat sinister message: As legend has it -- the ring Sigurd gave to Brunhild had been cursed by the wicked god Loki. The meaning here is that while intentions may be noble and emotions may be true -- the hand of fate must be respected: It is always present in all things.
How to Interpret "Gebo"
A gift will be given, or possibly a marriage proposal or an opportunity to put forward such a proposal is on its way. A generous, bountiful person who wishes to enrich one's life, romantically or materially.
A divine gift, the gift of life or of balance. It is important that all parties remain equitable when the gift is given, or that balance which is so important to relationships may be endangered.
On another level, the rune of Gebo may represent sexual union. Depending on the other runes that it appears with, it may mean a fleeting encounter; particularly if paired with Uruz. This will be a very intense encounter and one that can be grown into something more if desired.
Inverted Meaning::
Gebo cannot be inverted.
So after reading the section about the rune she had mentioned to the class, Lily tried to make an answer in her own words. Raising her hand, Lily replied to the professor. "Gebo means a gift from one person to another, any sort of gift." Looking back down at her notes, she copied down all of the different runes in the one section while waiting for more answers.
Taylor raised her hand, "Doesn't Raidho mean wagon or chariot, professer?" She wasn't compeletely sure but she thought that is what it meant..... or she could of gotton them mixed up.... who knows.
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Amelia really needed her textbook now. This class made her brain hurt, and she'd seriously feel really dumb if she didn't have her book on her. Actually, she felt stupid regardless.
She skimmed the book's pages now.
"Well, I think Wunjo means some spiritual ideal that can't be maintained in the actual world we live in. So basically what we experience now is nothing in comparison to what we can experience in another world?" She blinked now, not really sure of her answer. .
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Oakey flipped through his text book to one of the two Runes that the Professor said they had missed.
SPOILER!!: Perthro
Description:
This cup shape literally means a vessel -- possibly for casting lots. This rune is one of the more controversial among runic scholars, as the "P" sound at the start does not actually appear anywhere else in early Germanic languages. It is commonly thought that the rune's name, which is now lost to antiquity, was altered over the centuries with the development of more modern alphabets.
Perthro represents a vessel, something to be filled and drunk from. There is also significant evidence that the cup referenced by Perthro is a 'dice-cup', of the kind commonly used in games of chance and fate.
How to Interpret "Perthro"
The cup of Perthro represents fertility, mystery, and all things hidden. The hand of fate, through Karma or divine predestination, is showing itself strongly in one's life. While fate is often complex and impossible to understand, this rune indicates a powerful order and purpose behind seemingly random events. Fate is both powerful and unknowable -- a force which we all must ultimately respect and give way to.
Intense forces of change that work behind the scenes are acting on the individual at this time. While these forces may be seen as positive or negative, the appearance of Perthro most commonly suggests positive forces -- unless of course it appears in a spread with a host of negative runes.
It should be noted that while we frequently view change as either "good" or "bad" -- Perthro reminds us that such black-and-white interpretation may represent an oversimplification of fate. The change referenced by Perthro carries with it an infinite amount of complexity and subtlety. To attempt to categorize change in simplistic terms of "positive" or "negative", is to attempt to understand fate itself: something no mortal can do. When analyzing the meaning of Perthro, one should take care to remember that fate exists at a level that we can never truly know until such time that it is upon us. What seems true may prove false, and vice versa. Only fate can tell.
Other possible literal meanings of Perthro in a reading are the act of drinking or games of chance.
Inverted Meaning::
There may be psychological issues present which the individual may need to explore further. This may not represent a readiness to explore hidden mysteries further, but a burning desire that is not accompanied by the wisdom of experience. Tread carefully, missteps are costly here.
Oakey read it over a few times then finally put his hand up. Professor, Perthro I believe means to leave fate up to chance. the book describes it as a dice cup and dice are commonly used in gambling He paused I think it also means that our fates are unchanging and we'll never truly know ours until it happens. wow this rune had a deep meaning. Oakey wished he chose an easier one to describe.
Staring at the girl again in a rather odd way having a why did you do that look she realised it was a girl she had met one time and seem uncontrolled a bit. Now focusing more on the professor's question she scribbled some down in her note book. Professor, is it ehwaz or yewaz? Because is it meaning a type of animal?" she said confused with the name and meaning.
Louisa furrowed her eyebrows slightly. The meaning? Well, she knew ehwaz rune the most. It had something to do with... err... raising her hand slowly, she spoke, "I think Ehwaz rune, sir, means partnership." Or.. the girl paused, trying to remember rather than cheating opening her textbook and checking it out. "The word ehwaz means horse, though. I think."
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Alyssa thought for a second before raising her hand and giving her answer.
"Professor, the word dagaz which looks look an hourglass lying on its side means new day. It symbolizes the popular expression "Today is the first day of the rest of your life". "
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Harvey listened as the professor spoke and noted down the runes that came up.. and he then saw as the professor listed them and mentioned that only two were missing. He then listened as the professor asked them for the meaning of runes.. Harvey didnt know the meanings off the top of his head so he opened up his textbook and looked up the meaning of the rune that he had named correctly. He then put up his hand "The meaning of Ansuz is like an ancestral god.. Odin or something who is a mighty but.. dup--lic--itous" he said just about getting that long word out "god.. its a revealing message or insight or communication. It also means Power of words and naming. Blessings and taking of advice.. Good Health and Harmony,, truth and wisdom... and there is more..but I think I will stop there.." he answered.. there was a lot of information there but he didnt want to bore anyone so he had picked the more interesting bits of information and had relayed them to everyone..
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Now...what did they mean? Vashti decided to stick with the rune she'd given - Hagalaz - but it took her another few moments to remember what it meant. The meanings were just as hard to remember as the name of the rune itself sometimes - at least for most of them - but eventually she recalled at least some of what the rune meant. As she raised her hand, she said, "I believe the rune Hagalaz means 'hail,' or more generally, the destructive and uncontrollable forces of nature, particularly the weather."
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Autumn didn't want to come across as a shy first year that new nothing, she had only had a chance to brief her text book.
She could remember one distinct rune that stood out to her,
"Isa sir, is the rune which is opposite to Kenaz i think. It means stillness and purity of ice.It is considerd one of the most simple runes in this collection."
Autumn smiled confidently... she was pretty sure with herself.
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Minerva put her hand up. "Professor the rune I had mentioned Raido means to travel or go on a journey." she put down her hand and began writing down the other answers from other students.
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"The other two runes that got missed are 'Nauthiz' and 'Perthro.' So there are your twenty four runes that make the Elder Futhark. Now this is where we will move on from writing messages with the runes to the actual symbols and what they mean." He liked this part.
"So tell me the meanings of the runes. Again just one rune per person please so that everyone has the opportunity to answer."
Hmm...another concept Sierra had worked on in the earlier Ancient Runes classes. Good. Ancient Runes was confusing enough without having to worry about completely new material. Now this she could do, this whole 'reviewing concepts already learned'.
With a confident look on her face, she raised her hand. "Ansuz," she said, which was the rune she'd just named, "means knowledge and wisdom. I think it also stands for communication by mouth." So, in that case, someone could say something completely idiotic and still be working under Ansuz? Hmm. She didn't know.
Nate raised his hand and said "Uruz means raw physical power." Nate was slightly guessing slightly not. He wasn't sure if it was physical or mental power. Hopefully he would be right.
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"So tell me the meanings of the runes. Again just one rune per person please so that everyone has the opportunity to answer."
Ella copied down the notes from the board and then thought about the question the professor had asked. She raised her hand with a smile. "Professor, one of the runes means gift." She was pretty sure it was the one that looked like a letter g but didn't know the name of it.
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Deciding to just keep with the rune she had mentioned previously, Kurumi first glanced down at her text to make sure she wasn't crossing her rune wires with each other and then raised her hand.
"Berkanan literally means birch or birch twig, but it's....runic meaning is growth and fertility." Among some other things, but those were the big two.
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Glenn thought back to what had been written in her Ancient Runes textbook. She wasn't going to open it right now, she was just trying to remember.
"Wunjo means a journey and an eventual victory, right?" Glenn asked, from what she had read that is what she had made out, she wasn't sure if that was correct though.
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Vickers continued to read up on the Algiz rune, which covered a lot of things, but the Professor was probably after the essentials. He raised his hand again and replied "The essential meaning of Algiz is protection, which covers both the defensive as well as offensive forms. The rune's shape has been likened to the Norse God Heimdal who has both his arms outstretched with one hand bearing his sword and the other his horn. "
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Ira noted down everything that was discussed and then wriotten on blackboard
Then when asked a question, Ira raised her hand up and answered, "Ansuz means Authority figure.... or god, a leader, mind and body balance, justice... etc" Ira knew only this much.
Deciding to stick with the rune he had volunteered in the previous question, Kennedy raised his hand in order to explain its meaning. "Laguz means water or lake," it did sound like the Spanish word for lake. "But its deeper meaning is having success in travel, but with a chance of losing something...or someone." He didn't like it so much right now.
Especially with the letter he had received earlier that day.
Shaking his head, Oliver turned away from he girl and addressed the rest of the class. "Very good. The Elder Futhark is a runic alphabet. Made up of twenty four runes. Which in today's talk would mean twenty four letters." He paused momentarily. "Runes were often inscribed into stone, metal and wood. Clay is also used but not until later times. The most famous runic inscription is found on the Kylver Stone, in Gotland Sweden. It is famous because this the only stone structure to have the entire Elder Futhark inscribed into it. Others, like these ones." He gestured to the stone structures in the room. "Are less complete but as you can see they show continuity in the order of the runes. These are only replicas of the originals." Maybe one day he could show them the originals."So as we can see, one purpose of the runes was to write messages."
"Okay, we have established that there are twenty four runes to the Elder Futhark, I would like you to tell me what they are. Just name me one rune person please."
Giving his wand a flick towards the front of the room, words and symbols appeared on the board.
"The other two runes that got missed are 'Nauthiz' and 'Perthro.' So there are your twenty four runes that make the Elder Futhark. Now this is where we will move on from writing messages with the runes to the actual symbols and what they mean." He liked this part.
"So tell me the meanings of the runes. Again just one rune per person please so that everyone has the opportunity to answer."
Zack looked up at the board from the professor to see what had appeared on the board. Hmm....now that is some more work on the paper he said and noted all the runes from the board on his parchment. As he finished writing he heard the professor call out another question. Meanings of the runes? hmm....i do know one. That would be easy! he though and raised his hand "Professor, one of the runes is Dagaz and its translation is Day meaning several parts of the day like Day, Daylight, Dawn, Breakthrough, Radical change." he said and brought his hand down. LOL! That was so easy....hehe....
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