It was part of the memorial card at a funeral my mum went to, and she's curious.
To me it looks like some rune symbols combined.
by MrPollyParrot
It was part of the memorial card at a funeral my mum went to, and she's curious.
To me it looks like some rune symbols combined.
by MrPollyParrot
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Looks like someone sitting holding his d* in his hand.
I know nothing about rune symbols, but my guess is that it’s mean to be a combination of the symbols used for L P and T
…which is weird because I tought runes as being a words alphabet rather than letters…
Do you regonize the name or initials of the deceased? Might be a bindrune to commemorate him
It seems like indeed combined runes and that is called “bind runes”
[https://surflegacy.net/bind-runes/](https://surflegacy.net/bind-runes/)
I think I recognize Iaguz or Ansuz (hard to tell, but I suspect Iaguz) / Teiwaz / Pertho / Thurisaz
‘Describe an erection to a being that’s never seen a human’ for 500 Luc!
It is a bind rune: it could mean “wise woman of authority”
Those look like Viking magic runes.
Those are combination of several individual runes/letters to create a single combined rune. Each of the individual rune can have a meaning, and the combined rune can mean a phrase or a group of words.
Looks like someone is into esoteric stuff.
Is this a new trend?
We had a memorial card at work of someones son who died at 35 and it had also a rune on it. On his it said something like ” save travels ” along those lines, after a quick google.
• The symbol seems to be a combination of multiple runes stacked on a single axis.
• The top part resembles the rune Algiz (ᛉ), which represents protection.
• The middle part could be Ehwaz (ᛇ), symbolizing movement and progress, or Perthro (ᛈ), related to mystery and fate.
• The bottom part appears similar to Sowilo (ᛋ), which stands for success and the power of the sun.
• Protection and Guidance: If the rune incorporates Algiz, it might have been used for protection.
• Mystery and Fate: If Perthro is included, it could indicate a connection to destiny or hidden knowledge.
• Success and Strength: With Sowilo, it might aim to ensure success and strength for the bearer.
Looks like a bind-rune, which is a combination of several rune characters into a single symbol. Runes are the old script that old Norse/Germanic/Anglo-Saxo/… people used from (probably before) the bronze age, up to the iron age and beyond. Mostly known as the scrip that the “vikings” used, although that really is selling runes short.
The elder/younger Futhark runes are considered stand-alone characters that express a sound. For example, the first rune is generally the Fehu rune (ᚠ), representing the “Fé” sound. Neo-pagan interpretations also assign a magical property to it, but that is much debated.
Bind-runes are usually modern (1800+) interpretations used in witchcraft, spells or protection wards. They don’t have much historical significance and I personally consider them, well, bullshit.
Runes are incredibly complicated, as they are a dead script and like any other script, they evolved heavily over time. There’s also transition periods where old runes and new runes are mixed together. Moreover, it depends entirely on the location and time in history, and the people that used these runes did not care for written records, so most of the current scientific findings are reconstructed and educated guess-work. That doesn’t mean they’re not incredibly fascinating. Fun fact: the German word for “to spell” = “Buchstabieren”, which alludes to people carving these runes in buchstabes (literally: beuk-staaf).
From what I can gather, I can see the following runes:
* Tiwaz (ᛏ) – associated with the old Norse God Tyr, patron of warriors
* Thurisaz (Þ) – associated with the old Norse god Thor
* Ansuz (ᚫ) – associated with the world tree Yggdrasil
* Laguz (ᛚ) – associated with water
* Wunjo (ᚹ) – associated with joy
I’m not an expert, so I might be wrong.
Satan* proceeds to sip wine
It’s either a 2 legged dog doing eureka or an old wrinkled karate teacher.